Bat Cave : Ongoing Mission

Ongoing mission

I've often said when it comes to doing this blog I don't always get a lot of feedback from people. In a way it's similar to Star Trek because it is an ongoing mission. I post things and send it to people via email or share it on Facebook. I trust God to touch hearts. I pray for the readers. I pray that God would give them hope and draw them closer to him. Even though I don't always get to connect the faces to the reader I know I am still doing what I have been called to do. Here's the thing I have come to care about those people. I want better for you. But more than that I want God's best. See about 2 years ago I was asked if I had considered changing the name of the blog as far as advertising it at church and it became A Weekly Dose of Hope. My friend Chris Godoy once said it was "like a weekly shot of spiritual vitamins." A B12 if you will. See if you show up for church on Sunday you get a sermon but sometimes by midweek you need that shot of vitamins, gamma rays, super soldier serum something to keep you on the right track. See walking with God is our ongoing mission. Paul has our encouragement we need in Ephesians 3:14-21

"When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand as all God's people should how wide , how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able , through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen."

Paul wanted that for his people. I want it for you. You should desire God's best as well.

My ongoing mission is to encourage you. Yours is to draw closer to God on that journey.

"And So dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-- the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world,but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:1-2

Never in the course of working on the blog have I changed the music as much as I have this week. There's a theme here with the blog and the music and that would be encouragement. I was going to remove some songs but I chose not to. See we all have different music styles we like and my normal hope is that someone finds something that works to build them up and help them draw closer to God so there is always a variety. The general theme though as I said behind it all is encouragement. There is an extra song being sent as an mp3 to the email portion simply because I have yet to find a video for this song. If you want to look it up on a music program it is called You Belong Here by Sheila Walsh. Basically it is the theme for this whole blog because it is in essence designed for the busy people who don't really connect to regular small group Bible studies.

Misty Edwards // You Won’t Relent + All-Consuming Fire // Onething 2015