Oh, the joy of drinking deeply from the Fountain of Salvation!” Isaiah 12:3 Living Bible ********** The fact that we were created to enjoy God and to worship him forever is etched upon our souls. Jim Cymbala ********** For salvation comes from God. What joys he gives to all his people. Psalm 3:8 Living Bible…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Glorify: A Prayer
“Will you not this day make it your prayer? “Lord, help me to glorify Thee;I am poor, help me to glorify Thee by contentment; I am sick, help me to give Thee honour by patience; I have talents, help me to extol Thee by spending them for Thee;I have time, Lord, help me to redeem…
“To Glorify God …
“Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.” The Westminster Shorter Catechism ********** To glorify God is not just to do so in religious worship, singing praise and enacting the traditional rites of the church. To glorify God is to reveal his character by being who we were created to be…
“The Me I Want to Be”
I am 75 years old, still trying to figure out who/what I want to be when I grow up. Time is running out on that. Fortunately, I found help in the book, The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God’s Best Version of You, by John Ortberg. ********** The most important task of your life…
Some Simple Thoughts …
… to start a new month.
I’m Chosen? What For?
“Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.” The Westminster Shorter Catechism To glorify God means to praise and honor. We glorify God in attitude and in action. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.Psalm 86:12 NIV In the same way, let…
Written In
“If I have a hope, it’s that God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me, specifically, into the story, and put us in with the sunset and the rainstorm as though to say, enjoy your place in my story. The beauty of it means you matter, and you can create within it…
A Reminder
“May God remind us daily —no matter what kind of obstacles we face —that we are loved and empowered by the One Who brought the universe into existence with the mere sound of His voice. Nothing is impossible for Him.” Beth Moore
Would You?
If you knew that only a few would care that you came, would you still come? If you knew that those you loved would laugh in your face, would you still care? If you knew that the tongues you made would mock you, the mouths you made would spit at you, the hands you made…
Chosen by Love
God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love. Sinclair B. Ferguson ********** “God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don’t feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you,…