February 2012
3 posts
flee & pursue.
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11
The best defense is a good offense; the answer is not in avoiding the bad things, it’s in pursuing the right things that bring life.
January 2012
7 posts
“God is not in love with a future version of you.”
– Matt Chandler (via getyourhandsoffmystar)
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may...”
– John 10:10
“Grace is something you can never get but only be given. There’s no way to...”
– Frederick Buechner // Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC
December 2011
4 posts
“28-30”Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get...”
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Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message)
November 2011
8 posts
surrender. and repeat.
1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:1-3
Crave spiritual milk, Peter tells us. It grows us, it fills us, and it is good.
When we loosen our grip and surrender our...
Someone or something is missing from my life..
This idea that something is missing–is what often leads to failure, sadness and huge mistakes in our lives. It also can make us angry or bitter at someone for NOT being to us what we needed them to be. Let’s CHANGE IT TODAY:
1. You are complete in Christ. Colossians 2:9—in Him, you have been made complete. Complete forgiveness; complete love; complete victory ARE YOURS TODAY.
2. Everything you...
Day 4..what if I don't make it??
What if I don’t make it through this financial trouble; what if I don’t make it through this sickness; what if I don’t make it through this trial, etc.
We must eliminate this from our thought life, and our vocabulary. Even if you rarely think this, it’s a mindset that the devil subtly uses to suggest the possibility of failure. CHANGE IT TODAY:1. Realize, you’ve already made it! If you’re a child...
DAY 2: Fasting from "survival mentality"
JANUARY 2, 2010 | MIND
“If I can just pay my bills”; “If I can just get my work done”; “If I can just keep my job”; “If I can just get through this”—these all seem like reasonable goals, but the fact is, they are born from a “survival” mentality. They position us to merely eke out a self-centered existence, rather than living the abundant life God created us to live. They set our sights too...
October 2011
7 posts
“Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.”
– Billy Graham (via getyourhandsoffofmystar)
“You wanna be together with me for eternity?
You turn your head the other way...”
– http://ampmovement.bandcamp.com/album/amp
September 2011
7 posts
Watchone of the best trips of my life.
skra:
A Spontaneous Overnight Trip to Busan!
Watchtestimony from a North Korean student
some good sound advice for those in their... →
sacrifice.
23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I...
August 2011
7 posts
A man by his sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which on earth is most like God.
- A.W. Tozer
Because we were made in His image, the most valuable thing on earth is you and me. It convicts me not to waste this one life He has given me. And it begs the question - What will I do with this great blessing that He gave me?
July 2011
5 posts
what kind of church? →
mchon:
you know you do, too.
this is how the church should look. like Jesus.
“Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful...”
– Crazy Love // Francis Chan
“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold”
– Bob Marley (via 1000scientists)
June 2011
4 posts
undulation contemplation.
Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. (The Enemy’s determination to produce such a revolting hybrid was one of the things that determined Our Father to withdraw his support from Him.) As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imaginations...
recalibrate.
Just wanted to share from my daily devotional :)
“Repent” might sound like one of those religious buzzwords that reminds some people of all the hoops they thought they had to jump through to get to God. Truth be told, there aren’t hoops. Not even tiny ones. And repenting isn’t scary and isn’t meant to riddle us with guilt. It simply means changing your beliefs...