Peace beyond Understanding

Hey guys, It's me Philly and I was just winding down after a long day and I was thinking about my life from these past couple months. I've realized something and that is my life is great. I have peace. I've had sleeping problems in the past like trying to sleep and staying asleep. Sometimes I'd get paranoid and think something was in my room. I started to form a relationship with Jesus and I asked for peace and he gave it to me. Let me tell ya, it's brilliant. I'm not scared anymore. His grace makes me feel safe and I never want to leave his light. It's his light that shines my path so that I don't stumble anymore. I thought of this song " I will rise " by Chris Tomlin. Only this song could describe how I feel. Enjoy!

Faith

Faith is really important to have in one’s Christian life. Scriptures says that when you believe or have faith you can move the mountains into the sea. The way I see it God is so powerful he can do anything he wants, but he’ll only do it when we believe he can do it. Look in the Gospels. The majority of everyone who was healed believes and because of that Jesus healed him or her. One instinctive example was the woman who bled for 10-12 years and doctors couldn’t do anything. She heard Jesus was in town and went to go see him. She desperately wanted to be healed and when she saw Jesus she knew he could. The amount of faith she had was incredible. She thought to herself if I could just touch a small piece of his cloak then I will be healed. When she had done this, Jesus felt the power leave him and he got up wondering who had touched him. The disciples were looking at him like he was crazy because half the town was trying to touch him. He knew though. The woman came back and Jesus said to her it’s neither my power nor my father’s power but it was your faith that has healed you. This is the faith that we need in our lives. The moment you doubt in your spiritual life that’s an open window for the devil and his demons to come in and take over. Don’t give him that window. Matthew 21:21-22 says

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to the mountains, go, throw yourself into the sea, and it will be done. (22) If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

There Is Something We Have Missed...

Sorry for the long post of all the lyrics, but I felt that it was necessary to have you guys check out the words to this song, especially since most of us just listen to the music and become emotionally moved; however, there is POWER in the lyrics, there is POWER in the Word of God, and well, you just know when God writes a song... b/c there is POWER in those lyrics/words as well.

Guys (and gals) there IS something we have missed... it's sad to say, but it's true... and that something is the LOVE of God.  

You know that saying, or that song:  "...and they'll know we are Christians by our Love by our Love, yes they'll know we are Christians by our looooovvveee" - HA, good stuff.. but are we living it out??  

Isn't it sad to realize that most of this world knows us as Christians by our hypocrisies?? 

hy·poc·ri·sy  (h-pkr-s)

n. pl. hy·poc·ri·sies

1. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

2. An act or instance of such falseness.

It is TIME to stand up and say that WE will live for Christ, in all that we do.  Not just in worship.  Not just on Sunday mornings, but when we're at work.  When we're at school.  When we're at the grocery store... this world needs to see God's love shining through us.  We need to begin to reflect His love in our lives, somehow, someway... 

It's sad.  It really is, when "Christianity" is viewed as people who confess their beliefs with their mouths, but fail to live it out.  HONESTLY, i do it too.  We ALL do it.  But we need to say no more.  No more to this world, and yes to reflecting His love.  

When we're able to do that... it will TEAR DOWN THE WALLS that we OURSELVES have placed up in our lives.  You want your walls to come CRUMBLING DOWN??  THEN STOP HOLDING UP THE WALL.  Plain and simple.  

And watch LOVE tear it down, and restore all creation back to Christ.  

God Bless!

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Tear Down The Walls 

-Hillsong United-

verse 1

Tear down the walls see the world

Is there something we have missed

Turn from ourselves

Look beyond

There is so much more than this

pre-chorus

And I don’t need to see it to believe it

I don’t need to see it to believe it

Cause I can’t shake this

Fire deep inside my heart

verse 2

Look to the skies hope arise

See His majesty revealed

More than this life there is love

There is hope and this is real

pre-chorus - (1x)

chorus

This life is Yours and hope is rising

As Your glory floods our hearts

Let love tear down these walls

That all creation would

Come back to You

It’s all for You

Your Name is glorious

Glorious

Your love is changing us

Calling us

To worship in spirit and in truth

As all creation returns to You

bridge

Oh for all the sons and daughters

Who are walking in the darkness

You are calling us to lead them back to You

We will see Your spirit rising

As the lost come out of hiding

Every heart will see this hope we have in You

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