So God is saying to them, "Look! C. God cannot do a new thing in you until you sacrifice your will for His. As a pregnant mom-to-be, I … I will make a pathway through the wilderness. This is why we try to ignore Him, because change is the last thing we want to do. First of all, we all experienced that extraordinary conclave a short time ago, and we have a new pope, Francis. As you leave this morning, or any morning, you, too, must notice those exciting words: "The Spirit is loose and she is wild." Meditation for day 7. Do something new in my life Something New in my Life (2x) O God Do something new in my life Something New in my Life (2x) O God I can not do without you Cannot do without you I can not do without you O Lord I can not do without you Cannot do without […] This song is sung by Ps Paul Thangiah. In the midst of the pathetic and seemingly hopeless situation, God in His infinite mercies was working out a good work – “new thing” for the children of Israel. Three – We must look around and see what God is doing. John 8:1-11 We walk humbly with our God by seeking His blessing and approval on our life decisions. How could you miss the action of God's Spirit in the second lesson today? The Spirit is at work. Also, the enthusiasm and the joy and the celebration of the liturgy, the spirit of faith that is so clearly present here. 1. I want you to have my attitude and mindset. It will happen for them, too, because that is the way of God -- the way of love. I want your life to look like mine.” I looked down and read Philippians 2:14—“Do everything without grumbling or arguing.” It was like an explosion of dynamite. The more comfortable you are, the more difficult it will be for you to obey God’s call to do something new. Do you not perceive it?" Learn more here. Once we've opened ourselves to that love, God is there. He is able to restore earthly relationships. I’ve given you a lot to do. They need God's healing. I love God most for his ability to restore. Full text of the readings. So God is doing something totally new, never in their experience before. Let us consider some keys that Apostle, Paul highlighted when he says in Philippians 3:13-14. They call the program Sakala, and it really is bringing about new things. God’s beckoning always requires a response and almost always requires a change in our life. One way of expressing it is found in Romans where Paul says, for example in chapter 12 verse 1, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual [service of] worship.” “I give myself to God” means, “I do this: I do Romans 12:1. To do what God wants us to do, we grow in our faith, continuing to surrender more and more areas of our lives to His control. Fifth Sunday of Lent So now, a second group is being started in another of the neighborhoods. Are you ready for Him to rain on your parched land? Isaiah 43:16-21 Ability to remain stable: Paul says “toward the goal for the prize”. TEXT: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. If you are truly serious, the things that are holding you back have to be removed from your life. Do you not perceive it? Bring to pass His promises concerning my life and the manifestation of word. Do you not see it? Bishop Diana on Isaiah 43:19. It seems, as he begins to act as pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic church because he's bishop of Rome, he's speaking to us and showing us God's Spirit acting in new ways. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things. As you read along, my question to you this hour is - are you ready for God to do a "new thing" in your life? Remember, this is all about the accomplishment of God’s will, not ours. That was God’s will, and it was going to come to pass no matter what. Instead God extended the hand of hope to them. It's symbolic, but it's so meaningful. Two – God is doing a new thing! God is doing new things. D. Invitation – “I know a new thing is coming. I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. So God is working in a new way. God does not become merely a part of our lives, He IS our life ( Galatians 2:20 ). He was even was among those who were persecuting, putting in jail, people who failed to live up to the Torah. O Lord, Plant Good Things In My Life. GLORY SUMMIT 2016: Redemption of the Purchased possession. 4. Rejoice. God is working through the Spirit and that's why, in the first lesson today, St. Ignatius proclaims to the chosen people, speaking for God, "I am about to do a new thing. They're failing to live up to their commitments to one another, to their community. This is something new, something different, giving up the trappings of monarchy and wealth and acting with simplicity. Yet here they were, 75 to 100 of them, gathered in a room and doing centering prayer, learning to come to peace within themselves so they could spread peace in their community. God couldn’t tell you to sacrifice anything b/c you’re not listening. They're demoralized. The new thing -- these are people to whom Isaiah is preaching who have been in exile for decades. He is opening himself to the Spirit, and God is working in new ways now. 5. See, I have already begun! Use and share what you have An enormous and varied amount of material, resources, and people had to work together to create something … All that went before, I can let go because now, as I enter into this new experience of God in Jesus, everything becomes new." PRAYER: Father God, thank You for going ahead of me to plan the path for my life. But then he also began to act -- refusing to ride in the separate limousine, getting on the minibus. So, it gives us hope. Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? He will make a way for me when all hope is lost. God loved them both and was open to transforming their lives to the new workings of the Spirit. Now I found Hope, The Word of God has brought New Life To my Dead Situations. The young woman is certainly in that situation. I was with a group of teenagers who ordinarily would be tempted to go the ways of violence, join gangs and that sort of thing. New things really begin to happen, and he can't wait until, as he says, "Forgetting what lies behind and streaming forward to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the Heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus." ], Send your thoughts and reactions to Letters to the Editor. He took the name Francis, one who committed his life under the power of the Spirit to following Jesus radically in simplicity of life, in giving up violence. Uh hoo yeh, yeah. Your faith supporting and connecting with my faith and with the faith of every other person -- it is an extraordinary experience of God being present through God's Spirit. You may feel you are in a desert you cannot navigate away from, but God in His infinite mercy will make a way and show you the way. New thing means Gods progress to HIS successful plan for our life… Send your thoughts and reactions to Letters to the Editor. Open to God’s new thing in your life. God wants to do a new thing in your Life God in His perfect purpose, determined direction and never-changing nature is doing a “new thing” as always among His people this season. The greatest step into enjoying the new thing God wants to do in your live is for you to be committed to His plan and purpose – Jeremiah 29:11. As you reflect this Christmas season on your life, your struggles, your disappointments, your victories, your faith, and your hope, remember that God is God and we are not. Sign up here to receive an email alert when the latest homily is posted. Also, just this past week, once more I visited Haiti. So do not rely on your past. If you read this scripture, there are two things I want you to reflect on from the … Now it springs forth. Beloved, I strongly believe in my heart that the same applies to us in this generation. 3. Brethren, you must also realise that having focus is not enough as your focus must be aligned to what God wants you to see and His will for your life. They're teaching these young people ways of nonviolence, ways of love, acceptance and tolerance. I don’t think we even owned a Bible and we definitely didn’t talk about God or being Christians. Paul is saying that, "God has done something new in my life. Whenever God is going to do a new thing, most of the time, it requires major changes in the lives and circumstances of the beneficiaries. God will bring about their deliverance in a way they would never have suspected; not through a new Moses that God raises up as God did when the people were in slavery in Egypt. But the way God works is that he is always bringing new things to life. He wants, evidently, to be one among us, a leader who is also with the people. Apart from not allowing past benefits, successes and victories to becloud our need for a new thing, we must also not allow our past failures, hurts, sorrow, shame to rub us of future testimonies in Christ. Help me to expect something new and I ask for the wisdom to respond rather than react to Your guidance. Simply be ready to receive God's love by acknowledging their need of that healing love. Extraordinary, profound change is coming, not from a violent revolution and overthrow of the system, but from people changing from within, letting the Spirit work within them. I can assure you that He wants to do just that if only you can believe! When we make big decisions, we can take comfort in His sovereign will, because no matter what we do, we cannot ruin God’s ultimate plans. The children of Israel on numerous occasions had failed God miserably but God did condemn them for their past. Philippians 3:8-14 God in His perfect purpose, determined direction and never-changing nature is doing a “new thing” as always among His people this season. Amen God has already set in motion a new direction and a new purpose for your life -- will you follow Him? Do you see possibilities or problems? No. My great-grandpa passed away when I was going into 6th grade. 3. His Glory. He refuses to wear the excessive amount of special robes, and so on. This year God is doing something new. We find in the Gospel lesson here, too, those elders who are trying to put Jesus in a difficult spot discover that God works through Jesus in new ways. He kept all of the 613 laws of the Torah faithfully. They're disheartened. The transcripts of Bishop Gumbleton's homilies are posted weekly to NCRonline.org. Taste and see what God is doing in your life, your church, or across the world and be amazed. It’s the 9th month of the year…and since we just celebrated Labor Day, I declare that God is birthing something BIG in your life! Isaiah 43:18,19. Do you want Him to renew your heart and soul and perhaps your vision? I grew up in a non-religious family. Paul goes on: "I just want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection." Paul probably had good plans for his second missionary journey, yet over and over again God “messed them up.” Meanwhile, for the new thing to be made manifest, God wanted His people to forget the former things. 2. See, I am doing a new thing! How Will Joe Biden Build a Common Future? The Israelites needed a new work, a new miracle, a new victory from God. It will become the uppermost in your mind. Simple as it may sound - to be focused if well balanced will bring some glorious values as listed below into our lives: Ability to choose only that which is important: Paul said “this one thing I do…”when you focus solely on your goal, your goal will begin to define you and shape your look. First of all, remember, Paul was the Pharisee of the Pharisees. Glory Summit 2017: "Newness through the glory of His grace". The ministries of charity and mercy and love are so abundant here. I regard them as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him. We went from this one group that's already been under way for about a year, and now one of the young people is a leader of that group. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is … The duration of song is 04:11. Posted by: 'Sogo Adelaja AT 07:09 am   The leaders are young men who have grown up in Cite Soleil and they're saying, "We have to find a new way." Because He wants to make sure that when HE brings you out of the storm, that you will … God wants to build that love relationship with you, but you have to allow Him to. New things are happening, and it's extraordinary to experience that and the hope that it gives to the people living there. All that went before, I can let go because now, as I enter into this new experience of God in … But if he refuses to go along and disobeys the law, which really does require that such a woman be stoned to death, then Jesus is subject to being brought to trial himself. Be open. He restores us to a right relationship with him through the gift of forgiveness and justification. Although the journey at times is tough, the blessing is worth the birthing pain and process. It sounds good to say, “I want more of God in my life.” From this we realise that the first thing we must do in the anticipation for a new thing is to effect a change of focus – we must quit looking behind and start looking ahead. ILLUS: My little Grandson, Bryce, is sometimes a daydreamer. He gave that up and followed only the ways of peace. Psalms 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 This time, God acts through a pagan ruler, Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who will conquer Babylonia and then arrange for the Jewish people to return. Paul is saying that, "God has done something new in my life. I suggest that that's how we will best understand today's Scripture readings, to understand that God is always working through God's Spirit. When I reflect on all the things that have happened here in St. [Lucie] Parish, I fully understand how that is true. God’s promise is for something new, something fresh… we are to live in today. God is able to transform the desert areas of your life into fields of blessing and abundance. No more Darkness, The Word of God is the Light, To my path. He had been a soldier. I Cancel Every Unconscious Negative Agreement, In Jesus’ Name. “See, I am doing a new thing.” The most important word in this scripture is SEE. The question is - how can we allow God to do "a new thing" in our lives? They will begin to bring about changes in their society so that, again, justice can be done for all, and this is spreading. The good news though was that God was inviting me into something new. God will do something new in my life. The more you know about who God is, the better you’ll hear His voice and create something new and meaningful in your life. [Homily given at St. Jude Parish, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Apostle Paul became so engrossed in his goal. Something New, In our Lives ooh Lord. What do you see when you view your life, your situation, your circumstance? Not only can he renew a life and redeem its future, but he can also redeem its past. Work for transforming our world to the reign of God. |. Isaiah 55:7 says. We have to watch for those new ways, accept them and follow them. Like the children of Israel, you can view your past with all its storms, sorrows, regrets, failures; your present and all the problems, pressures or you can focus on the future, taking God at His word for the new thing He has promised you. How Will Joe Biden Build a Common Future? Do Something New In My Life song from the album Do Something New is released on Jun 2005 . CHORUS 2 Do Something New, Editor's note: This homily is from a Mass held March 17. Be open and God's reign will continue to expand and we will share in it ever more fully. Ability to persevere: Paul says “I press on…” He kept pressing on and kept persisting. I wasn’t who I had always been and I didn’t have to pretend I was. Be open. I want it in my life!” The First Sacrifice Is A Sacrifice Of Praise: Isaiah 42:9 TLB 10-12 NIV Paul is ready to be open to that, and God transforms his life. O Lord, Uproot Evil Things From My Life. That was the reason prophet Isaiah by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit wrote to the children, of Israel at a period in their lives when they were experiencing general discontentment, discouragement, disappointment, disillusion and despondency in. God wants you to grow in a greater intimacy than you have ever experienced.