You See Bones, I See an Army

Sometimes we look around us and see only dead bones. We do not see life, either for us or others. We just see death, problems, troubles, heartache….. Then God comes walking by and says “You See Bones, I See an Army”. I love that saying. It came from the title of a book by Floyd McClung. Too often I just see the bones. What have you been looking at today? A pile of dead bones or have you been looking through God’s eyes and seeing an Army, ready to explode on the scene and do God’s will. Bob Lipsys

Here are some words by Floyd McClung they give insight into what we need to do next.
There is a valley of dry bones God wants to use, but those bones won't become an army until they are prophesied over. The dry bones are made up of the poor, the rebellious, the marginalized of society, the young, and the uneducated. They carry wounds, have been abused, suffer from AIDS, are widows and single parents. They are often so poor they have lost hope of finding a purpose in life. They are waiting for someone to believe in them. By choosing to follow Jesus, believers have joined a great procession of men and women who are living for something far greater than themselves. The challenge is to act like we really believe what we are called to be and to do: to become a radical community of Jesus followers who seek to alleviate injustice and share the Father's love with those who have never heard that he cares for them; to show that the church of Jesus Christ is the hope of the world.
From: You See Bones, I See an Army: Changing the Way We Do Church. By Floyd McClung

Living out your God-given Dreams

by Joyce Meyer see http://www.joycemeyer.org

The undeveloped, wasted potential in this world is pathetic. Everyone was created to do something great—great in their own realm. Each of us has the potential to become great at something—a great wife, a great mom, a great seamstress, a great husband, a great father, a great businessman. But whatever we do, we should not have little ideas, dreams or visions. Little things are important, and we should never despise the day of small things. But we ought to have big ideas, dreams, and visions because we serve a big God.

I would rather have a big dream and see half of it come to pass than to have a little dream and see all of it come to pass. I believe that when God created all of us, He formed and fashioned each person, breathed the breath of life into us and then took a little part of Himself and placed it within each of us. One of us may have a musical gift, another may have a speaking gift, another may have a gift of writing. The problem comes when we try to take the gift God has given us and use it to do what someone else is doing instead of developing our own potential. Each one of us is full of potential. We have a part of God in us. We are not a mistake. We don't have to spend our lives on the back burner.

We are not too old or too young. We have God-given dreams and visions. But the dreams and visions God gives us for the future are possibilities not "positivelies." (That's the way God spoke it to me a long time ago). With Him, nothing is impossible; but it also takes our cooperation and willingness through determination, obedience, and hard work to develop what He has put in us.

From the book New Day, New You: 365 Devotions for Enjoying Everyday Life by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2007 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

See Joyce Meyer’s Web Site http://www.joycemeyer.org

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As a family we have been inspired by Joyces’ teaching for nearly 13 years. She is a positive, Bible Based teacher with deep insight into the problems people face in their daily lives. If you have tried to put you life together and have failed, why not go to Joyce’s site and get some answers from God.

Bob Lipsys