Name: Chad
Scripture: Lev 19-20; Acts 4: 1-22
"we cannot deny it"
"we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard"
OAP:
I was halfway between keying in on the way that God overflows here, or the power of the name of Jesus again. Of course they are connected, it is through proclaiming his name that people cannot deny God, that Peter cannot be silent. I don't know why this has changed, well I think I know at least partly why, but I don't like that this has changed. People do things everyday in the name of Jesus and then they are silenced, they are denied repeatedly. People tend to be just as bold today and get shot down, they get rejected, why is it that we are now restrained? Why is it that I refuse to do amazing things boldly in the name of Jesus of Nazareth? I am a place where heaven touches earth, a channel to the Most High, yet I can easily stay silent.
God, I look forward to the times when I am overwhelmed with you, when you cannot be contained in me. Please bring me back to that place again, eventually, but also let me rejoice in other times, when you whisper rather than sing. I think that I enjoy these times more.
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I'm one of those freaks that when I stop and really think of how overwhelmingly awesome God is I cry. It's embarrassing. I hope it comes out in you in better ways.
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