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Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Resurrection Sunday
this is all I want.
that He would turn this heart of stone into a heart of flesh. and in the only way He ever does when it comes to intimacy: not by throwing it across the room to shatter it, but by melting it with His love. He is Love.
that He would give me strength to throw off everything that hinders, including my unbelief and false knowledge and callousness and insecurity and shame,
that He would resurrect me, again.
that He would call me out of a barrenness that I've been ashamed of for so long.
that He would set me free to worship Him selflessly in spirit and in truth.
that He would set me free to truly "rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep."
that He would allow "streams of living water" to "flow from deep within".
that He would do all of these things by bringing me to a deeper knowledge of how direly I need a Saviour, how He has paid the price for our sin once and for all, how He loves...and all for His glory.
Show me miracles, show me for Your name.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
that He would turn this heart of stone into a heart of flesh. and in the only way He ever does when it comes to intimacy: not by throwing it across the room to shatter it, but by melting it with His love. He is Love.
that He would give me strength to throw off everything that hinders, including my unbelief and false knowledge and callousness and insecurity and shame,
that He would resurrect me, again.
that He would call me out of a barrenness that I've been ashamed of for so long.
that He would set me free to worship Him selflessly in spirit and in truth.
that He would set me free to truly "rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep."
that He would allow "streams of living water" to "flow from deep within".
that He would do all of these things by bringing me to a deeper knowledge of how direly I need a Saviour, how He has paid the price for our sin once and for all, how He loves...and all for His glory.
Show me miracles, show me for Your name.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
I shouldn't be blogging during charrette but I want to remember this
The message at First Presb today was about the tension between what we expect of Jesus and what he expects of us, who He is and who we want Him to be, as exemplified in the Triumphal Entry in the gospel of Matthew. Dahh I really wish I had more time to reflect on this...it's released a barrage of unresolved thoughts, and all during the final 28.5 remaining hours of charrette...
But anyways, something simpler -
the pastor ended the message by directing our attention to the guy who owned the donkey that the disciples got for Jesus. Jesus said, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."
I wonder whether I am that person, with my own donkey and colt, my own time and hands and possessions. Will I too, when I find that "the Lord needs them", immediately respond? It's all the same message, and it's all so much easier said than done, huh.
But anyways, something simpler -
the pastor ended the message by directing our attention to the guy who owned the donkey that the disciples got for Jesus. Jesus said, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."
I wonder whether I am that person, with my own donkey and colt, my own time and hands and possessions. Will I too, when I find that "the Lord needs them", immediately respond? It's all the same message, and it's all so much easier said than done, huh.
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