Cody the Breault.

Genesis 27:

Key Verse(s):  43

“So listen carefull, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran”

So after telling Esau to betray his brother and get his father’s blessing and putting her son in danger she then tells him to run off to a foreign land where her brother lives. I don’t know about you, but to me that is just plain dumb. After having someone mess up once and tell you something crazy I wouldn’t trust them again. What does this mean in my life? I’m not sure, this chapter was really hard to pull something from to be honest..

Psalm 30:

Key Verse(s): 12

“O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!”

it seems like Psalms has 3 main concepts that repeat themselves in every chapter. Praise to God, the Mercy of God, and the Love of God. It’s Poetry to God, a love letter back to him. What in our lives can translate to a love letter back to him? I think definitely showing love to others, and definitely praising Him by living a life He wants us to live. There’s tons else though, What can you work on this week to sing praise to him through your actions in your life

Matthew 20: 26-27

Key Verse(s):

“But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. For even the Son of man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Jesus gave his whole life to saving people and serving them. To lead a whole life of serving must have been great to see the rewards he got in heaven… To give his life for our sins and serve us in the most humble of ways. Serving someone is such an awesome way of showing you how you care for them, how God lives in you and through you. The small things matter… Those are the minuet details that people truly appreciate.

So, just a random thought about how people are set in their ways. They get in a pattern and become comfortable with where they are at. Whether it deals with God, or their financial status, or their job.. It turns into a bad thing. The girls have always been ahead in the “faith department” of the God store and they always seem to be one-upping the guys in whatever they do. Journey Groups? I think they have 3 meetings… Involvement? I think everyone is so involved in this church it’s in their DNA. It flusters me and maybe this isn’t the place to talk about it but I want the guys to take the lead. I know we all need work, myself included, but why can’t.. for once.. we, the guys, step out of our comfort zone and talk compassionately with each other. Maybe step out in our faith and do something generous for someone else. Maybe help out a little more with something someone needs. I’m definitely going to be working on patience with others and not having trying to “one-up” the guys. I’m definitely going to take this week’s journey group reading this week seriously and for tonight that’s what I’m focusing on (so no other daily reading.. sorry!!) I’m definitely going to be working on showing people God wherever I am. At MHS it is so extremely hard to be true to yourself because you often get drowned out among the thugs, jerks and rude people. You are who you hang around with right? Being around those at MHS is no easy thing and it’s a task in itself to stay pure let alone show that exuberance for God. I’ll let you know how it’s going later on this week.

Genesis 26:

Key Verse(s): 6

“So Isaac stayed in Gerar”

Just a few verses before hand God tells Isaac to “live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you”

Not knowing anyone is hard. Being in a land you don’t know AND not knowing anyone is harder. What a trying time for Isaac, and to faithfully say yes to God and stay there caused God to bless him beyond Isaac could imagine. God’s plan is so enormous we can’t even understand it. Sometimes I feel left out of certain events,  (whether it’s not anyones fault or just the Devil trying to get me to feel like crap) When I’m alone I’m going to rest in the fact that while people may not be there, God is.

Psalm 29:

Key Verse(s): 5

“The voice of the Lord splits the mighty cedars.”

God is so incredibly powerful, yet so respective. He doesn’t split the door to your heart wide open. He patiently waits for you to come to Him. He gave us free will, a choice to make. He has the power to shatter our lives with a powerful shout, yet.. He whispers so softly to your soul. I think people take for granted how incredibly immense and intricate God is. How complicated His plan for us is, how big we are to him.

Matthew 19:

Key Verse(s):  21

“Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

How Jesus’ heart must of hurt when the man went away from him sad. What things in my life can I give up for God? Where am I walking away from God. Where am I telling God that I’m not willing to give that up for Him.

Church Notes:

Supermodels-

Hebrews 12:11

2 types of pain:

Front-end Discipline

Back-end Regret

Romans 8:16

-children of God and heirs of Christ

Ephesians 3:20

being a supermodel is in our DNA.

Supermodel Christian-

Philippians 2:1-8

Unity;

Focused on others:

are you loving?

John 13:35

are you serving?

are you giving?

are you following Jesus?

Christianity is a hand religion.

If we aren’t working with others and aren’t the hands and feed of Jesus to this world. What are we doing?

Can you love 1 unlovable person this week?

What can you do this week?

So many times do we take for granted God being there. Time’s like this happen to me on a more-than-not basis. It’s changing though, I really feel my love for God and my relationship with Him growing. I’m almost 18, a man.. I think. I hope! I’m taking on more responsibilities and I really feel like I’m going to make a difference. I got accepted to Delaware Valley in Pennsylvania, If I go there I will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a specialization in Preprofessional veterinary medicine.  Wow, big title. I can’t wait to experience college.. being off on my own, taking on the responsibilities of having no one “there” to help you if you fail at something. Over the next few months I cannot wait to see God work. When I do go off I know I will be okay though, I can feel it now but I know God will be there, and I’m going to be with Him. It’s a great feeling.

I can’t wait to see God consume everything inside of me.

Fire, Fall Down.

Genesis 23

Key Verse(s): 17

“So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah….”

I thought it was cool that even though God promised Abraham the land, he still didn’t just go taking it.

Psalm 26:

Key Verse(s): 4

“I do not spend time with liars, or go along with hypocrites”

This has me kinda confused. Aren’t we supposed to spend time with the people who don’t know God? The liars, the hypocrites… Maybe he just meant as a ‘friend base’ he doesn’t hang around with those people. Kinda like, Who you hang around with is who you are? if you spend your time with friends that don’t act Christian, how are you going to act?

Matthew 16

Key Verse(s): 2

“You know the saying, ‘red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow; red sky in the morning means foul weather all day’”

Whoa!! I didn’t know “red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors heed warning” came from the bible!! That’s crazy. hahah