ANDREAS BECCAI // If Only I Had

SHARE

verb
1. have a portion of (something) with another or others.

“They follow Jesus to a new land of hope, health and healing”

MUSIC // Kari Jobe ft. Cody Carnes, 'Holy Spirit'
MUSIC // Chris Tomlin ft. Pat Barrett , 'Good Good Father'

“Jesus was born on the proverbial wrong side of the tracks.”

LEARN // YouTube Bible Study: The SEVEN WOES explained
A Day in the Word is a weekly YouTube Bible study for youth and people of all ages. In today's episode on Matthew 23, Jon talks about the 7 woes to the Pharisees and how Jesus' rebukes are still relevant to those in the church today.

“ Give me the mother hen God who welcomes all her children under her strong safe wings”

REFLECT // The Mother Hen God
Jesus says in Matthew 23:37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
If we are the Kingdom of God, in what ways are we also seeking to shield the vulnerable, to cover the cowering?  There is a story, some would say apocryphal, of a farmer who was walking back through his fire ravaged property, when he came upon the charred remains of a chicken on the ground.  When he knocked it over with his boot, out ran some very alive baby chicks, shielded by their mothers wings.  Whether true or not, I’ve seen many animals behave in ways that remind me of Jesus’ protective nature.  Check out this scrawny but doting mother.  She doesn’t have many resources at her disposal, but her care is unmistakable.  
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MAKE

verb
1. form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.
2. cause (something) to exist or come about; bring about.
MAKE // Something Beautiful
Jesus reminds us that the greatest command is to love God, love your neighbour Matthew 22:36-40
The Van Gogh Alive exhibition is in Sydney at the moment and I can’t wait to go.  Here is what CNN says about the installation
“Van Gogh Alive lets you peek into the heart of the painter and connect with him... both deeply and subtly.” — CNN LIFE
While I'm excited to experience this event, it does not even compare to the invitation of Jesus. To experience him deeply and subtly. We are invited to live in the heart of God and he in ours. Now that is living, breathing, walking around art.
Let Jesus make something  breathtakingly beautiful out of you today.
Allow God to mould who you are. That expression of God in you speaks volumes without using words. 

“Our greatest witness is our present actions, not our laundered past or our idealised future.”

TRY

verb
1. make an attempt or effort to do something. Use, test, or do (something new or different) in order to see if it is suitable, effective, or pleasant.
TRY // Making a difference where you are
Find out about The Adventist Peace Fellowship and see if your community would like to join.
TRY // Staying Fresh
Andreas tells the story of how a night out began with “my food is off”.  Has this ever happened to you? Watch this video to get some tips on how to keep your food fresh.

How do we stay spiritually fresh? Maybe like the vegetables in this video that get wrapped in aluminium foil to stay fresh, we need to be wrapped in love and live that way.

PLAY

verb
1. engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation
PLAY // Bean Boozled
In this game you have to put the jelly bean in your mouth to tell if it is good or not, you cannot tell just by looking.
Remember, Jesus is always good for us.

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8 NIV