Jay: Thankful For Grace

Wow, I am only a few chapters into "Why Grace Changes everything" the whole concept of Grace is something that I have a hard time grasping sometimes, but even more so just how truly Holy our Lord is. I am so thankful that the Lord has provided a way to have fellowship with him through Jesus; otherwise we would have no chance even approaching the throne of our God who is so Pure and Holy. To him our righteousness is like filthy rags, we have nothing to bring, no merit on our own. We can only approach God and have fellowship with him through the righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am so thankful that God knows us so well, He knows our condition, no matter how hard we try we fall short. Because of this, by His grace he provided a way! thank you Jesus! My heart goes out to all those that are caught in the trap of self-righteousness, trying to work their way into the presence of the only God, pure and Holy God; what a disappointing state to be in. I often wonder why certain individuals think they will somehow make themselves righteous enough to meet Gods standard. Jesus is the only one that walked this earth and lived a perfect life, free of sin. No one else can make that claim. Gods standard "Perfection" ........ Jesus is perfection.

Justin: Harvest

I was also really blessed by this book. It's one of those very easy reads that you can just sit back and enjoy. I think I've read it a couple of times, and will probably read it a few more. I never grow tired of reading about what God has done in these guy's lives.

I particularly remember the guy that was demon possessed that God rescued, and it just hit me how real the spiritual realm really is.

This book just reminds me of 1 Corinthians 1:27 "God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise."

One of my favorite testimonies of all time can be found here The messages are entitled: "One Surrendered Life" #1,2

I look forward to reading this again one day when I have the time. It just shows how God can literally use anyone.

Format for "CCCR Internship" Blog

Hey,
Ok... here it is. It's not much, but it should work to be able to catalog everything we discuss about these books we have to go through.

We have a couple of options to discuss a particular topic, we can just comment on a post that has already been made, or we can edit the post... commenting will probably be easier.

I set up labels, so depending on the post topics, we can label it with the name of the book. That way, you can always click on the right side of the blog under the "labels" section to review what was written about that book or topic.

Jay: Harvest

Jay:

This book is one of my favorites, it is filled with testimonies of people who were so entangled, so far gone done the road of destructive behaviors that even psychologists had given up on them, as well as family and society. Some of these great men that God radically transformed are some of the leading Bible teachers of our time. Testimony’s contained in Harvest serve as great reminders of the awesome power of our Lord. We should never look down on someone because they are what some might consider “Rejects” or “Junkies” or what ever you fill in the blank; God can change anyone, we should share Jesus with them, they might be the next Greg Laurie or Geno or Raul. To me this book just shows the love, forgiveness, and transforming kindness God will pour out on those that turn to him and God is just seeking obedient people to use, not necessarily theological scholars, just humble obedient men.

Jay: Calvary Chapel Distinctives

Jay:

I had to go back and review Calvary distinctive and still doing so, but I just wanted to try to get the ball rolling, I suppose we can update, go back and review, what ever we need to do.

1. “ Make your calling and election sure”
As Chuck points out, it is so critical that we know we have been called to certain areas of ministry, for me at this point the ministries are; the children, college and career, and certainly Open Doors, and my family; I really have a burden for all three facets.

2. “Ministry Attitude”
This one is so easy for me to forget, we should have an attitude of a servant no matter what capacity we are serving in, we are the servants, not vice versa.