March 2012
25 posts
The Mighty One, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.
(Psalm 50:1-2 ESV)
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One thing have I asked of the LORD,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to inquire in his temple.
(Psalm 27:4...
“28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew...
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” ― Francis Chan
“If you don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.” ― John Piper
I feel like Paul when looking at this statement, when he says, “Jesus came to save sinners, of...
“[True] complementarianism encourages a delightful synergy of cooperation, of mutual respect, of … promotion of women and their God-given interests and skills and responsibilities.” Too often, however, the term “produces suspicion, defensiveness, exclusion, or indifference.” - Bob Yarbrough
Good article and resources… Understanding Complementarianism
“I longed to leave the round of daily toil, Where no one seemed to understand or care; But Jesus said, “I choose for thee this soil, That thou might’st raise for Me some blossoms rare.”
And now I have no longing but to do At home, or else afar, His blessed will, To work amid the many or the few; Thus, “choosing not to choose,” my heart is still.”
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“And I’ll kneel down Wait for now Raise my hands Paint my spirit gold And bow my head Keep my heart slow”
- Mumford & Sons, Nothing is Written
“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and...”
– Deuteronomy 8:11-19
I was told these verses and warned when I took on the staff position in 2010. Lord, humble me again.
(via olivethinks)
