All Alone on the Mountain

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Ferd

we also apsire to be smarmy!

As our Dear Bro. RevDWW will tell you ... you can't achieve Smarmyness..


It is something that you are born with...

Never forget that Ferd...

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by revrandy

You have a good personality... I've heard that said about you quite often...

watch it!

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by revrandy

As our Dear Bro. RevDWW will tell you ... you can't achieve Smarmyness..


It is something that you are born with...

Never forget that Ferd...

Just remember who holds the sword for the purpose of "dubbing" one smarmy!

[Kutless]

I can't get to detailed here but I want to take the opportunity to thank God for opening an amazing door in my life in the last 8 mnths.

It has caused me to seek deeper relationship with Him. It has improved my homelife, and has got me once again all fired up for service.

Prayed for almost an entire year for this situation and ya know, God was listening.

[Esther]

Interesting thread.

I was planning on posting a thread yesterday and got busy about Mountain Top experiences.

Many times we think the mountain top is where all good things are.

I remember God told Abraham to take his son, his only son, to the mountain that He would show him, to sacrifice the son he loved.

It was a test, but Abraham climbed the mountain with 2 young men and Issac. He left the two young men behind and continued on with his son he loved to worship God.

By faith, he told Issac the Lord would provide Himself a sacrifice. Sure enough God provided a lamb. But Abraham was willing to plunge the knife into his son to offer his best to the God he loved, but had never seen.

He was alone on the top of the mountain with his son.

Many mountaintop experiences you are alone. It is lonely at the top as the saying goes.

You also have to work to climb to the top of the mountain.

To climb the mountain you usually have to follow a trail that has been walked before.

I think most of us want a mountain top experience, yet we forget the cost to obtain it.

But anything we do for God is worth it.

Be blessed in God!

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Kutless

I can't get too detailed here but I want to take the opportunity to thank God for opening an amazing door in my life in the last 8 months.

It has caused me to seek deeper relationship with Him. It has improved my homelife, and has got me once again all fired up for service.

Prayed for almost an entire year for this situation and ya know, God was listening.

Of course he was!

I know Kutless, and a little of his situation.

Bro, you are in a good place, have a great pastor,
and can sing like a bird. If you will continue down the path you are on, God is going to lead you to a higher place. You have multiple talents and abilities, God is going to use them for His kingdom. Remember the following passage:

Psalm 37


1Do not fret because of the wicked;
do not be envious of wrongdoers,
2for they will soon fade like the grass,
and wither like the green herb.
3Trust in the Lord, and do good;
so you will live in the land, and enjoy security.
4Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.
6He will make your vindication shine like the light,
and the justice of your cause like the noonday.
7Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;
do not fret over those who prosper in their way,
over those who carry out evil devices.
8Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath.
Do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9For the wicked shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.
10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.
11But the meek shall inherit the land,
and delight in abundant prosperity.
12The wicked plot against the righteous,
and gnash their teeth at them;
13but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that their day is coming.
14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to kill those who walk uprightly;
15their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.
16Better is a little that the righteous person has
than the abundance of many wicked.
17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
18The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
and their heritage will abide for ever;

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Esther

Interesting thread.

I was planning on posting a thread yesterday and got busy about Mountain Top experiences.

Many times we think the mountain top is where all good things are.

I remember God told Abraham to take his son, his only son, to the mountain that He would show him, to sacrifice the son he loved.

It was a test, but Abraham climbed the mountain with 2 young men and Issac. He left the two young men behind and continued on with his son he loved to worship God.

By faith, he told Issac the Lord would provide Himself a sacrifice. Sure enough God provided a lamb. But Abraham was willing to plunge the knife into his son to offer his best to the God he loved, but had never seen.

He was alone on the top of the mountain with his son.

Many mountaintop experiences you are alone. It is lonely at the top as the saying goes.

You also have to work to climb to the top of the mountain.

To climb the mountain you usually have to follow a trail that has been walked before.

I think most of us want a mountain top experience, yet we forget the cost to obtain it.

But anything we do for God is worth it.

Be blessed in God!

Great post! Thanks for the gift of encouragement!

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Great post! Thanks for the gift of encouragement!

Your welcome and you are a great encourager yourself!

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by revrandy

As our Dear Bro. RevDWW will tell you ... you can't achieve Smarmyness..


It is something that you are born with...

Never forget that Ferd...

Originally Posted by Ferd

Just remember who holds the sword for the purpose of "dubbing" one smarmy!

Dear RevRandy, Most can only aspire to your level of Smarminess!

Dear Ferd, One day you may be accounted worthy. Until then remember "Smarmy is as Smarmy does".

Dear PP [or as I like to refer to you:'Ole Yellar'], I havn't mentioned it before, but you can lay down the smarm with the best.

Love you guys!

RevDWW

[Brother Price]

I want to thank the Lord for perspective, plain and simple. There are things that are worth fighting for, and many that are not. We must learn to fight the enemy, and not kill our fellow combatants in the process.