Isaiah 61:1-3

I was reading the book Captivating and came across an explanation of the passage Isaiah 61:1 and thought it was so cool. That is why I am sharing it with you! Enjoy

Isaiah 61:1-3

New International Version (NIV)

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
³     and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
    instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.

In terms we can Understand :)

God has sent me on a mission

I have some great news for you

God has sent me to restore and release something

and that something is you

I am here to give you back your heart and set you free.

I am furious at the enemy who did this to you, and I will fight

against him

let me comfort you.

for, dear one, I will bestow beauty upon you

where you have known only devastation.

Joy, in the places of your deep sorrow.

and I will robe your heart in thankful praise

in exchange for your resignation and despair

Sin and Shame

-Adam and Eve sinned against God and ate the forbidden fruit, by doing this they lost the connection from God, but he never left them. a wall was just placed between us. Through eating they became shameful. and sadly shame distorts how people see things. Shame means "A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior." The punishment for sin for woman was child birth and for man  it was labor and through both of these punishments they bring life the reason they are so hard is because we cut ourselves off from the ultimate life source, God!

-If the wages of sin is death does that mean you will automatically die once you sin? no! for example it means if you commit adultery the end result can come to divorce of your marriage. however grace (GOD) can step in and save what ever is lost.

-If there is a food we hate we usually say I don't like it or that's yucky. Most people believe that's how God reacts to our sin. But if Jesus is just like the trinity in Heaven and on Earth HE HUNG OUT WITH SINNERS! wow shocker lol. God does not turn his back when we sin. We are also not defined by our sin. God does not hate us he hates the Garbage that holds us down. Gods love is always constant we don't loose it nor do we earn it.

Love and Peace

-Man and Woman can not truly love without God because God is love!
Man and Woman's personalities are very much different but if we BOTH were made in the image of God doesn't that show us a glimpse of who he is? From the guys point of view hes powerful protecting and strong, from the woman's point of view hes loving nurturing and caring.

-Have you ever been asked to spend time in prayer and find yourself falling asleep? I know I have on multiply occasions. I always feel guilty, feeling like I am not a "good" christian. Something that our speaker in week one told us that it simply means you are at peace and familiar with God. don't feel ashamed for sleeping during prayer it just shows how content you are being with God. Another example of this would be if you came over to my parents house after a long day of work and you didn't know them or my house you would fight as hard as you could to stay awake, the last thing you would do would be to sleep.

The Trinity

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew version said in the beginning they created the heavens and the earth... God in Hebrew meant they? The father the son and the holy spirit, How cool is that. God has relationship within himself. I was taught in week one that God did NOT create out of lack out or of loneliness but out of UTTER JOY!!! they wanted to share there pure love with  more then themselves, that's why they created man and woman. How this was explained to me was a husband and a wife make a child when they have to much love to keep within they want to share there life with a baby, its made out of happiness not boredom. Although through sinning we lost that connection and relationship with God (I will get more into that tomorrow) Jesus was so determined to fix that that he stepped out of his own connection with the father and the holy spirit to come to earth and die on the cross for us for ME. that is such a selfless God. I am so overwhelmed with Joy that i get to spend eternity with them in heaven :)

sorry for spelling mistakes there will be a lot :p

Couple of Photos of the base :)

the Dinning Palapa

 Our Dock!

 Our Pool

 Drink Palapa

 Where we have Lectures

 Gods Beauty

Hey Everyone!

Hey guys so I just got the inspiration from my fellow YWAMers to do a blog! So what you should know is I am 18 years old my name is Shelby and I am currently on a Youth with a Missions (YWAM) Discipleship training school in Belize. The theme of our school is anticipate freedom :) I am so excited to see God move these couple months! I have been here for only 2 weeks now and I will share with you what is going on in my day and what I have been learning. I am so pumped to share this with you. Please feel free to ask questions I may not have the answer but others may. Prayer is also excepted :p