One focus, One faith,
One true-living way;
One focus, One hope,
One God we all know.
One focus, One love,
One Savior and Son;
One focus, One light,
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Monday, January 16, 2017
IN HIS IMAGE
IN HIS IMAGE
In my image God whom I serve,
Would not be invincible, would lose His nerve;
In my image the Creator whom I worship,
Would forget mercy, and choose not to forgive.
In my image Jesus Christ whom I adore,
Would obey what I say, and expect nothing more;
In my image the Lord God who is perfect,
Would change like the wind, and not care what He said.
In my image Truth I trust and believe,
Would shift like the sand beneath my feet;
In my image the Shepherd whom I follow,
Would leave me lost, and forever alone.
But God who chose me to give Him my all,
Won't let me be ashamed, will not forget His call;
In His image my life continues to be shaped,
By the Only True God, in whose grace I am saved.
POLLOCK
MAY 2009
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From: "A Slice of Infinity" RZIM
In my image God whom I serve,
Would not be invincible, would lose His nerve;
In my image the Creator whom I worship,
Would forget mercy, and choose not to forgive.
In my image Jesus Christ whom I adore,
Would obey what I say, and expect nothing more;
In my image the Lord God who is perfect,
Would change like the wind, and not care what He said.
In my image Truth I trust and believe,
Would shift like the sand beneath my feet;
In my image the Shepherd whom I follow,
Would leave me lost, and forever alone.
But God who chose me to give Him my all,
Won't let me be ashamed, will not forget His call;
In His image my life continues to be shaped,
By the Only True God, in whose grace I am saved.
POLLOCK
MAY 2009
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From: "A Slice of Infinity" RZIM
Subject: Too Many Gods to Believe
Date: 1 May 2009 09:12:56 -0400
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Too Many Gods to Believe
"I am a former Christian minister who is now an agnostic--not an atheist, not a theist, not a sceptic, and certainly not indifferent." (1) So begins the story of Charles Templeton, one time rousing evangelist, friend and counterpart of Billy Graham, turned renounced believer, professed agnostic. He is quick to clarify the meaning of the title. "The agnostic does not say, as is commonly believed, "I do not know whether or not there is a God." He says, "I cannot know... He asserts that a combination of historic circumstances has made Christianity the dominant religion of the Western world but that it is not unique, there being a host of other religions and a variety of other deities worshipped or revered by millions of men and women in various parts of the world." (2)
In his final book, Farewell to God, Templeton describes the unraveling of more than twenty years of ministry and a faith that was steadily besieged by doubt. His objections range from scathing frustrations of irrational stories to pained confusions with the ways of the world and the God who supposedly cares for it. One question in particular remained with me throughout the book: "If God is a loving Father, why does he so seldom answer his needy children's prayers?" he asks. The question certainly isn't new to me, and like Templeton, I can rattle off an explanation based on scriptures I know by heart. But the picture that comes to life within this question is far more personal than any routine answer would satisfy. I have to wrestle through this question similarly to the way I had to wrestle with the presence and absence of my own father.
Elsewhere, Templeton critiques the world and its "abundance of gods," each with the curious requirement of unquestioning obedience as if it was the only god that mattered. He describes it a point of contention--even a point of absurdity--that in the vast sea of divine beings on this planet, Christianity proposes the idea that there is only one God. Across history, there are more gods than any of us can keep track of, and they seem to come with as many descriptions as the people who created them. On top of this, he argues, a great number of these gods come with qualities that leave much to be desired in the first place; they are jealous, hierarchical, vengeful, and demanding--and very much a product of our predecessors.
Many of these observations are troublingly undeniable. I was listening recently to a collection of interviews on the subject of spirituality. They asked hundreds of people the same question; simply, "Who is God?" But the answers were as diverse as the patches on a quilt, and the finished product was not at all a comforting blanket of great divinity, but little more than a mat of troubled chaos, gapping holes, and contradiction. Coming to the end of that message, I sighed deeply--how can anyone muddle through such a mess? We seem to make gods in our own images as fast as we can get them off the assembly line.
Templeton and the many who echo him are absolutely right to point out as troubling the sheer number and seeming characters of these divinities, who "hate every people but their own...[who] are jealous, vengeful...utter egotists and insist on frequent praise and flattery."(3) In fact, the prophet Jeremiah made a similar point. He called it a "discipline of delusion" to chase after gods as if it were a matter of preference and not a matter pertaining to what is real. "They are altogether stupid and foolish," he wrote of these individuals. "In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood" (Jeremiah 10:8). The world of gods is indeed a chaotic place. And yet, isn't it somewhat hasty to reject every divinity in the room simply because there is more than one? In doing so, it would seem we use our own complaint against Christianity (it is arrogant to say there is only one God) as the reason to reject it (it is ridiculous that there is more than one
god).
Further, the description of angry gods in abundance brings me back to the question that remained with me from the beginning. "If God is a loving Father, why does he so seldom answer his needy children's prayers?" The reason this question demands more than a pat answer is because it deals with disappointment, neglect, silence, and heartache. The question pulls on the shirtsleeve of a vital relationship. Perhaps it is subtle, but the question itself seems to point to something inherently different about this God--something that sets this Father significantly apart from the sea of divine chaos. The gods Templeton and many others describe do not at all seem like gods we would miss if they were far away. They are not the kind of gods we would be saddened by if they were silent, or dare to be angry with if they disappointed us. Like all children with parents that we do not always understand, sometimes we ask questions that aren't entirely fair (or even sensible). And sometimes we ask questions that give away the relational presence of the one we wrestle with under the surface.
I believe it is more than helpful to recognize the human capacity to create gods and chase after delusion. But so I think it is vital to recognize that not all gods are created equal, and there is reason to believe there might be one who isn't created at all.
Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.
(1) Charles Templeton, Farewell to God: My Reasons for Rejecting the Christian Faith (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996), 18.
(2) Ibid.
(3) Ibid., 22-23.
"Jesus Among Other Gods" by Ravi Zacharias
"The reality is that if religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth, regardless of the mood of the day. This book is a defense of the uniqueness of the Christian message."
Thus begins Ravi's most important work to date in which he contrasts the truth of Jesus Christ with the teachings of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
Date: 1 May 2009 09:12:56 -0400
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Too Many Gods to Believe
"I am a former Christian minister who is now an agnostic--not an atheist, not a theist, not a sceptic, and certainly not indifferent." (1) So begins the story of Charles Templeton, one time rousing evangelist, friend and counterpart of Billy Graham, turned renounced believer, professed agnostic. He is quick to clarify the meaning of the title. "The agnostic does not say, as is commonly believed, "I do not know whether or not there is a God." He says, "I cannot know... He asserts that a combination of historic circumstances has made Christianity the dominant religion of the Western world but that it is not unique, there being a host of other religions and a variety of other deities worshipped or revered by millions of men and women in various parts of the world." (2)
In his final book, Farewell to God, Templeton describes the unraveling of more than twenty years of ministry and a faith that was steadily besieged by doubt. His objections range from scathing frustrations of irrational stories to pained confusions with the ways of the world and the God who supposedly cares for it. One question in particular remained with me throughout the book: "If God is a loving Father, why does he so seldom answer his needy children's prayers?" he asks. The question certainly isn't new to me, and like Templeton, I can rattle off an explanation based on scriptures I know by heart. But the picture that comes to life within this question is far more personal than any routine answer would satisfy. I have to wrestle through this question similarly to the way I had to wrestle with the presence and absence of my own father.
Elsewhere, Templeton critiques the world and its "abundance of gods," each with the curious requirement of unquestioning obedience as if it was the only god that mattered. He describes it a point of contention--even a point of absurdity--that in the vast sea of divine beings on this planet, Christianity proposes the idea that there is only one God. Across history, there are more gods than any of us can keep track of, and they seem to come with as many descriptions as the people who created them. On top of this, he argues, a great number of these gods come with qualities that leave much to be desired in the first place; they are jealous, hierarchical, vengeful, and demanding--and very much a product of our predecessors.
Many of these observations are troublingly undeniable. I was listening recently to a collection of interviews on the subject of spirituality. They asked hundreds of people the same question; simply, "Who is God?" But the answers were as diverse as the patches on a quilt, and the finished product was not at all a comforting blanket of great divinity, but little more than a mat of troubled chaos, gapping holes, and contradiction. Coming to the end of that message, I sighed deeply--how can anyone muddle through such a mess? We seem to make gods in our own images as fast as we can get them off the assembly line.
Templeton and the many who echo him are absolutely right to point out as troubling the sheer number and seeming characters of these divinities, who "hate every people but their own...[who] are jealous, vengeful...utter egotists and insist on frequent praise and flattery."(3) In fact, the prophet Jeremiah made a similar point. He called it a "discipline of delusion" to chase after gods as if it were a matter of preference and not a matter pertaining to what is real. "They are altogether stupid and foolish," he wrote of these individuals. "In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood" (Jeremiah 10:8). The world of gods is indeed a chaotic place. And yet, isn't it somewhat hasty to reject every divinity in the room simply because there is more than one? In doing so, it would seem we use our own complaint against Christianity (it is arrogant to say there is only one God) as the reason to reject it (it is ridiculous that there is more than one
god).
Further, the description of angry gods in abundance brings me back to the question that remained with me from the beginning. "If God is a loving Father, why does he so seldom answer his needy children's prayers?" The reason this question demands more than a pat answer is because it deals with disappointment, neglect, silence, and heartache. The question pulls on the shirtsleeve of a vital relationship. Perhaps it is subtle, but the question itself seems to point to something inherently different about this God--something that sets this Father significantly apart from the sea of divine chaos. The gods Templeton and many others describe do not at all seem like gods we would miss if they were far away. They are not the kind of gods we would be saddened by if they were silent, or dare to be angry with if they disappointed us. Like all children with parents that we do not always understand, sometimes we ask questions that aren't entirely fair (or even sensible). And sometimes we ask questions that give away the relational presence of the one we wrestle with under the surface.
I believe it is more than helpful to recognize the human capacity to create gods and chase after delusion. But so I think it is vital to recognize that not all gods are created equal, and there is reason to believe there might be one who isn't created at all.
Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.
(1) Charles Templeton, Farewell to God: My Reasons for Rejecting the Christian Faith (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996), 18.
(2) Ibid.
(3) Ibid., 22-23.
"Jesus Among Other Gods" by Ravi Zacharias
"The reality is that if religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth, regardless of the mood of the day. This book is a defense of the uniqueness of the Christian message."
Thus begins Ravi's most important work to date in which he contrasts the truth of Jesus Christ with the teachings of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
Monday, July 25, 2016
COME TO LIFE (Matt 11:28)
Thought I'd share: This poem, inspired by the exquisitely holy words of Jesus Christ, pretty much confirms everything I (a work in progress)have ever wanted out of life. Enjoy!
Matthew 11:28
Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
COME TO LIFE
Come to love,
Lay your burdens down;
Lift your heart to Heaven,
Come to life and love.
Come to pray,
Leave your fears aside;
Lift your need to Heaven,
Come to life and pray.
Come to sing,
Lose your self in worship;
Lift your praises to Heaven,
Come to life and sing.
Come out of the dark,
Come into the light;
Open your heart,
To the joy of life.
Come to Jesus,
Let Him lift you up;
Come to life and rest,
And learn how to love.
J.E.P.
2016
Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.
Matthew 11: 29, 30 NLT biblehub.com/nlt/matthew/11.htm
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
FOUND IN HIM
FOUND IN HIM My life is Jesus Christ.
My peace is Jesus Christ.
My truth is Jesus Christ.
My joy is found in Him!My light is Jesus Christ.
My focus is Jesus Christ.
My future is Jesus Christ.
My freedom's found in Him!My hope is Jesus Christ,
My heart is Jesus Christ.
My way is Jesus Christ,
Heaven is found in Him!My love is Jesus Christ,
My song is Jesus Christ.
My cross is Jesus Christ,
My God is found in Him!J.E.P. 2015
Colossians 3:
Set your mind on things above.
"In Him was Life, and that Life is the Light of the World." -- Dallas Willard (dwillard.org) did.
FOUND IN HIM
My life is Jesus Christ,
My peace is Jesus Christ;
My truth is Jesus Christ,
My joy is found in Him!
My light is Jesus Christ,
My focus is Jesus Christ;
My future Jesus Christ,
My freedom found in Him!
My hope is Jesus Christ,
My heart is Jesus Christ;
My faith is Jesus Christ,
Heaven is found in Him!
My love is Jesus Christ,
My song is Jesus Christ;
My cross is Jesus Christ,
My God is found in Him!
J.E.P. 2015
Colossians 3:
Set your mind on things above.
"In Him was Life, and that Life is the Light of the World." -- Dallas Willard http://dwillard.org
Sunday, May 15, 2016
WE ARE RISEN
WE ARE RISEN
http://biblehub.com/colossians/3-1.htm
We are RISENWe are RISENSeated in heavenly realmsWe are SEALEDSet RIGHT in the unbreakablePROMISE of GODWe are REDEEMED / saved foreverBy GRACE through FAITH in JESUSWe are rescued / adopted in CHRISTWe are given NEW heartsAt the Foot of His CROSS
http://biblehub.com/colossians/3-1.htm
FAITH NOW
By FAITH we are servant-saints of GodIn TRUTH by FAITH we are ambassadors econciliationBy FAITH in Jesus' resurrectionNOW and forever we are citizens of Heaven.http://neweverymorn.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-rise-above_29.html?m=1
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
MOURNING TO MORNING
Jeff Pollock - Buzz - Public
MOURNING TO MORNING
MOURNING TO MORNING
Alone Sitting under a billion stars Crying Weeping Breaking Reliving the pain
Mourning has broken My heart in two Sunlight chases The stars away
Mourning has broken My heart in two Sunlight chases The stars away
Morning has broken Night into day Daylight chases My fears away
Alone Under a blue sky Smiling Laughing Worshiping God who knows my name
Alone Under a blue sky Smiling Laughing Worshiping God who knows my name
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"Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning" (Psalm 30:5).
FROM MOURNING
TO MORNING
Under a billion stars
Crying😢Weeping
Falling😭Breaking
Reliving the pain
Mourning has broken
my heart💔in two,
Sunlight🌞chases
the stars away.
Morning has broken
the night☺into day,
Daylight⛅chases
my fears away.
Under a blue sky
Smiling😃Laughing,
Worshiping💝God
Who knows my name!
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Smiling😃Laughing,
Worshiping💝God
Who knows my name!
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JEFFrey PoLLocK
This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Thy. faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:21-23
You feel as though you've been in this pit, this dark tunnel, on this roller-coaster ride, far too long. Will this grief never end?
"There is no microwave healing. There's no way you can just zap it, and you're better.
God's healing takes time, but morning will come," says Barbara Johnson.
God's healing takes time, but morning will come," says Barbara Johnson.
What signs of daybreak do you see in your life?
If you are walking blindly in the darkness of despair, look to the God of light to show you the way.
"Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning" (Psalm 30:5).
Lord Jesus, sometimes I feel like my grief will never end.
Show me patches of sunlight in my life today that will spur me on with a healing hope. Amen.
Show me patches of sunlight in my life today that will spur me on with a healing hope. Amen.
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Saturday, February 27, 2016
TO KNOW GOD
"That I may know Him." -- Philippians 3:10
TO KNOW GOD
To walk in His steps and follow His pattern,
To speak His words and love with passion.
To fall at His feet and stand up to each test,
To strengthen the weak and know true rest.
To pray Our Father and trust His provision,
To lay down life and leave it all in His hands,
To rise each morning with prayer on my lips.
To believe with all your heart, and all your mind,
and all your soul: To know God is to love Him!!!
Friday, December 25, 2015
CHRISTMAS IS JESUS
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
RHYME THYME
Blossoming thyme
Dear friends, guess what? I published a second volume of poems! -- it is available online @ AuthorHouse, Amazon & B&N - the cover features a section of our beloved Northeast El Paso Franklin mntns!
Below are 3 or 4 new poems; the last one ALWAYS is inspired by a Swaziland blogpost from John and Kay.
Merry Christmas!
Love you all, Jeff
| ON MY KNEES On my knees, I hear God's voice; On my knees, I see His face. On my knees, I sense His joy; On my knees, I feel His grace. On my knees, The World stops. On my knees, Heaven speaks! On my knees, I lose myself; On my knees, I am humbled On my knees, I find freedom; On my knees, I rest in peace. ¤¤¤ 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. FIGHT THE FEELING Fight the feeling, Wait for faith; Wait for Jesus, He's the Way. Fight the feeling, Resist bad news; Look for Jesus, He's the Truth. Fight the feeling, Do what is right; Follow Jesus, He's the Life. Fight the feeling, Stay in the Light; Guard your heart, Fight the good fight. ¤¤¤ A thanksgiving poem: THANK GOD Thank God for Jesus, Thank God for love; Thank God for freedom, Thank God above. Thank God for Jesus, Thank God for light; Thank God for wisdom, Thank God for life. Thank God for Jesus, Thank God for Truth; Thank God #conscience, Thank God #GoodNews. Thank God for Jesus, Thank God #salvation; Thank God forgiveness has come from Heaven. ¤¤¤ Matthew 28:19-20 ALWAYS Always I am with you, You're My mind & soul; Always I am with you, You're My heart's goal. Alive in truth taught, Alive in fruit preached; Alive in songs you sing, Alive in gifts you bring. Always I am with you, My child, my mission, Always, I am with you, You're my only reason. Alive in your tears, Alive in your touch, Alive in healing prayer; Alive in mercy and love, My friend, I am with you always! Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world-Amen. Matthew 28:19-20 KJV ¤¤¤ https://swazilandk.blogspot.com |
Sunday, October 11, 2015
SLOW DANCE
Matthew 16:25a (NLT)
If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it.
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Open your eyes
To life's pure Light
Let go of fear and worry
Let go of fear and worry
Plant The Truth
Grow Spiritual Fruit
Don't be in such a hurry
Give God a chance
Life is a slow dance
Full of precious memory
Hold On Tight
To the One True Life
And you will not be sorry
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But if you give up your life for me,you will find true life.
Matthew 16:25b
Matthew 16:25b
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it;
but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25 (NASB)
Cross reference: Matthew 10:37-39
Friday, July 31, 2015
HERE AM I, SEND ME
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
THE TOUCH OF JESUS
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
SALVATION
Matthew 7:24-27
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
SALVATION
Saved from death
Saved from hell
Saved from living
for myself
Saved from religion
Saved from guilt
Saved from sinking in the
house of sand I built
Saved from lust
Saved from greed
Saved from worrying
about everything I need
Saved for love
Saved for others
Saved to pray for
my sisters and brothers
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
SALVATION
Saved from death
Saved from hell
Saved from living
for myself
Saved from religion
Saved from guilt
Saved from sinking in the
house of sand I built
Saved from lust
Saved from greed
Saved from worrying
about everything I need
Saved for love
Saved for others
Saved to pray for
my sisters and brothers
my sisters and brothers
Sept 28 2012
Feb. 25 2015
Feb. 25 2015
26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not
put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house
on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds
blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house
on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds
blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
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Monday, February 2, 2015
IN THE END LOVE WILL WIN
But now remain faith, hope, and love: these three. The greatest of these is love.
Read 1 Corinthians 13 WEB | Read 1 Corinthians 13:13 WEB in parallel
Now faith, hope, and love remain—these three things—and the greatest of these is love.
Three things will stay to guide your heart
into the joy God planned from the start;
Faith, hope and love are the pillars of life
that support every soul found in pure light.
into the joy God planned from the start;
Faith, hope and love are the pillars of life
that support every soul found in pure light.
IN THE END LOVE WILL WIN
In the end love will win,
In the end love will conquer;
In the end love will rise again
O'er sin and consequences.
In the end hope will see,
In the end love will conquer;
In the end love will rise again
O'er sin and consequences.
In the end hope will see,
In the end hope will persevere;
In the end hope will be amazed,
O'er the splendor of God's glory.
In the end faith will stand,
In the end faith will be victorious;
In the end hope will be amazed,
O'er the splendor of God's glory.
In the end faith will stand,
In the end faith will be victorious;
In the end faith will meet her freedom,
In the open arms of God's Son Jesus.
In the open arms of God's Son Jesus.
2012
But for now, three things last trust, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love.
Read 1 Corinthians 13 CJB | Read 1 Corinthians 13:13 CJB in parallel
Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Read 1 Corinthians 13 KJV | Read 1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV in parallel | Interlinear view
Read 1 Corinthians 13 KJV | Read 1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV in parallel | Interlinear view
Subject: GDW 9-13-12
[A Lifetime of Conviction]
[A Lifetime of Conviction]
Friday, January 2, 2015
BEWARE YOUR HEART
◄ Jeremiah 17:9 ► The heart is deceitful above all things, you cannot trust it. BeWARe your HEART Beware your heart The Truth is final Beware your heart The End is near Beware your heart The Life is fluid Take care your heart Follow faith not fear Beware your heart Heaven is waiting Beware your heart It leans towards hell Beware your heart Give it to Jesus Take care your heart Choose to be well J3FF 2014 Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (Public Domain) Jeremiah 17:5-11 He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, make flesh their arm, and their souls cannot prosper in graces or comforts. Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be anxious in a year of drought. Those who make God their Hope, have enough in him to make up the want of all creature-comforts. They shall not cease from yielding fruit in holiness and good works. The heart, the conscience of man, in his corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good, and good evil; and cries peace to those to whom it does not belong. Herein the heart is desperately wicked; it is deadly, it is desperate. The case is bad indeed, if the conscience, which should set right the errors of other faculties, is a leader in the delusion. We cannot know our own hearts, nor what they will do in an hour of temptation. Who can understand his errors? Much less can we know the hearts of others, or depend upon them. He that believes God's testimony in this matter, and learns to watch his own heart, will find this is a correct, though a sad picture, and learns many lessons to direct his conduct. But much in our own hearts and in the hearts of others, will remain unknown. Yet whatever wickedness there is in the heart, God sees it. Men may be imposed upon, but God cannot be deceived. He that gets riches, and not by right, though he may make them his hope, never shall have joy of them. This shows what vexation it is to a worldly man at death, that he must leave his riches behind; but though the wealth will not follow to another world, guilt will, and everlasting torment. The rich man takes pains to get an estate, and sits brooding upon it, but never has any satisfaction in it; by sinful courses it comes to nothing. Let us be wise in time; what we get, let us get it honestly; and what we have, use it charitably, that we may be wise for eternity. |
Saturday, November 8, 2014
MY FAITH (The Only Link)
MY FAITH
My faith is in GOD
The Creator of life
The Savior of souls
Our Lord Jesus Christ
My faith is in LOVE
The Purpose for life
The Searcher of hearts
Our Lord Jesus Christ
My faith is of TRUTH
The Reason for life
The Freer of conscience
Our Lord Jesus Christ
The Freer of conscience
Our Lord Jesus Christ
My faith is in JESUS
The Way, Truth, and Life
The Way, Truth, and Life
The only link to OUR FATHER
The Lord Jesus Christ
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
[LEAP OF FAITH]
PRESS ON!
Through the storm
Through the rain
Through the storm
Through the rain
I press on
Through the pain
Through the dark
Through the night
I press on
To reach the light
Through the valley
Through the height
Through the fight
I press on
Through the pain
Through the dark
Through the night
I press on
To reach the light
Through the valley
Through the height
Through the fight
I press on
Day by Day with Chuck Swindoll
Press On!
Read Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13-15
Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark left Cyprus and sailed to the southern coast of Turkey—a land then known as Pamphylia, whose rugged coastline ascended sharply into the towering heights of a mountain range steeper and fiercer than the eastern Tauras near Tarsus, and more terrible than any hills known to the Cypriot Barnabas or the Judean John Mark.
That sight alone may have initiated the storm surge of doubt that would eventually flood young John Mark's soul. In this region Paul became gravely ill with malaria or some other serious coastal fever. That may have been the last straw for the inexperienced traveler to endure. Without any explanation, Luke simply writes, "John left them and returned to Jerusalem." But going on from Perga, they pressed on. Without even as much as a hiccup, the journey continued. Paul and Barnabas were undeterred by John Mark's desertion.
Here's an important observation: all the way through ministry, people leave. In every church there will be individuals who, for whatever reason, move on to other things. This includes those in leadership. They leave, but the church presses on. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding their departure, the journey continued. For Paul and Barnabas there was neither time nor need for a long, drawn-out farewell. They pressed ahead, keeping their eyes focused on the goal.
It's hard to press on when you feel abandoned. It's easy to give in to discouragement and allow that to siphon your tank dry, but Paul and Barnabas had no such luxury. Emotions in check, they had a job to do. So they moved forward with an even stronger determination.
One of the marks of maturity is the ability to press ahead regardless of who walks off the scene. The alternative isn't an option. Once you've said goodbye, it's time for everyone to move on. That's exactly what Paul and Barnabas did. As Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippians: "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (3:14).
Reprinted by permission. Day by Day, Charles Swindoll, July 2005, Thomas Nelson, inc., Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Oh my God! / You are God!
| OMG! Oh my God You know my heart, You set its beat and made it start; Oh my Savior You let me believe, You are the one who redeems me. Oh my God You know my soul, You let me go and hold me close; Oh my Strength You are my peace, You are the reason that I breathe. Oh my God You know my mind, Your Word fills my dark with light; Oh my Shepherd You are my song, You are the righter of all my wrong. Oh my Jesus You are my friend, You stay with me past the end; Today the world is broken and lost, But today and forever You are God! |
| YOU ARE GOD! Oh my God You know my heart, You set its beat and made it start; Oh my Savior You let me believe, You are the one who redeems me. Oh my God You know my soul, You let me go and hold me close; Oh my Strength You are my peace, You are the reason that I breathe. Oh my God You know my mind, Your Word fills my dark with light; Oh my Shepherd You are my song, You are the righter of all my wrong. Oh my Jesus You are my friend, You stay with me past the end; Today the world is broken and lost, But today and forever You are God! |
Sunday, June 29, 2014
ONE LOVE
ONE LOVE
One love,
Alive forever;
The source of all life.
One love,
The joy of heaven;
The spark of first light
One love,
The reason we celebrate;
The free gift of God's grace.
One love,
The focus of our worship;
Father, Son, Holy Spirit,
The reason we sing!
J.E.P
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