WALK BY FAITH TODAY!

(First 11 comments are from yesterday)...Today is an important day for CITN, and for Rockdale County. The second annual Walk By Faith will be even greater than it was last year, and is symbolic in many ways for all of us in 2009. I'm glad to hear that you local bloggers will all be participating...it's a new day at CITN, with EVERYONE ATTENDING, CONTRIBUTING AND HELPING! Can't wait to see you...

(If for some reason you can't make the walk, just go directly to the service...but remember that Iris Drive will be blocked off from Salem Gate to the church...and don't forget to bring a canned good for Rockdale Emergency Relief!)

The Year of Our Lord

It's Done!

Then He Who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” And he said to me, “IT IS DONE! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.” (Revelation 21:5, 6)


Today I will live in the now! I will live in the now because I am whole and complete in Christ, in Whom everything begins and ends, having come full circle in my destiny as it relates to His Kingdom purposes in Creation. These words are not only faithful and true, they are indelibly written upon the tablets of my heart. Everything that has happened in my life—every experience, whether positive or negative—has been working together to bring me into Him in His fullness. He is not just THE Alpha (The “A”)—He is MY Alpha! My “A!" He is my beginning, my starting point, my personal Genesis, my eternal source and history. He is not just THE Omega (The “Z”)—He is MY Omega! My “Z!" The Author of my faith is the Finisher of my faith. The One Who began a good work in me will complete it until the day of the Lord. He will finish what He started in me! He is my destiny, my eternity, the consummation of my life experiences, my latter that is greater than my former, my happy ending...the One Who has been there all along, declaring the end from the beginning. The One Who has ever lived to make intercession for me in order to save me to the uttermost! I am utterly saved, utterly fulfilled, utterly complete, utterly vindicated, utterly in Christ!


Today I will look at every unanswered petition, every unmet need, every unfulfilled wish, every incomplete dream in my life, and boldly declare by the God-kind of faith, “It is done, finished, consummated, executed, complete!”


Today I will drink freely of the water of life and be totally satisfied and filled. Out of my own belly will flow rivers of living water. I am filled with the Spirit!


Today I will walk in the full revelation and demonstration of my sonship in Christ. Even though I am a son, I will learn obedience through my suffering and I will come through every fiery trial—no matter how hot—absolutely smoke-free!


Today I will overcome instead of looking for an escape. Deliverance is no longer my desire; my ultimate goal is to inherit all things! The Kingdom has come in me! Christ’s work is finished in my behalf and the travail of His soul is satisfied!


Today I will love His appearing—His revelation—in all aspects of my earth-life!


Today I will see all things made new, and today I will live in the now!


I decree that it is done! In Jesus’ name, amen!

2008: So...What Did You Learn?

MITN XII, Verses 1 - 8

1. One particular Sabbath around this time, Jesus was strolling with his disciples through a field of ripe grain. While they were talking with one another, the disciples, who were hungry, just pulled off some heads of grain and snacked on them.

2. Somehow the ever-critical and perennially vigilant Pharisees saw this, and when they did they said to Him, "Just look at your disciples! They are breaking the law right here on the Sabbath!"

3. He calmly answered, "Relax. Haven't you read in your own Law what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4. He entered the house of God, and he and his company ate the holy, consecrated bread – which, as I’m sure you know, was not lawful for them to do - because only the priests were allowed to partake of it.

5. Or haven't you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple break rules like this all the time, and it doesn’t even matter? In fact, it's not even held against them!

6. But the main point – the point that your legalism is causing you to miss - is that One greater than the temple is right here in front of you!

7. If you had comprehended what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

8. For the bottom line is that the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."