I was reading the other night, and a phrase from a verse from Psalm 6 jumped out at me. Verse 4 reads, “Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.“ (Psalm 6:4 NIV). Those last two words, “unfailing love,” are so full of life and joy and meaning. For a […]
Archive for July, 2007
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone,
Help.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in anyway.
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me […]
“How much more will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God,
purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
(Hebrews 9:14 ESV)
Cleansed and purified
To serve the living God.
Purged and sanctified,
Stripped of my facade.
Acknowledging my guilt,
Holding nothing back,
Divine blood was spilt,
A sacrificial act.
Now the curtain’s torn
And I can […]
A few months ago, Gregory Boyd taught a series of sermons called “A Beautiful Mess.” You can find the series on this page: http://www.whchurch.org/content/page_781.htm Mr. Boyd is becoming on of my favorite preachers.
He explains why he came up with that title for the series. He says that there is a new world order coming, and it’s called […]
What is it that causes such a block between intellectual assent to a truth about God and a heart-changing belief of that same truth? Why am I so dense? The scriptures are clear that the Spirit of the living God resides within my very soul, my innermost being, within me. And yet, I live like […]
“…we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” (Romans 5:3-5 TNIV)
Up out of the wreck I arise,
A weary soul with tear-reddened eyes,
Yet somehow […]
Ezekiel 47:1-9 is a wonderful illustration of the river of life coming out of the sanctuary of God, giving life to all it touches.
Then he [the messenger of God] brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced […]
During the music portion of the beginning of our worship service on Sunday, I was confessing sins to my God. I was confessing wrong motives and impure thoughts, things that kept me from worshipping in spirit and in truth. As I was confessing, the Lord gave me the word “purge.” And I repeated that a […]
When we are speaking with someone who’s beating themselves up over their past, we are quick to remind them that “the past is the past.” And yet the reality is our past plays a huge role in who we are today. Our Lord says He willingly forgets my past when I am His child. He […]
One of my developing personal core values is desperate dependence. In this life, parents want their children to grow up and become independent. If I was still living at home, still eating mom and dad’s food, still lounging around the house, still without a job, my parents would say, “Grow up. Stop depending on us.”
But in the spiritual realm, our heavenly […]
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