February 2012
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January 2012
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lydiabenitez:
Ward Sisters… (and Josh and...
December 2011
4 posts
I want to learn that it is not an extraordinary spirituality that makes one refuse to do ordinary work, but a wish to prove that one is not ordinary—which is a dead giveaway of spiritual conceit. I want to respond in unhesitating obedience as Mary did: Anything You say, Lord.
-Elisabeth Elliot
Whenever you surrender the most precious areas of your life to God, it’s like trading in a pile of worthless pebbles for a truckload of precious jewels.
-Leslie Ludy
What I Learned About Gaining 15lbs In 2011 →
Here my thread is unwound so you can see in.:... →
lydiabenitez:
Today, I’m writing about the placenta.
Your immune system is created to attack any foreign organism. No matter how similar it may be—it knows an outcast when it sees one, and it has no mercy. This is why organ transplants have proven to be so difficult. How then is it that a mother can grow…
November 2011
5 posts
the world must be shown
When Jesus was speaking with His disciples before His crucifixion, He gave them His parting gift: peace such as the world can never give. But He went on immediately to say, “Set your troubled hearts at rest and banish your fears…. I shall not talk much longer with you, for the Prince of this world approaches. He has no rights over me, but the world must be shown that I love the Father...
Makes sense.
Carroll’s Mad Hatter character is modeled after an occupational disease of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In that era, hat makers were heavily exposed to mercury used in the preparation of felt. Consequently, many suffered brain damage and became psychotic, or “mad”.
The Cure for Insecurity - Leslie Ludy
Today’s women are desperately insecure. There is no question that our lives are teetering on the edge of disaster; that self-hatred, self-abuse, and self-destruction have become the norm among the female camp. And sadly, women in the church are struggling just as much as their non-Christian counterparts.
But the modern solution – the self esteem message – doesn’t provide lasting results...
October 2011
14 posts
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the land.” God is faithful to sustain us during a drought. Even when we feel we have nothing left. He is faithful and will satisfy the hungry. He will give peace and joy in the mist of confusion. Our God is so good.
I’ve been thinking deep. It came upon me quietly but quickly. I guess I’ve been avoiding it. But now it’s time to face reality. It’s time to look deep into my heart and deal with the things I find.
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.
Psalm 139
“No one goes to church more than the devil does, and no one appears as an angel of light as he does. We are in the thick of facing powers of darkness who are determined to rob us of Him and rob God of us, and you and I, my brother, have just got to hope in Christ and rely on Him for His Spirit to direct our thoughts, our ways, and our works so that it is not us but Christ in us.” -E.L....
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion. Proverbs 11:22
“He replied, ‘What is impossible for people is possible with God.’”
List your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavenes will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and it’s inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail. Isaiah 51:7
“At 5’9” tall and weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have a BMI of 16.24 which is considered severely underweight. Because of her ridiculous proportions (39” bust, 18” waist, 33” thighs and a size 3 shoes!), if she was a real woman, she wouldn’t be able to walk upright – she would have to walk on all fours.”
I can’t read that and do nothing about it.
don't forfeit your peace
It would not be possible to exaggerate the importance hymns and spiritual songs have played in my spiritual growth. One of the latter, familiar to most of you, has this line: “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer” (Joseph Scriven). Prayerlessness is one of many ways by which we can easily forfeit the peace...
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12
September 2011
6 posts
“plural for sinner: sinners.
plural for forgiven sinners: church.”
– (via mppt)
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. Matthew 10:6 Have you ever caught yourself avoiding someone because they are “really” lost or not going down the right road at all? I know I am guilty. But these are the people we NEED to approach. The lost are the ones that need Jesus’ love the most. So when you see someone today at school, work, or wherever you are, sit next to them. Talk...
Good Women Project →
So Take Heart...: Hey Ladies... (Part Deux) →
Words of wisdom from experience.
debbish:
DON’T LET THE LENGTH KEEP YOU FROM READING.
You know how the world is always in a hurry, always trying to speed things up because people think they might lose some opportunities if they’re just sitting around? And how a lot of people say to go out and chase your dreams and not waste a second?…
what's my score?
I was tempted this morning—no, not merely tempted, I actually did it—to pray, “Lord, I’ve been disobedient in many things, but I’ve been obedient in the ‘big’ things, haven’t I, Lord?”
“What would you call loving Me with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength? Is it a little thing?”
“Oh Lord, no.”
“And is it...
August 2011
11 posts
nothing is lost
Paul was a man who suffered the loss of everything, according to his own claim. Yet any loss he counted pure gain. The key to this transforming of earthly losses into heavenly gains is love. What do we love? If our hearts are set on people and possessions and position, the loss of those will indeed be irreparable. To the man or woman whose heart is set on Christ no loss on earth can be...
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Jarrid Wilson: The Right Time →
jarridwilson:
Look around you. What are you waiting for? God has divinely placed you in this very moment, to do something BIG for His kingdom. There is no need to worry about who’s watching, or what they might think. The only thing that matters are the people around you who DONT know the love of God, and…
WatchThis is one if those messages Satan will do anything he can to get you not to listen to it. Don’t let him distract you, God wants to speak to you! Listen to this message.
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F R E E D O M is H E R E.
strings.
The Lord does not fail to help you when you are doing His will. You are the puppet, completely lifeless. When your Master pulls the strings you begin moving but not on your own strength. Someone else is moving those strings and making you move here or there. He is doing all these amazing things through you, making the audience laugh and smile, but you yourself are not doing a thing. You are...
first be quiet.
Our hectic lives involve many changes, and changes require decisions, and decisions must often be made in the midst of a multitude of confusions. We run here and there asking advice. Often we make decisions without sufficient deliberation because we simply haven’t time—or so we tell ourselves.
There is a marvelously helpful practice that we usually overlook. It is quietness. Notice...
July 2011
5 posts
“Be still”—that is, shut up—“and know that He is God” (Ps 46:10 AV).
God, what can I do for you?
Most of us would like to do something special in life, something to distinguish us. We suppose that we desire it for God’s sake, but more likely we are discontent with ordinary life and crave special privileges. When Israel asked if they should offer some spectacular sacrifice—thousands of rams, ten thousand “rivers of oil,” a firstborn child—the answer was,...
I belong to Christ.
So many times we can forget that we belong to God. We let the Enemy capture us with the things of this world (big or small) and we live as if we belong to this world. But we don’t! We have died to this world and now our lives are hidden in Christ! We are a new creation and we no longer have to submit to the laws of this world.
Ask God to search your heart. Are you submitting to any rules...
My latest discovery.
beloved creation.
Genesis 1
I wonder what was going through God’s mind when He began creating the world. When he finally said, “Okay. The time has come. I’m going to begin this love story!” I love how the story begins with God creating US. He made this world we live in. He knew each person that would be born in this earth and what each one would do (Ps 139:16). He knew exactly where His son...
June 2011
2 posts
(muppet): gozo-fe: When I tell people what I want... →
gozo-fe:
When I tell people what I want to do with my life, they often respond by saying that if they had all the money in the world, then they would go abroad and help people. They say that since they don’t, they have to stay and work. When Jesus called his disciples, “they pulled their…
May 2011
1 post
talkfest.
def.- a lengthy conversation, discussion, or debate. Stop and think. What do you make other people think about? When you talk with someone you have the power to make them think positively or negatively. You have the power to encourage or discourage. You have the power to inspire or deaden. I have been asking myself this question non-stop for the last several days. I have been examining...