January 2011
42 posts
“But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” his word...”
– Jeremiah 20:9
GIVE ME THIS JESUS
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” -Matthew 6:33
For the most part, I think what God really cares about are motives. The motives by which you do good works matters infinitely more than the good work itself. For example, God is undoubtedly please when you pray, carry a conversation with Him, and serve the poor. But I...
Jesus can heal everything, a wound, a broken heart, a mess of emotions. The world says for you to go it alone and make happiness for yourself. Put Him first and things will fall into place. Jesus is bigger than any of our problems. He can heal us, if you only would let Him.
“Whoever does not love does not know God because God is love.”
– 1 John 4:8
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called...”
– 1 John 3:1
“When I come to my evening prayers and try to reckon up the sins of the day, nine...”
– C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Relationships
If you’re a believer and Jesus is not at the center of your romantic relationship, what is really the point? All things in life were meant to glorify God, and if you’re relationship isn’t furthering your and your significant other’s walk/spurring yourself/others on, I think you’re missing something. It should be glorifying, edifying, loving by spiritual standards, not...
esther sarah cho: What? →
estcho:
Mother Theresa, the saint of Calcutta. Everyone around her saw her bright and cheery smile and was touched by her joy and noted that she had to be one of the most cheerful servants of God. The following is an excerpt from a letter she wrote to one of her spiritual advisors while serving in the…
“He must become greater, I must become less.”
– John 3:30
“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.”
– Isaiah 42:3
Daniel is patient, Daniel is kind. Daniel does not envy, he does not boast, he is not proud. He does not dishonor others, he is not self-seeking, he is not easily angered, he keeps no record of wrongs. Daniel does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Daniel always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
When I read this paragraph, I begin to realize just how far I...
I for God, God for me
estcho:
“Why must we give ourselves fully to God? Because God has given Himself to us. If God who owes nothing to us is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves? To give ourselves fully to God is a means of receiving God Himself. I for God and God for me. I live for God and give up my own self, and in this way induce God to live for me....
“Jesus, I need to give myself up. I am not strong enough to love You and walk...”
– -Francis Chan, from Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
This book changed my life. Francis Chan’s has this God-given ability to engage readers. This devotional really caused me to question my devotion to the Lord and my lukewarm tendencies. I have come a long way since I first read...
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his...”
– 1 John 4:12
F'reals.
I talk to God and I’m all like….
And then the devil tries to annoy me and I’m all like …
And he tells me I am not worth anything. I believe him and I go all…
And then I think remember how amazing God is and I’m all like…
Then God is like BAM ‘feel my presence’ and I’m all like…
All saints have a past. All sinners have a future.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the...
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole...
esther sarah cho: When the day comes →
estcho:
Imagine Heaven. What do you see? What will it be like? The best powder ever for days and days of the most insane snowboarding of your life. Gourmet food, flavors and aromas that you can’t even begin to imagine. Colors you’ve never seen. Luxurious beds, the best sleep you’ve ever had no doubt….
The Triune God
I’ve never really delved into this topic, even though I have had intellectual problems with it. I merely accepted it as a facet of faith: God is tri-personal in that there are three persons within God: God the father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I never understood it until today (and still only partially) but what I heard today has relieved a lot of my problems.
I’ve always...
Tim Keller’s Sermon “Give Me...
esther sarah cho: Repent of your righteousness →
estcho:
Whether the son, who demands his share of the estate and spoils all of it on acts of rebellion and disobedience, or the residential son, who stays home and follows all the rules, both were not after the Father, both were after his possessions, the things that the Father could give them.
Obviously…
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not...”
– -1 Corinthians 13:4-7
God is love.
Dang, I was just super encouraged by a fellow believer. I hadn’t gotten into the word consistently for weeks, months, but tonight I felt called to read. I never finished Colossians, so I started it up. I came to Colossians 1:15-20 and I just had to stop in worship.
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by all things were created: things in heaven...
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VERSUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTc_FoELt8s
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings...”
– Romans 1:16
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may...”
– Ephesians 1:17
“Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know...”
– John 17:25-26
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one...”
– John 15: 12-13
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/01/everythings-comin-up-hobo
you have to watch this. God is good and God is faithful
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...”
– C.S. Lewis
“To wait is not merely to remain impassive. It is to expect—to look for with...”
– The Hidden Life of Prayer by David McInt (via annieshin)
“Forgive my hidden faults,
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they...”
– Psalm 19