BRINGING GOD ALIVE!
ONE of the great MISSIONS
We have as MODERN
Day disciples
Is to bring GOD'S WORDS ALIVE=
To bring JESUS' words alive=
Just like he is
STILL with us here today
The two men on
The ROAD to Emmaus
DEMONSTRATE that more
Than ever=
Their hearts were ON FIRE
When they were with Jesus
And our hearts should
Be on fire too
BRINGING GOD ALIVE!
“Were not our HEARTS BURNING
Within us=
When he spoke to us
On the way
And opened
The Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32
One of the great GIFTS
Of God to the world
is the gift of SACRED SCRIPTURE
BOTH the Old Testament
And the New Testament
It is our JOB
As modern day disciples
Of Jesus=
To bring that WORD ALIVE!
It is EASY
To take things for GRANTED=
It is easy to
Take these words=
And let them become COMMON PLACE
In our hearts
What is NOT so easy-
Is to BRING GOD'S WORD ALIVE
In today's world
“The unfolding of YOUR WORDS
Gives light=
It gives understanding
To the simple” Psalm 119:130
“Heaven and earth=will pass away
BUT MY WORDS
Will never pass away” Matthew 24:35
SCRIPTURE is much more
Than just words
It is MORE than history-
More than wisdom-
More than poetry
It is an ENCOUNTER
With God=and encounter
With Our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ
It is God's words
COMING ALIVE within us=
BURNING within us
Just like the encounter
With Jesus=and the two men
On the road to EMMAUS
BRINGING GOD ALIVE!
Within us
“In the same way
Count yourselves=dead to sin
But ALIVE to God-in Christ Jesus” Romans 6:11
“For as in Adam-
All die=
So in Christ
All will be MADE ALIVE” 1 Corinthians 15:22
Let the HOLY SPIRIT
Work in you=
BRING the ancient stories
Of God=and of Jesus
ALIVE in your life
Make them known to everyone
BRINGING GOD ALIVE!
Dear Lord=OPEN
The Word of God within us
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER LIVING LOVING=God the Holy Father
Robert P. Wallman
4-06-2021
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens
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