December 2009
6 posts
“I do not understand what I do…As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who...
in lue of a summary of my bible study i wanted to
challenge each and every one of you to look back at your life and remember a time when you were So close to God that you couldnt stop thinking about him. When you left church camp and just kept singing and singing and singing about jesus for weeks to come. Remember how it felt to be that close with God, and then remember how joyous and amazing those times were.
I want to not only get back to that...
We sever own our relationships.
31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is...
So, my first one!
”’10 Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see! 19 Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one committed to me, blind like the servant of the Lord? 20 You have seen many things, but have paid no attention; your ears are open, but you hear nothing.’… 23 Which of you will listen to this or pay close attention in time...
Psalm 108
A song. A psalm of David.
1 My heart is steadfast, O God;I will sing and make music with all my soul. 2 Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. 3 I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. 4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens;your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all...
Come to me
“All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but on law: that he be put to death. The only exception to this is for the king to extend the gold scepter to him and spare his life.” Esther 4:11
It is funny to me how King Xerxes, whom is the king the...