December 2011
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“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to...”
– C.S. Lewis
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Wow. Just take a moment and read this...
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were...
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“Everyone wants to know what it feels like to be irresistible - meanwhile, Jesus...”
– Lee Younger
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“Inviting God to write the chapters of our love story involves work on our part -...”
– Leslie Ludy, When God Writes Your Love Story
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Psalm 89:15-16
“Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, O Lord. They rejoice in Your name all day long; they exult in Your righteousness.”
*acclaim = to announce or proclaim with enthusiastic approval; to applaud
*exult = to show or feel a lively triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; to leap, especially for joy.
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Francis Chan on Lukewarm People
Lukewarm people…
Don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. They don’t genuinely hate sin and aren’t truly sorry for it; they’re merely sorry because God is going to punish them. Lukewarm people don’t really believe that this new life Jesus offers is better than the old sinful one.
Are moved by...
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O Holy Night...
Truly He taught us to love one another. His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains He shall break, for the slave is our brother and in His name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, let all within us praise His holy name. Christ is the Lord. And ever we will praise Thee. His power and glory ever more proclaim.
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“There is a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which...”
– Mere Christianity (1952)
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Matthew 13:14-15
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
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“It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in...”
– Frederic D. Huntington, in Forum magazine, 1890
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“Over time I realized that when we love God, we naturally run to Him - frequently...”
– Crazy Love, Francis Chan
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“Many of us think we know Jesus Christ. We mention Him often in conversation, visit Him at church once or twice a week, read our Bibles periodically so we can understand Him better, and maybe even declare that He is our number-one priority in life. But just as there is a marked distinction between memorizing the definition of ‘rose’ in Webster’s dictionary and actually...
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“You were made by God and for God - and until you understand that, life will...”
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“Don’t compare yourself to others who call themselves Christians who compare...”
– Paul Washer (via whiteflagxp)
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Christmas Again
Christmas, you came again so soon
It seems as though you were just here
With your catchy carols and your bouncy bells
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You were just here, I swear
Romancing me by the gleam and glow tree
Making me peppermint-drunk on marshmallow cocoa
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I can still feel your warmth
As you mesmerized me with lights
And danced with me late under the...
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“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be...”
– Matthew 5:6
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“You give the healing and grace our hearts always hunger for.”
– Wonderful Merciful Savior lyrics
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“The phrase hope of Heaven highlights the benefits you can enjoy even while remaining on earth. This hope keeps you spiritually alive during dark times of adversity; it brightens your path and heightens your awareness of My Presence. My desire is that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~Jesus Calling (Sarah Young)
“May the God of hope fill you with all...
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“We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You’ve probably...”
– Francis Chan
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Jesus Calling
“Your needs and My riches are a perfect fit. I never meant for you to be self-sufficient. Instead, I designed you to need Me not only for daily bread but also for fulfillment of deep yearning. I carefully crafted your longings and feelings of incompleteness, to point you to Me. Therefore, do not try to bury or deny these feelings. Beware also of trying to pacify these longings with lesser...
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“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise it is...”
– Letters of C.S. Lewis (1951)
Worth Keeping: my heart, His heart. →
dontwaitfordaylight:
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Not because I haven’t wanted to, but because of a lack of time to do so. Because of that, I could probably spend an entire day trying to blog about the countless things I have been learning lately, which is promising because it shows growth and…
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Deuteronomy 6:5-9
Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them in your foreheads. Write them on the door frames...
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“When I am consumed by my problems - stressed out about my life, my family, and my job - I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice. In other words, that I have a “right” to disobey God because of the magnitude of my responsibilities.
Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big...
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God of the Broken