Should we think that it pleases His loving heart?

Should we think that it pleases His loving heart
To cause us a moment's pain?
Not so! for He saw through the present cross
The joy of eternal gain

So He waited there with a watchful eye,
With a love that is strong and sure,
And His gold did not suffer a bit more heat
Than was needed to make it pure.

A Prayer for a Child...A Prayer for us All.

Dear God...
Thank You for this day.
Thank You for Your mercy
And Your never-ending grace.


Guide me with Your Truth.
Please write it on my heart.
You alone are worthy Lord
Oh, how great Thou art.

I know that I'm a sinner
And I'm dependant on the cross.
Please help me to remember
How much Salvation cost.

And thank You Lord, for Jesus
And for what He came to give.
For giving me a way to You
And showing me how to live.

I serve you with my life
And Lord in faith I pray
Reveal Yourself to me Lord
More and more each day.

For Your Glory,
Amen

Stand Firmly in the Place Where Your Good Lord has Put You

"Stand firmly in the place where your good Lord has put you, and do your best there. God sends us trials or tests, and places life before us as a face-to-face opponent. It is through the pounding of a serious conflict that He expects us to grow strong. The tree planted where the fierce winds twist its branches and bend its trunk, often nearly to the point of breaking, is commonly more firmly rooted than a tree growing in a secluded valley where storms never bring any stress or strain.

The same is true of human life. The strongest and greatest character is grown through hardships."


"Let those who suffer according to God's will trust their souls to a faithful Creator" 1 Pet 4:19

What's the Word?

Colossians 3:23-24 (New American Standard Bible)

23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,

24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

The Gospel of Jesus

"The gospel of Jesus is not religion or irreligion, morality or immorality, moralism or relativism, conservatism or liberalism. Nor is it something halfway along a spectrum between two poles-- it is something else altogether.

The gospel is distinctly different from anything: It is the understanding that everyone is wrong, everyone is loved, and everyone is called to recognize this and change.

The people who confess they aren't particularly good or open-minded are moving toward God, because the prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it."

Tim Keller - The Prodigal God (pg. 45)

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I Pity the Fool - Written By: Jason W. Allen

I pity the fool who seeks his joy in the things of this world.
As moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal;
the ‘mighty fortress’ that was his joy, crumbles to the ground.

But for the wise man who seeks his joy solely in the Lord;
He will be filled with blessing, all of his days.
A Mighty Fortress is our God.

The best that most of us can do in this world.

(J. R. Miller, "Silent Times")

"Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27

"Christ lives in me." Galatians 2:20

Christ within us will be made manifest. If we have this divine indwelling, we will also have an ever-increasing measure in all of our life--of the gentle and loving spirit of the Master. We should not claim to have Christ in us--if, in our conduct and speech, in our disposition and temper, and in our relations with our fellow-men, there is none of the mind and temper of Christ.

If Christ truly is in us, He cannot long be hidden in our hearts, without manifestation. There will be a gradual transformation of our outer life--into Christ-likeness. As He lived--so we will live; as He ministered to others--so we will minister; as He was holy--so we will be holy; as He was patient, thoughtful, unselfish, gentle, and kind--so will we be.

Christ came to our world to pour divine kindness on weary, needy, perishing human lives. Christ truly in our hearts--would send us out on the same mission. The world today needs nothing more than true Christ-likeness, in those who bear Christ's name, and represent Him.

If we truly have Christ in our hearts --it will work out in transformed life and in Christly ministry; it will lead to the brightening of one little spot, at least, on this big earth. There are a few people whom God calls to do great things for Him. The best that most of us can do in this world--is just to live out a real, simple, consecrated, Christian life in our allotted place.

Thus, in our little measure, we shall repeat the life of Christ Himself, showing others some feeble reflection of His sweet and loving face, and doing in our poor way--a few of the beautiful things He would do, if He were here Himself.

Grace Gems

Justice?

Interesting read from CNN:

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What's the Word?

Phil. 1:9-11

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

The Life of God - In the Soul of Man

God-Centered vs. Man-Centered

Question: Do you feel most loved by God because he makes much of you, or because he frees you to enjoy making much of him forever?

If we are God-centered simply because we consciously or unconsciously believe God is man-centered, then our God-centeredness is in reality man-centeredness. Do we treasure God because of his excellence or mainly because he endorses ours?

- John Piper - Read the rest here