We are the Ekklesia in Matthew 16:18-19

Matthew 16:18-19 "I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not overpower it or hold against it. I will give My keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you bind or forbid on earth must be bound and forbidden in heaven; and whatsoever you loose or declare lawful must be loosed and considered lawful in heaven."

Friday, January 4, 2013

Run Inside the Father's Heart

God is longing to do something new in your heart.  Although we are gripped by the images of abandoned and starving babies, abused women, hollowed eyes staring into emptiness, we see in the midst of the suffering, Love shining brilliantly in the darkness, bringing hope to a world perishing.  The Lord desires to rip apart your heart to expand your capacity to love as He loves. A love that can't be contained, a love that compels us to go, go somehow to make a difference. Go in a quest to find where Jesus is spending the most time.  In our journey whether in the streets of Philadelphia or countries around the world we will learn one thing, Jesus can be found walking among the poor, the brokenhearted, the starving, the destitute.  Jesus lives in the streets, the dark places.  Its so true, where sin abounds, grace abounds more.   We should not want to stay the way we are, we should want more, and more, and more of Jesus.  We should want Him to take us to a deeper place in His heart and be wrecked forever with His love. A love that changes everything, a love that won't settle for complacency, a love that runs into the darkness to rescue as many precious souls as possible.  A love that can not stay quiet. We should want nothing less than a passion that consumes the darkness. A burning love that never gives up, never gets tired, a love that wants more, and more of the things that matter.  A love that will only be content with knowing the pure love of the Father's heart for the lost, the unlovable, the brokenhearted, the prisoner, the abused, abandoned, forgotten, the people the world despises.  If we don't run into the Father's heart and grab hold of HIs heart, I fear the darkness will win and steal us away into a forbidden place.  Matthew 24:12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold".  Run into His heart, feel His heartbeat, it is a place of refuge not just for you, but for the world.

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