December 2009
1 peter 1:8-9
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls
my hope is found
In Christ alone my hope is found He is my light, my strength, my song This Cornerstone, this solid ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm What heights of love, what depths of peace When fears are stilled, when strivings cease My Comforter, my All in All Here in the love of Christ I stand In Christ alone, who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless babe This gift of love and...
Oh, come let us adore Him
(written by horatio g. spafford in 1873 after he...
“God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.” Francis Chan “Crazy Love”
victory
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (psalm 46:10)
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The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” (deuteronomy 31:8)
Lord, help me understand
unfailing,
unconditional,
relentless,
selfless,
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the love of Jesus
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**All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. JOHN 6:37
**but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25Therefore he is able to save...
bet everything
“true faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity.”
-Francis Chan (page 97 ‘Crazy Love’ )
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
-1 Peter 1:13
jdmcafee:
A sense of the beauty of Christ is the beginning of true saving faith in the life of a true convert. This is quite different from any vague feeling that Christ loves him or died for him. These sort of fuzzy feelings can cause a sort of love and joy, because the person feels a gratitude for escaping the punishment of their sin. In actual fact, these feelings are based on self-love, and...
i have 400 thousand million billion reasons why You shouldn’t love me but You answer with one word,
grace.
acts 3:26
“When God raised up his Servant, he sent him to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
psalm 103:1-5
“1 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and...
choose
It was a defining moment when Joshua said to Israel, “Choose for yourselves,” then added, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
In life: (1) Defining moments show us who we really are. Our defining moments usually come as a surprise and happen during times of crisis, like
(a) facing a personal failure
(b) taking an unpopular stand
(c) suffering without complaining
(d) being asked...
You could have swept in like a tidal wave
or an...
“Character is not formed in the absence of options.”
– Bill Johnson (via yeahh) (via jdmcafee)
In a world of lonely darkness, You have come; the Light.
the struggle is worth the goal
for you are worth...
wow.
“29…for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30…you were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy…”
-romans 11:29-30
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness”
- 2 peter 1:3
“…And if by grace, then it is no...
all to Him i owe
you will be safe in His arms
you will be safe in His arms
you will be safe in His arms
you will be safe in His arms
you will be safe in His arms
you will be safe in His arms
you will be safe in His arms
satans gonna lose. 1998 classic.
india
see you in 9 days.
“he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.”
Isaiah 25
“…But God chose the foolish...
thank God # 345,567,582,234
“…because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from
heaven to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
{Luke 1:78-79}
When the music fades And all is stripped away ...
thank God
Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
...
when my problems seem
greater than me
i cry out...
faithless?
http://www.tscpulpitseries.org/english/1990s/ts960122.html
“….You ended up angry at yourself, disappointed, ashamed. You thought, “How could an anointed, Spirit-filled person like me have failed God so badly? Surely His blessing has to be taken from me now. I’ve been so vile, manipulative, dishonest, faithless. God can’t use me anymore. He can’t still be...
see from His head
His hands
His feet
sorrow and love
flow mingled down
did ever such love and sorrow meet
or thorns compose so rich a crown
oh the wonderful cross
oh the wonderful cross
bids me come and die
and find that i may truly live
oh the wonderful cross
oh the wonderful cross
all who gather here
by grace draw near
and bless your name
love so amazing
so divine
demands my...
you’ll see the sun shine again
over your...
Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to...
beauty from ashes
you must needs listen to the whole thing. his story is really cool.
i lay down all my crowns
and yield to your word
...
amen.
Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.
- C. S. Lewis
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
- C. S. Lewis ” As for us we cast anchor in the haven of the Word of God. Here is our peace, our strength, our life our motive, here we have our hope and our happiness…Oh...
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what good is my allegiance and loyalty if it is in theory alone and never tested?
