Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Looking at these pictures does two things for me.
It makes me feel so small. We are talking big planets out there!
And it reminds me how small the world is in terms of people from all over Earth shared this experience and we have pictures of others on the other side of the globe doing what those in this country were doing–all in a matter of days. Astounding to me when you think it wasn’t too many decades ago when it took a week if not longer to receive news of an event.
Posted in hymns, tagged hymns on June 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
8 7. 8 7. D (iambic) (Constance)
A countless host of blood-bought souls
Adds its triumphant measure;
In robes of white they sing with joy,
Their hearts now with their treasure.
This happy throng could quickly tell
Ten thousand grace-filled stories,
But sooner are their lips and hearts
Filled with his radiant glories.
And shall my stumbling tongue on earth
Disrupt this happy chorus?
No – all I am shall glorify
The One who suffered for us!
Though fearsome foes and grievous woes
Our joys are now assailing,
A life safe hid with Christ in God
Calls forth a song unfailing.
So, called by grace and kept by love,
Protected by his power,
Our timeless glories with our God
Draw nearer every hour.
With eyes fixed fast on Christ above,
Unmoved by scorn or pity,
We travel on to where he dwells,
In God’s abiding city.
Posted in Prayer, tagged Prayer on June 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Clint Archer offers five suggestions for killing those prayer distractions.
1. Use Categories to lay tracks for your train of thought
2. Seal the door with specific items in each category
3. Fight from the high ground by selecting a suitable location
4. Cage uninvited thoughts in a to-do list
5. Pen your prayers
Read the whole article here!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charles spurgeon on June 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Phil Johnson has a great website on all things Charles Spurgeon.
But here is a new resource for accessing Spurgeon one quote at a time. A sample here:
“Most people treat the Bible very politely. They have a small pocket volume, neatly bound;…when they get home, they lay it up in a drawer till next Sunday morning; then it comes out again for a little bit of a treat, and goes to chapel; that is all the poor Bible gets in the way of an airing. That is your style of entertaining this heavenly messenger. There is enough dust on some of your Bibles to write ‘damnation’ with your fingers. There are some of you who have not turned over your Bibles for a long, long while, and what think you? I tell you blunt words, but true words. What will God say at last? When you shall come before him, he shall say, “Did you read my Bible?” “No.” “I wrote you a letter of mercy; did you read it?” “No.” ”Rebel! I have sent thee a letter inviting thee to me; didst thou ever read it?” “Lord, I never broke the seal; I kept it shut up.” ”Wretch!” says God, “then, thou deservest hell, if I sent thee a loving epistle, and thou wouldst not even break the seal; what shall I do unto thee?” Oh, let it not be so with you. Be Bible-readers; be Bible-searchers.”
Posted in Christian life, tagged Christian life on June 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
. . . they believe and feel rightly about the Word of God?
Answer from Kevin DeYoung:
1. They sing (Psalm 119:172).
2. They speak (Psalm 119:13, 46, 79).
3. They study (Psalm 119:15, 48, 97, 148).
4. They store up (Psalm 119:11, 16, 83, 93, 148).
5. They obey the word (Psalm 119: 8, 44, 57, 129, 145, 146, 167, 168).
6. They praise God (Psalm 119:7, 62, 164, 171).
7. They pray for help (Psalm 119: 36, 58, 121-23, 147, 149-52, 153-60, 175-76).
The whole article is here.
