“Friends, whatever is not Christ living in us or is not Christ as our truth—that is, whatever is done on the basis of a doctrine—is dead work. It has no life, it is not living. Do you see the difference here? It is a difference too vast to go unnoticed. Work requires our memory, but life acts spontaneously. A word spoken out of life is not propelled by our memory, rather is it motivated by a power within us. The Lord, not doctrine nor teaching, is in control over us. There must be a day when God opens our eyes to perceive that spiritual reality is in Christ. We do not try to remember certain doctrines and act accordingly; it is Christ who lives in us. He is our truth, therefore it is living.”
~WATCHMAN NEE
Today…I want to be LIVING and BREATHING the Life that only Christ can give. How did this thought strike you? Did it ring true to you?
Our family has been looking for the right house to buy for over 3 mo now here in Nashville. We have prayed, looked, took pictures, made proposals, filled out applications, dealt with banks, and realtors…and we are exhausted. I am done. God..do it. Find us a place to live…it is in your hands. Now…I wouldn’t be surprised if God doesn’t just drop something in our lap.
God’s perfect will and faith…are so stinkin mysterious and always a wrestling match…otherwise its not really faith and there’s no chance for us to trust in God’s will verses our own.
Have you ever thrown up your hands like that before…where it felt like you were trying to hard to make something happen..but it was never right? 
You are not your past. You are not your sin. They do not define you. It is who you were. Its like feeling guilty for being single before you were married. You are married. You aren’t single. The more you allow the enemy to define you by previous shame/guilt/sin…the more you break the heart of God for not believing what he has told you that you are. you are His. You belong to Him. You are not your own property. Your a child of the King. You are free from sin. Your past is gone, clean, annialated. Okay. I am glad we had that conversation.
Remember whose you are..then He’ll remind you who you are!!
Much love, Blake
my family all went to the zoo and had the craziest experience ever. they were feeding the animals…so we saw the monkeys eat…the snakes kill mice, and this incredible bear fight.
have you ever been somewhere at just the right time???
We have been lead by the hand of God once again. I just moved across the country to Nashville, TN to be on staff at Cross Point Community Church. Ally and I are more passionate about people than we ever have been. I am certain that God has a gigantic work for us here and I can’t wait to fulfill that mission. I just dug through Philippians last week where Paul was showing the church how God is the one who is completing HIS work in us. I am so honored that God still has a work to do in me and through me. My heart and passion for the church is more alive than ever before in my walk with Christ. I love that I get to be back on the front lines of the church to do a mighty work on planet earth. I am also fired up about being on staff at such an incredibly healthy church staff…this place rocks! I am honored that He is not done with me.
Do any of you ever feel like maybe you aren’t worthy to be used by God?
