Sovereign, supreme disposal(J. C. Philpot, “Daily Portions”)“And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything,” Ephesians 1:22
How vast, how numerous, how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend the Christian here below, as he travels onward to his heavenly home! But [...]
Archive for February, 2008
29 Feb
Sovereign and Supreme
27 Feb
Jesus works at a Coffee Shop
Something that Rick mentions often with his kids is this: when they do something right, its not simply “good job, that was nice, I’m proud of you.” Instead what he says is “thank you for looking like Jesus when you did that.” What an eternal perspective that gives the mundane tasks we encounter on a [...]
26 Feb
The Importance of Being Earnest
I Peter 1:22 -25 “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and [...]
25 Feb
Concert Highlights
I just wanted to post a few highlights from the concert we went to last night (Bethany Dillon, Shane & Shane, and Starfield). Aside from the fact that the music was simply awesome and we were on the first row… here’s what were the group highlights to me…
Travis so generously offering us 7 free [...]
25 Feb
ALL-SUFFICIENT GRACE
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all-sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good word and work.” —2 Corinthians 9:8
All-sufficiency in all things! Believer! Surely you are “thoroughly furnished!” Grace is no scanty thing, doled out in pittances. It is a glorious treasury, which the key [...]
23 Feb
He’s Singing, I’m Quiet… He’s Glorified, I’m Humbled
“Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil. On that day it [...]
23 Feb
He’s Singing, I’m Quiet… He’s Glorified, I’m Humbled
“Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil. On that day it [...]
23 Feb
The Dark Guest
O Lord,Bend my hands and cut them off,for I have often struck You with a wayward will,when these fingers should embrace You by faith.I am not yet weaned from all created glory,honour, wisdom, and esteem of others,for I have a secret motive to eye my name in all I do.Let me not only speak the [...]
22 Feb
Paradoxes
O changeless God,Under the conviction of Your Spirit I learn thatthe more I do, the worse I am,the more I know, the less I know,the more holiness I have, the more sinful I am,the more I love, the more there is to love.O wretched man that I am!
O Lord,I have a wild heart,and cannot stand [...]
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