i think this is the longest i’ve ever gone without blogging… nearly a week! wow! its been a hard week and i haven’t really known what to say.
last wednesday i was confronted by a friend of mine about an area of sin in my life. it was something that was honestly a shock because i [...]
Archive for March, 2009
30 Mar
yes, i’m still alive…
24 Mar
this week…
sorry i haven’t posted lately. this week has been busy at work. i came home from work at noon with a migraine that’s been awful since 3am this morning. just woke up from a 6 hour nap. hopefully my brain will be functioning again soon…
20 Mar
rejoicing in suffering
Rejoicing in suffering is not simply “I’m gonna rejoice because I know it will make my faith deeper.” No, that would just be another kind of inward orientation. The fact that we rejoice is because suffering by its very nature drives us to our Savior. It produces endurance because it rips away every source of [...]
18 Mar
the foundation of our confidence
God said “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
“The same God I trust for justification is in control of every single moment, of every single day, and every single circumstance. The foundation of my confidence could not be in my circumstances which seemed to be out of control or in my income which amounted [...]
16 Mar
when feelings win
ever have one of those days when feelings win? or one of those weeks? months? yeah, you get the point…
i’m curious what you do at those times. for those of you who read but rarely comment, this is your chance to speak up. for those of you who comment regularly, this is your chance too. [...]
13 Mar
it is here
“We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy. But we may be missing the fact that it is here, where we happen to be at this moment and not in another place or another time, that we may learn to love Him – here where it seems He is not at work, where [...]
11 Mar
the cliffs of insanity
do you ever feel like God asks too much of you?
I was sitting at lunch on Sunday with a few friends and one guy mentioned this statement: “it just feels like God is asking for too much… holiness, sexual purity, hope despite circumstances, etc… its just too much.”
My first thought was to remind [...]
9 Mar
Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides
Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
Isaiah 55:1 Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine [...]
8 Mar
trying new things
hope i’m not confusing you by the changes on the blog lately… :) i’m just ready for a change and am trying to find a new template that i like. the only thing i don’t like about wordpress as opposed to blogger is that i can’t play with the CSS/ HTML scripts.
let me know what [...]
8 Mar
power to change
“To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.” – John Owen
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