February 2012
7 posts
“Glory be to you, O Lord, my Creator.
Glory be to you, Jesus, my Redeemer....”
– Thomas Wilson, 1663-1755
January 2012
5 posts
charles spurgeon
If an earthly father watches over his children with unceasing love and care, how much more does our heavenly Father? Abba, Father! He who can say this, hath uttered better music than cherubim or seraphim can reach. There is heaven in the depth of that word—Father… I have all in all to all eternity when I can say, “Father.”
Hope
1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. 4 You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell. 5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong. 6...
Watchjaneshin:
Jesus is more than enough
December 2011
1 post
too good.
“You have been wishing for another position where you could do something for Jesus: do not wish anything of the kind, but serve him where you are. If you are sitting at the King’s gate there is something for you to do there, and if you were on the queen’s throne, there would be something for you to do there; do not ask either to be gatekeeper or queen, but whichever you are, serve God...
November 2011
2 posts
"The eternal God is thy refuge."
Deuteronomy 33:27 The word refuge may be translated “mansion,” or “abiding- place,” which gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and sweetness in the metaphor, for dear to our hearts is our home, although it be the humblest cottage, or the scantiest garret; and dearer far is our blessed God, in whom we live, and move, and have our being. It is...
October 2011
1 post
“My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word...”
– John Piper (via yijungyeob)
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
“the man who has God for his treasure has all things in One. Many ordinary treasures may be denied him, or if he is allowed to have them, the enjoyment of them will be so tempted that they will never be necessary to his happiness. Or if he must see them go, one after one, he will scarcely feel a sense of loss, for having the source of all things he has in One all satisfaction, all pleasure,...
July 2011
3 posts
2 Corinthians 3
7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings...
June 2011
3 posts
“Around here, we live bent low.
Tuesday morning ladies from Masese stream through my front door. We have moved our weekly meeting from the slum of Masese to my living room because I have been up all night with new foster baby and can’t imagine getting all 14 of these little people out of the house. Excited about a change of pace and my sweet friends in my home, I enlist the help of...
May 2011
7 posts
A.W. Tozer ”The cross is the most revolutionary thing ever to appear among men. The cross of Roman times knew no compromise, it never made concessions. It won all its arguments by killing its opponent and silencing him for good. It spared not Christ, but slew Him the same as the rest. He was alive when they hung Him on that cross. and completely dead when they took Him off of it. That was...
Korean Dads
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/magazine/mag-08Here-t.html?_r=4&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto
-please read!
“Toward the end of the evening, the lights dimmed, and the students filed out of the room. Twenty minutes later, they returned carrying a small, plastic tub filled with water. They knelt down before their wives and removed their stockings and shoes. Some of the women wept as...
” All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instructions for right living, so that the man who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good work” 2 Tim 3:16-17 If you happen to be a person who is currently not attending a church but would like to do bible studies, please contact me! ...
All created things
“It is sheer madness to believe in God and live a lie” john piper.
A question that came up today: Does God exist?
Just a few thoughts. Whenever I go outside, the first thing i try to do is inhale as much air as possible, to a point where my body might implode from all the air i’m trying to suck in. But it’s always quite refreshing for me to breathe in the air that has...
April 2011
19 posts
Dinero is zero
Lord, with the money that i earn, help me to give it away generously. help me to give to the body without any hesitation; I do not desire to hoard the money for myself because it’s not mine. i desire to offer it up to you, and if you desire for me to give it to the body, may i willingly and joyfully say, “yes, Lord!” But also, help me to be sensitive to your spirit - to listen...
psalm 104
How many are your works, O LORD!
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.
There the ships go to and fro,
and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
These all look to you
to give them their food at the proper time.
When you give it to them,
they gather...
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to...
Alabaster Jar
May my life be like an alabaster jar. So that I can break it , shatter it, and pour myself out —offering my life as a fragrant offering to You; declaring, Lord, have your way in me.
Just as Mary poured out an expensive alabaster perfume, a years wage on your head so to prepare for your burial, may I too prepare myself for your coming. To offer up my whole life, because you deserve every...
By Elaine Chang
A couple of months ago, our EM group headed out to Church Without Walls, a homeless service out in Balboa Park, like we usually do on Saturday mornings. But this one was a little different. A lady came up to our pastor and one of our guys to receive prayer for healing from cancer. They decided to pray, and a few days later, she sent them an email from the doctor’s office, telling them that...
Morning Prayer
Something about morning prayer.. really turns your day around. I think that’s why Jesus woke up early in the morning, while it was still dark out, and had some quiet time with God. I think He knew that only this kind of intimacy with the Father could allow someone to have such unending strength to do His will. I feel so at peace. God, you’re truly so wonderful. Only you can bring this...
“They were then led to the place of execution; called the Schweinacker, near the...”
WatchThe Aurora
Considering the thoughts and actions that have been coming out of me recently, I sometimes wonder why you still choose to hold onto me. I don’t deserve it. I really don’t. I deserve mud and saliva to be thrown and spit at me. Really, it makes me wonder. How could I not give my all to you? How could I not surrender my life? How could I not forgive those you’ve called me to...
give, give, give
Is my heart hardened? is it callous? is it not moving? then give, give, give! you have been receiving too much! Give to others; invest your time on others, with a sincere and genuine love.
die, flesh. die.
It hurts to go through a process of killing your flesh. I sometimes want to be in the comforts of my flesh - to enjoy American luxury. But no. Today was something I guess I needed. no, I did need. God was showing me that there’s still more that needs to die in me. Lord, thanks for helping me to realize that there’re still cravings and desires that are not of You. There’s still...
In the name of Looooove
God has been teaching me the conept of Love. Basically, throughout tonight, he was leading me to do Everything out of love. To share, pray, praise, talk to people out of this overflowing love. because if I have not love, then everything I do is meaningless. If I prophesy and yet have not love, then that is meaningless.
1 corinthians 11, talks about the communion -the breaking of bread and the...
Resurrection
1 corinthians 15:2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word i preaached to you. otherwise, you have believed in vain. -Resurrection of Christ. (Jumbled thoughts that I simply need to write down) We believe that Christ was buried, that he was raised on the third day, appeared to Peter, and then to the twelve. After that, he appreared to more than five hundred of the brothers at...
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
I want to hear the voice of the one who has granted me mercy and compassion. Saving me and even allowing me to go a little bit off so that I may see his glory and acknowledge that He is Lord. —- Sweetly He speaks and says that the greatest gift for me is his son, Jesus, whom He had sent and is now sitting at His right hand.