To Think About

God Stories

"Jesus in the Driveway" Part 2: Allen (much more about him later) was a regular visitor and received prayer almost every time he came. On this particular morning he was in a lot of pain with his shoulder. I couldn’t think of a single shoulder that had been healed but I wanted to tell him of someone that Yahweh Rophe had healed so I told him about David’s tooth, then we began to pray for his shoulder . . . .

COMING SOON! SAVE THE DATE! SEPTEMBER 24-25

"GOD, THE POOR, & YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD" WORKSHOP

Do you want to find creative (and relatively simple) ways to contact and minister to the poor in your area? Come join us as we @ Blood n Fire share God's heart for the poor and our experience of over 17 years of ministering to the poor. We want to help you develop a heart of compassion for the poor and to put into practice a way or ways to let that compassion flow in your neighborhood. Workshop details:

When? Friday, September 24 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 25 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (lunch provided)

Where? Ravach Arts Company, 2816 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75226

Cost? $50/person

Interested? Let us know at jwallace@bloodnfire.com

The Word of the Lord to Blood n Fire This Summer!

The word of the Lord received Sunday, May 23: "In My kingdom there are no vacations this summer. You are always in school; you are always in the office." Let's continue to be alert this summer to any "schooling" the Lord wants to take us through and any "office work" He has for us to do. Every day, regardless of the month or season, is a day to follow the Lord in what we see Him doing. "Make me know Your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day." (Psalm 25:4-5)

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Podcast: Last Sunday Dialogue

"Perfect And Powerful Love" John Wallace

To Think About

Jealousy is an interesting topic. On the one hand, jealousy is condemned in the Scriptures: Rom. 13:13 "Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy." 1Cor. 3:3 "for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?" Yet, on the other hand, we find: Ex. 34:14 "— for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God —" and Num. 25:11 “ Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy"; or 2 Cor. 11:2 "For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin." So, sometimes it seems that jealousy is sinful and sometimes it is godly. What's the difference?

The difference is found in the object. Being jealous, envying, desiring what others have, what they have achieved, gets on God's wrong side real quick. This kind of jealousy is a slap in the Almighty's face. Being consumed with this kind of jealousy is saying that we are discontented, disappointed, even angry with our "lot" in life. We are, in effect, telling God He has done a bad job. We have gotten a raw deal. The jealousy that is godly, the kind that God exhibits, is the kind that places value in love and in the beloved. God is jealous for our love. He wants us to only love Him . . . no dissolution. Israel was judged for committing spiritual adultery, "joining" themselves to other gods. God wants us for Himself. When we are jealous with His kind of jealous then we will want ourselves (and others) to be joined only to Him. Do I have the same kind of jealousy as God? Just think about it . . . .