Living Above the Sun Ministries

Sunday morning as I sat and thought, the thought of the thousands of churches meeting crossed my mind. I thought of the thousands of voices that would be lifted up to the throne room of God. I considered all the notes, and music, and songs. The message that would be preached. The many tears that would be shed. How many would take communion and remember His sacrifice? The many prayers that would be lifted up. Then I stopped, and I asked one question. What if everyday was Sunday? No doubt I believe Sunday is a special day. It is the Lord's day set apart. But I wondered how quiet heaven must be on Monday. We have all gone back to our respective schedules. Not many songs are sung. Not many prayers to be prayed. Many will not touch their Bible, or seek to be challenged by another verse. How sad. And so I thought even further. How much is even reaching heaven in the first place? Is Heaven as loud with our praise as I imagine? If we are not worshiping Monday-Saturday w

"The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way— a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him." And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” -Mark 8:1-8 In his book, "The Seeking Heart," Fenelon writes "I am inspired by John

"In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil." -Job 1:1 With suffering there is mystery. There is questioning. Many emotions are felt and expressed, however, none of it takes God by surprise. I pray after reading this post you have a new perspective on suffering and overcoming it with a passionate endurance. The book of Job is probably the most misinterpreted, misquoted, misunderstood book of the Bible. In all actuality this is not a depressing story about a man, it is rather a story full of hope, and patient endurance. There is so much to say and study and meditate on from this man's story. Job was allowed to suffer because of his righteousness, not just because he lived in a fallen world. He was counted worthy to suffer for the Lord. Job's friends concluded that his suffering was a result of sin in his life. This viewpoint makes God look unloving and totally misrepresents th

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"I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory ." -Colossians 1:25-27 Notes from the video: Jesus the Hope of Glory. -He is the hope living through us so we may glorify Him; we are the hope of God's glory. -We do this by being: -Salt-Matthew 5:13 -Light-Matthew 5:14-16 -What happens when we are unactive: -Not one with Christ -No flavor (no salt) -Uneffective -What happens when we are active: -One with Christ -Flavor -Effective (light)

About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. “And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me. But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. “Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father." -Matthew 18 As I awoke this morning the Lord spoke to my heart the truth of living a pure life. It really all stemmed from a conversation my mentor and I

"The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard." How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain! It is high and magnificent; the whole earth rejoices to see it! Mount Zion, the holy mountain, is the city of the great King! God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers, revealing himself as its defender. O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple. As your name deserves, O God, you will be praised to the ends of the earth. Your strong right hand is filled with victory. For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die." My friend lead me to this video I'm about to show you. Well known pastor Louie Giglio present

The beginning of another year is when people resolve to make some changes in their lives. New Year’s resolutions are certainly nothing new for many people. In fact they are the same year after year. Making and breaking resolutions is tradition. This new study examines the temptations Americans say they most commonly struggle with and how they resolve to deal with these moral and ethical lures. The research reveals some new—and not so new—aspects to the temptations facing today’s adults. What caught my attention most was how temptation and religion coincided, why we do it, and how we resist. I was somewhat shocked because I automatically recognized that the protestants were not far from what the world answered. Here is some of the research, click here to read the rest of the article. In closing I remind my you my dear brothers and sisters of who lives in you. How much power we do have, and everything I mentioned in my last post on temptation. Tap into it and be victorious

"Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death." -James 1:12-15 So for the past few days I've been dealing with a temptation. Lets just say I've been chewing a lot of gum, and cramming my mouth to try to deal with it. I was telling a friend about it this morning, and normally when I talk to her God reveals things to me as I become open and real. I find myself going "oh!" and "dude, I get it!", "that's awesome!" As I have prepared to blog this today He has even further widened my understandin

In the story of the birth of Jesus we read that Mary and Joseph were pretty much "sent out back" to have Jesus because there was no vacancy left in the inn. As the years have passed the major lesson scholars and teachers and theologians; studiers of the Word have pulled out from this story is the challenge of whether we have room for Jesus in our hearts and lives. Christmas in and Christmas out I hear this philosophical challenge over and over, yet we do not realize all the while as we say it, we have yet to apply it and live out the truths we speak over and over and over. Perhaps we don't mean to, perhaps we don't even realize, but in a recent conversation with my sister we came to the agreement that there is still no room for Jesus in the "inn" of our hearts and lives. All Christmas season it's rush here and there. Buy this, buy that! We must do this, we must see this, and with each passing event we slowly push Jesus back out of our lives..if He