November 2, 2014. “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we…
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Psalm of a contrite heart.
October 24, 2014. When I look high into the night sky, and wonder why time passes by, or why I rely on man’s own eye- To fix the damage that I did. I see my pride to say that I, could fight my battles, with deafening lie, should I alone myself stand by, Forgetting the reason…
Come as you are.
October 16, 2014. Come, come as you are, battered and torn, Come and receive the rest. Lay, lay it all down, your burdens forlorn, He will lift them from your chest. Come, come as you are, a weary, worn-out soul, Come and receive the rest. Give, give Him your life, with all its woe, Come and…
Who is man, that can before thee stand?
September 26, 2014. “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I…
I AM is His name.
September 22, 2014. Full disclosure: This was not written on September 22. I am going to backdate this post, because this was the day I was involved in a pretty serious car accident. If you want to know more about that, read this post. Since everything could have been so much worse, and I really…
Can you hear the knocking at the door?
September 15, 2014. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20) Can you hear it? That knocking, gently knocking, rapping, rapping or’e and or’e; Who’s that knocking at the door? Can you hear…
Speak, for the time is near.
September 9, 2014. “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.“(II Timothy 3:1-5b)…
Revive us again.
August 1, 2014. Wake up your people from among your fold, Work a work unbelievable if told! Revive our spirit, restore our zeal, Awaken us from our inner soul. We have forgotten and gone far astray, Wake us up, wake us up today! There is work to be done, lost to be saved, Lord, turn…
“Trust me, beloved child.”
July 18, 2014. Lord, I come before you now as a broken and run down soul. I lay it down before you as my out come was not your goal. I lie here weary from the road paved thin and cracked. Lord, you know where I’ve been and I want to make it back. The…
Here I am, Lord.
June 2, 2014. “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he…
Why is it, Lord?
May 24, 2014. Lord God above all that ever is, Praise and honor are due you. To him who sits on the throne of heaven, Let all creation praise as is due. Why is it, Lord, why is it so? We are unworthy to call your name. Why is it, Lord, why is it so?…
Lord, lead me.
May 3, 2014. Oh Lord, lead me when I want to fall, Be my rock, my stay, my all. Lead me when my faith is week, Lead me home through times bleak. Oh Lord, lead me when I go astray, Seeking after mine own way, Lead me through woods so dark, Lead me home when…
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