But It Is Hardly Credible That One Could Be So Positively Ignorant

But It Is Hardly Credible That One Could Be So Positively Ignorant
Acts 26:15 “And I said, who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.”


The Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand.” There is no escape when Our Lord speaks, He always comes with an arrestment of the understanding. Has the voice of God come to you directly? If it has, you cannot mistake the intimate insistence with which it has spoken to you in the language you know best, not through your ears, but through your circumstances.
God has to destroy our determined confidence in our own convictions. “I know this is what I should do” – and suddenly the voice of God speaks in a way that overwhelms us by revealing the depths of our ignorance. We have shown our ignorance of Him in the very way we determined to serve Him. We serve Jesus in a spirit that is not His, we hurt Him by our advocacy for Him, we push His claims in the spirit of the devil. Our words sound all right, but our spirit is that of an enemy. “He rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of the spirit ye are of.” The spirit of our Lord in an advocate of His is described in 1 Corinthians 13.
Have I been persecuting Jesus by a zealous determination to serve Him in my own way? If I feel I have done my duty and yet have hurt Him in doing it, I may be sure it was not my duty, because it has not fostered the meek and quiet spirit, but the spirit of self-satisfaction. We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, “I delight to do they will, O My God.”


This was a wonderful devotion I had this morning and I am trying to apply it so much right now! Isn't it funny how when you get these wonderful revelations but then Satan attacks so hard and you have to always keep yourself in tact. Like right now I am dealing with people who are always disagreeing with me even on things that are totally small. Its like people decide to crash down on my own convictions as if they are not worth having at all. I have a hard time with people like that, I don't mind people voicing their opinions as long as they don't trash down mine. Yet I am keeping a cool head, and I am not pushing anything on anyone. I will let their hearts be pricked.
All I want right now is to not talk to anyone, I love them all but when things get uneasy then I want all God. He is the only one that will guide against persucution and selfish additudes. Blessed be His name, I love His guidance and I can't wait until tomorrow's message. Reading in Jonnie Moores blog today made me also realize that I must keep my focus even more. To not let people get to me, to not allow anger and hatred to rise in me. I will be in much prayer this week and I want to keep this focus more than anything.
"Dear Lord, guide me on the path of calmness, gentleness, and meekness. Dear Lord You are my God, and You are my One desire. Keep the evils of this world and the temptations in it as far away as You can. I want to keep you as my desire and focus.
Thank You dear Lord for Elizabeth, her sweet temperament and love for You and desire to keep herself pure amazes me. THank you Lord for allowing me to help work in her life and be there for her as good counsel and a person to hug her. Thank You Lord for what she has done in my life. Her honesty and loving kindness and her focus on Your truth helps me with my walk as well. Thank You dear Lord, pertect her heart."

What Makes Jesus Christ a High Priest?

Hey everybody! I just got out of a wonderful Wednesday night service, Rob Jackson preached tonight and it was a real eye-opener. I went into the service knowing that I needed to get something right with the Lord but I couldn’t put my finger on it right then. I kept praying and praying but I felt such a blocked wall and I didn’t know how it got there at all. I have been doing all these things, like reading my Bible and saying small prayers, joining a prayer ministry, volunteering for other things. But I felt as I tried to do more for God the less I felt near to Him. I was trying so hard but Satan was trying His hardest as well. Its amazing to me what a whole room of hundreds of students can do to defeat Satan. Where to or more gather in His name, God is there. I saw so many people tonight who were worshiping with all their hearts, and I saw some who were just there for the extra credit for their classes. All I can say was that the worship was so de-stressing and so encouraging. I was able to be with people who love the Lord with all there heart and who desire Him more than anything in the world and who are trying their best to keep that focus.
I must say that I normally wouldn’t send this to anyone, I would have just posted it on my blog for nobody else to see but me. But I really feel like God wants me to share this for a few people. This is my heart and this is me sharing it with you all. I love you all like my brothers and sisters in Christ. You can take this whichever way that you want to, but I can pray that you will heed what has been laid on my heart tonight and the desire I want for you all is to maybe get a little what I got out of the sermon. So please take some time to listen to what the preacher has shared tonight, this isn’t coming from me, Danielle Sarchet, but God used this man tonight to help me, and maybe it can be an eye-opener for some of you. So please just take a few minutes to take some time right now to spend it with God.

Before the sermon tonight we were singing this one song that I can’t remember the name too, but one of the lines was, “Lord I am waiting on you.” And as soon as I heard that I looked around and saw so many people singing the song but I wondered how many of them really meant it? Were they just singing the words or were they really waiting on the Lord? I could honestly say that I haven’t been waiting on the Lord. I had to think about those words when they were up for all of us to mouth.
……..waiting on the Lord……what does that mean?
I have not been giving up everything to Him like I was singing but I so wanted to. Its like I have such a strong desire but not a strong enough will to pull through the daily trials we face every single day. Was I waiting on the Lord? How was I and how can I prove that I am?

The title of tonights message was “What makes Jesus a High Priest?” The scripture that was given tonight was Hebrews 4:12-16 where it says: “12 For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than a two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there creature that is not manifest in his site: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”


He is great because of His position – Psalm 138:6 where it says “Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.” This is saying that though God is so high, He is so perfect and He has done nothing wrong, all He has done is love us, He still has respect for the lowly. The lowly who are humble, the lowly who are not seen by other, the lowly that other people look down upon. Yet God cannot stand the proud. He hates sin, God Himself cannot know someone who is prideful, they first must come to God and acknowledge Him as almighty and themselves nothing but dirt.
He is great because of where He is
i. He has passed into heaven – God is in heaven, He is there waiting for us to get there. I can’t help but wonder, when we do get there, will we be ready to face God? Will we be ready to face the One who created us and the One we have ignored this entire time of our lives? Can we honestly search our hearts and say that we are right within the Lord?
We are in the loving hands of our Father, why do we seek love and affection from so many other places? Why do we seek all these different people, and seek after approval when we have the choice to have it all with God? He is all we need, but why can’t we accept that?
ii. He is great because of who He is – this may sound stupid to some at first, but think about that for who moment: God is God….

God is God…..

That is an amazing statement…..

He is great because of His perfection – We have not a high priest who isn’t affected by our feelings. God feels every one of our pains and He hurts along with us. He feels our sorrows and is there for us. Jesus Christ endured every single temptation there was imaginable. I’m not talking about like drugs or anything like that but God was faced with the things that He could be tempted the most from. Yet Jesus arose victorious over sin and Satan because of His love for us. To me that is so amazing! Think about it….all the temptation we endure and have fallen for…then we feel guilty…..God endured continuous temptation and He didn’t fall to it because of His love for us……his love for us…..He suffered for us. Hebrews 4:15 Jesus suffers more than I do when I hurt. He knows me when I don’t know myself.

Hew. 4:16 “Let us come boldly to the throne of God…” We have nothing to lose if we go to Him. We have everything to lose if we go to anyone but to Him.
Jesus Christ is our Great High Priest because of His position.
Rob Jackson reminded us of the song called: Lets have a little talk with Jesus. That though its not very deep, its very crucial to every Christian that we take everything to God. Parents, friends, strangers, enemies, interests, lovers…..take it all to Him.
Provides mercy for our past – this to me is still always amazing, that He provides such mercy and compassion for me and everyone else who goes through hard times and trials. Our mouths are silenced because of our guilt. This right here is the statement that has caused me to feel so down, feeling about me feeling so inadequate, so completely feeling worthless.
Titus 3:5 – not according to our works but our mercy. This one hit me very hard. It struck me very hard because I have been dealing with people who try all the works and do all the right things but then they have no mercy to back it up. And without that mercy, there is nothing….nothing at all.
Past failures in my life? God gives mercy…..




Provides grace for my present needs
Here are some verses for these. “Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” II Tim. 2:1

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” II Cor. 12:14

God provides mercy and grace right in the nick of time for us. I love it when just when we think that we are going down, that there is no hope He gives us hope. God gives us mercy and grace at all times but whether or not we choose to receive it is totally up to us.
The Lord faced the whole area of temptation and was victorious in overcoming it. Yet He was victorious because He was doing it for us, so we in turn, as we face temptation can rise above it for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Another thing that Rob said was that instead of saying we sinned, we make excuses. This statement is so true! Why do we choose to try to cover up and lie right to God when he knows everything! Excuses don’t get us anywhere to do anything. They just make us defensive of all that we say and make us look like total idiots. He goes on to say that we act like God doesn’t know that we sinned. Another powerful statement he said was that you can’t lose your salvation but you sure can blow your testimony. I think back at all the times when I know people looked at me and it would never cross their mind that I was a Christian. Many a time I have fallen but by God’s grace and His work through the admonishment of others, I Have come to know the refuge of His everlasting arms of loving kindness. One moment of sin is not worth it, and I have come to find that out the hard way. I have wasted a big part of my life I will never be able to get back again, and I will be haunted by mistakes that I have made for the rest of my life. Yet my God is so good! He will help me through the difficult times and He will be my refuge as long as I choose to stay by His side.

Lord God……Search my heart……I want to be clean

“But rise, and stand upon they feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee” Acts 26:16



The vision Paul had on the road to Damascus was no passing emotion, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him, and he says, “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.” Our Lord said, in effect, to Paul – Your whole life is to be overmastered by Me; you are to have no end, no aim, and no purpose but Mine. “I have chosen him.”
When we are born again we all have vision, if we are spiritual at all, of what Jesus wants us to be, and the great thing is to learn not to be disobedient to the vision, not to say that it cannot be attained. It is not sufficient to know that God has redeemed the world, and to know that the Holy Spirit can make all that Jesus did effectual in me; I must have the basis of a personal relationship to Him. Paul was not given a message or a doctrine to proclaim, he was brought into a vivid, personal overmastering relationship to Jesus Christ. Verse 16 is immensely commanding, “to make thee a minister and a witness.” There is nothing there apart from the personal relationship. Paul was devoted to a Person not to a cause. He was absolutely Jesus Christ’s, he saw nothing else, he lived for nothing else. “For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”







I so want this for my life, to be solely focused on Jesus Christ and no other. So many times I get bogged down in people and forget about God. I focus on what people are doing, how they are being treated, why they act the way they do, how they act towards me. All that doesn’t matter at all though, none of it does. Just , with because we know the world and get along with everyone we come across doesn’t mean that we should lose site of Jesus. We have to keep reminding ourselves: why do we act this way? Why are we so stupid?
This poem I am about to post below is what I read in my adolescent Psychology book. It makes me realize how far down our teens have gone. Yet we can be a shining light until them:







Land of Diminished Dreams


The year is two-thousand fifty-four,
The world is full of curses.
People walk the streets no more,
No women carry purses

The name of the game is survival now-
Safety is far in the past.
Families are huge, with tons of kids
In hopes that one will last.

Drugs are no longer looked down on,
They are a way of life.
They help us escape the wrenching stress
Of our fast world’s endless strife…

I wake up now – it was only a dream,
But the message was terribly clear.
We’d better think hard about the future
Before our goals and our dreams disappear.
- Jessica Inglis, Age 16


These are the teens that I want to work with….Lord help them see your glory!

When something good turns bad

I am incrediably discouraged right now. I first thought that what I was thinking and feeling was ok but now I realized that what I am feeling is so impossible and so childish that I find myself very upset with myself.
Can I ask this? Is it possible to love someone when you haven't even met them? Is it possible to and ok to admire someone so much? No, it isn't. I find out today that I need to re-focus myself and why I am here. I did not come here to drool over some person that doesn't even know that I exist let alone would even give me the time of the day. Who am I living for? I am living for the one true God that will love me with the best love that can never be explained.
I knew I needed to write about this, it bothers me so much... I can admire the way God is working though individual people, but they are not my God. I feel so inadaquate when it comes to seeing other people and all that they are doing for the Lord. I have done really nothing with my life. I haven't seen or experienced what most other people have experienced. I did get good grades, I wasn't popular, I don't have any cool skills. But I have a passion. Sometimes this passion can be a little out of control sometimes when its not in the right place, but I am on fire for God and what He desires for my life. I am a people lover trying to be a God-lover.
*sigh* I know that God has HIs best for me, and I can't make things that happen that would be good, but not the best. Everything will come in God's time, all I need to do is completely focus on Him and what He wants me to do with the gifts He has given me. I want to serve not for people but for the Lord. Because if my focus is on people then that love for them will edventually leave me because of my fallen nature. But if I love people because I first love God then my priority is correct.

Wonderfully Stressed

I know this is crazy but already in the beginning of this semester I feel myself getting bogged down with a ton of stuff! Everything is starting to weigh down on me and I see myself getting stretched thinner and thinner. But my God is so good! I can honestly say I am wonderfully stressed out. I had great devotions this morning and most of the day I was able to keep my focus at trying to practice them. At the end of this day I found it difficult to do that though. I found myself very upset over certain people and I found myself getting very dissapointed in others. I can't do things for others though and what I think they should do. Thankfully I was able to keep my cool though and my lips sealed. Somehting that I have been learning to do quite a lot!
I was about to open up my textbook Lectures in Systematic Theology when I realized that i needed to read over 60 pages plus a chapter in my personality of psychology book as well. So I decided to blow off some steam and write a little post about my day. Hopefully tomorrow I can write out my devotion! So I guess I must be off! I have to go and read all that I need to read! Yet I am wonderfully stressed, I got a lot accomplished today!

Transformed by Insight

"We all, with open face beholding as in a glass glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image."
2 Corinthians 3:18

The outstanding charateristic of a Christian is this unveiled frankness before God so that the life becomes a mirror for our lives. By being filled with the Spirit we are transformed, and by beholding we become mirrors. You always know when a man has been beholding the glory of the Lord; you feel in your inner spirit that he is the mirror of the Lord's own character. Beware of anything which would sully that mirror in you; it is nearly always a good thing, the good that is not the best.
The golden rule for your life and mine is this concentrated keeping of the life open towards God. Let everything else - work, clothes, food, everything on earth - go by the board, saving that one thing. THe rush of the other things always tends to obscure this concentration on God. We have to maintain ourselves in the place of beholding, keeping the life absolutely spiritual all through. Let other things come and go as they may, let other people criticize as they will, but never allow anything to obscure the life that is hid with Christ in God. Never be hurried out of the relationship of abiding in Him. It is the one thing that is apt to fluctuate but ought not to. The severest discipline of a Christian's life is to learn how to keep "beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord."

A New Start

This semester will be interesting...I am starting this blog and this time some people will have access to it! That is if I will write them here! This is a big step for me cause its the real me. All my loves and hates will be here. All my hopes, all my dreams will be written down.