Christ in the Passover

Tonight my wife and I took the kids to a presentation of "Christ in the Passover" It was AWESOME!! Below is a video of the presentation. This is not the same man we saw (Our presenter was named Oded Cohen and he is from Israel) But it is almost verbatim what we heard.

Pray like Tevye

I recently saw the movie Fiddler on the Roof. ( <--- Link leads to clip of Tevye) I have not seen this movie since I was in middle school. Back then I saw the movie I just thought the way Reb Tevye danced was hilarious.

When I just watched it again I was stuck to see the way Tevye talked to God. It was so natural. Just like one would talk with a friend (and it wasn't even devoid of humor) I think sometimes it is so easy to talk so formal to God (being mindful that you are talking to the Creator of all things) that we forget that Jesus came that we might have relationship with God. A relationship that we can be as comfortable to say what is on our hearts as to our closest friend. But God wants to be closer than that. Will we share our whole heart with Him?

Lord, Please help me to grow in my prayer life. Lord I want you to be closer than any friend and I know I need to be more open and share my whole life with you. Please help me to be open. I want our relationship to be as close at even the most faithful men of God. Even more if you permit me. I love you Lord. Thank you for sending your Son Jesus, so we could have this relationship. I am forever grateful.

This verse caught my attention today. I think the Lord was giving me this verse.

“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops." Matt. 10:27

I dont want to push my agenda. I just want to be faithful that if God gives me something to speak, I will speak it and if its something to preach, I will preach it.

He will carry me - Mark Schultz// Psalm 18:2

Lord Jesus, Your sovereignty rules over all,

You are my Mighty fortress, My Rock and High tower,

In You alone I trust and find refuge,

Let me never be ashamed.

How awesome are Your works that my soul knows right well,

Your ways are past finding out.

The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer.

My God, my Rock, in Whom I take refuge.

Psalm 18:2 NASB

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Psalm 40 (NKJV)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

¹ I waited patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
² He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
³ He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.

⁴ Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
⁵ Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”
⁹ I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
O LORD, You Yourself know.
¹⁰ I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.
¹¹ Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
¹² For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.

¹³ Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
O LORD, make haste to help me!¹⁴ Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
¹⁵ Let them be confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

¹⁶ Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation say continually,
“The LORD be magnified!”¹⁷ But I am poor and needy;
Yet the LORD thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

Encouraged Morning

This morning as I checked my email and Facebook, I received a couple of messages that really encouraged me. One from my sister Tanya the other was from a friend from church named Ellie. The message from Tanya reads...

I was thinking about you and just something you may want to pray into but... I feel like God is saying you need to get a notebook because he is going to begin to give you new songs.. these songs are going to have serious depth, they are going to be different than anything he has given you in the past even the sound and tone is going to be different. It is different because he is going to start doing some new and exciting things in you and your music is going totally reflect that. he says be on the look out because he is going to bring people to you for you to collaborate with in your music. they are going to come to you so be prepared. he says get ready cuz hes calling you back in a new way to music........ not sure when all this is going to take place but i do get a sense that its not going to be too long from now. anyway that is what he gave me for you i will call u tomorrow to make sure you got it. ok i love you mr. miah and i have and will continue to pray for you.

The funny thing about that is yesterday night I picked up a guitar again for the first time in I cant remember when.

Then Ellie writes...

Miah have you ever practice meditation? ... It helps the mind and the body feel much better. I like to meditate in the word of God, I read the bible and pick a chapter that really means something in my life and meditate on that. Pick up a quite time, close your eyes, relax and concentrate in your breath then you concentrate in the word. I pray this way too, God knows my heart and if I need to pray for someone I close my eyes and I picture their face in my mind and ask God for healing or whatever they need.

Next she writes...

Meditation is really powerful, I use my meditation always with God in mind, remember we are what we think!! Ask God to help you put in your mind only positive things and show the way that He wants you to take. You are in my mind and as I said in my message before I picture your face lastnight in my meditation and prayer and hope you feel much better with no pain. God love you and have something really wonderful waiting for you but you need to be ready and say God I'll do whatever you want me to do. Remember your church family love you and have a wondeful day!!!!

This was in my inbox this morning. It is the devotional for kids that I get...

God Is Honest with Us about Our Need for Him

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13)

God tells us in His Word exactly what we need to know about our sin. He tells us what we ought to hear about the hardness of living the Christian life. And God tells us what we should know about our need for Him.

God is there to help us. We should try to please and obey Him, but we do not have to rely on our own strength and wisdom to do it. In fact, He wants us to depend on Him for grace and help, rather than trying to do things on our own!

Have you ever seen a toddler try to carry around a gallon of milk? A two-year-old can hardly even lift a gallon of milk, let alone walk around with it! What would probably happen if that toddler was allowed to keep staggering and slogging around with that gallon of milk? Well, the milk would probably get dropped sooner or later, all over the floor. If that little child would like some milk, then an adult will probably have to come and help carry it to the table and pour it into a cup, or else there will probably be a huge mess.

Have you ever tried to please God in your own strength? If so, you have probably learned that you cannot do it! Our strength is too weak! We need God in our everyday lives, and we need God to help us please Him. Here are just a few examples of the thousands of ways we need God.

WE NEED HIS PRESENCE
"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." (Hebrews 13:5b)

WE NEED HIS STRENGTH
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13)

WE NEED HIS WISDOM
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." (James 1:5)

WE NEED HIS INSTRUCTION AND GUIDANCE
"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye." (Psalm 32:8)

WE NEED TO TRUST AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
i>"Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." (Psalm 37:5)
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:6)

WE NEED HIM IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES
"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God." (2 Corinthians 3:5)
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15:5)

As you can tell, we need God! We can be glad that God tells us how it is. He does not smooth over the facts to make them easier or more pleasant for us to hear. He tells us the truth we need to know about our sin (and gives us the solution). He tells us the truth about what to expect in the Christian life (and what He expects from us). And He tells us the truth about how weak we are and how much we need Him (and promises to help). What a wonderful God we have!

God makes it very clear that we must depend upon Him for help, and that He is willing to help us when we do.

My Response:
» Am I trying to please God in my own way and in my own strength?
» What are some things I can rely on God to help me with?

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All this is such an answer to prayer since last night I was really struggling. Wanting to hear from God and feeling a bit forgotten. God is So Good. He is always faithful. He always hears :)

Experiencing God

Its been a while since I blogged last. A lot has gone on. Just got out of the hospital last Friday (was in there for 11 days for cellulitis) While I was in the hospital I found it easy to be nice and friendly but not as easy to keep my focus on God. I don't want to blame it on pain or being in a place where I didn't feel very comfortable. I just don't feel like I experienced God the way I wanted to and have struggled wit that since I have been home. I know that it has been my fault allowing other thing things to take my time and attention instead of keeping my focus where it belongs. I feel it so true that nothing can satisfy me except God. But its not a single experience with him can tide me over. I need more of him.

Lord I pray you would help to experience more of you on a consistent basis. Help me to not let "things"dominate my attention. Help me please to spend time with you everyday. Lord I want you more than anything. Reign in me again. I need you my God. Even in my lowly state I want to know I am on mission with you. That the things I do you find important. I want to honor you with my life Lord. I love you my God. I love You, I love You.