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This Vanishing Mist: the itch of self regard
"The pleasure of pride is like the pleasure of scratching. If there is an itch one does want to scratch; but it is much nicer to have neither the itch nor the scratch. As long as we have the itch of self-regard we shall want the pleasure of self-approval; but the happiest moments are those when we forget our precious selves and have neither but have everything else (God, our fellow humans, the garden and the sky) instead."
Psalm 9:10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
"Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you."
Twitter / Andrew Sheldon: Love builds bridges where ...
"Love builds bridges where there are none."
Facebook | Amanda Kay Prior
"Let now our hearts burn with a flame, a fire consuming all, for Your Son's holy name."
The American Vision » Blog » Don’t Protest the President’s School Speech If . . .
"You can’t protest government healthcare if you do not protest public education"
Free Money Finance: Tithing and Investments
"Sigh ... Asking this question and the response means you are missing the point completely and are caught up in Old Testament thinking. There are no scales that God uses to weigh your contributions to the church and when the meter hits 10% you "pass". You don't need to contribute anything to be saved - contributing everything you have is not enough to be saved.
You have been equipped by God with your time, abilities, and money to carry out the Great Commission. Managing those resources towards that mission is what Stewardship is all about. Your comment of "double tithation" shows you simply don't get it. Give what you need to give to carry out the Great Commission. Hone your abilities towards that purpose. Act when you need to act.
The danger behind rigorous "tithing" is that when you achieve 10.00% (how ever you calculate that ratio), you might think you're done or have somehow satisfied God's requirements. No one can act in any way or to any degree and satisfy God's requirements. That's what grace is all about. Generous giving and working towards the goal of the Great Commission with all that is entrusted to us - that's our response to grace.
Posted by: Phil | November 18, 2007 at 07:08 AM
Sure, God has set laws that tell us what we should give back to Him as a minimum. But He wants us to acknowledge the fact that He has given us everything we have and what is important is how we use it, not how much I get. Once we truely look at our stuff this way, we will no longer have to get out our calculators and Quicken to figure out how much we should give back to God. Once we become content with what He has given us we will no longer waste our time in the pursuit of more, more, more. One of the blessings that He has given us as Americans is the ability to become financially free to pursue a career working for Him and His kingdom. Unfortunately too many of us give into the temptation to aquire more than we need. This keeps us from investing in true wealth in Heaven. You shouldn't need Quicken to figure out if you ha
George Muller quotes
“The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.”
George Muller
Legal vs. Right « notes on life
"Legal is what the government says.\n\nRight is what God says.\n\nSometimes, governments get their laws right. Sometimes, they get them wrong.\n\nSometimes, doing what God says is legal. Sometimes, it is not.\n\nIf you disobey the government, you could lose your money, your stuff, and your life.\n\nIf you disobey God, you could lose your meaning, your sanity, and your one chance for eternal life.\n\nGovernments rise and fall.\n\nJesus Christ remains the same, yesterday, today and forever.\n\nI'd rather be right than legal. Wouldn't you?"
Facebook | Stacy White
"No God, no purpose.
Know God, Know purpose.
-words to remember
"God has an appointment with each of us, and it is crucial that every man and woman know this. He will stop our steps when it is not our time, and He will lead us when it is. This is a reassuring truth to know for every believer, and a necessary trust for anyone who ministers in areas of great risk."
"For orthodox theology has specially insisted that Christ was not a being apart from God and man, like an elf, nor yet a being half human and half not, like a centaur, but both things at once and both things thoroughly, very man and very God."
~G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
"Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound, the less it is blind."
~G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
~Ravi Zacharias, Walking From East to West
"What we believe determines how we live."
~Wilberforce
"All things are possible to him who believes, they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are easier to him who loves, and still more easy to him who practices and perseveres in these three virtues."
~Brother Lawrence
"But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you"
~1 Peter 3:15
"Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God."
~Brother Lawrence"
AJesusManifesto.pdf (application/pdf Object)
"What is Christianity? It is Christ. Nothing more. Nothing less. Christianity is not an ideology. Christianity is not a philosophy. Christianity is the ―good news‖ that Beauty, Truth and Goodness are found in a person. Biblical community is founded and found on the connection to that person. Conversion is more than a change in direction; it’s a change in connection. Jesus’ use of the ancient Hebrew word shubh, or its Aramaic equivalent, to call for ―repentance‖ implies not viewing God from a distance, but entering into a relationship where God is command central of the human connection."
Homeschool ALUMNI - View topic - The most important things
"Jesus was the smartest man that ever lived. Be a thinker and think right thoughts!"
Homeschool ALUMNI - View topic - (Mature Subject Matter) The Christian and Marijuana
"Some people go to drugs for physical pain. The majority do it for emotional pain. Of the two, I am more likely to pitty the later. Fortunately, God offers a better remidy.
We should keep Romans 14 in mind. We should not be thinking in terms of what is permissible but what is profitable."
Amazon.com: Visioneering: God's Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision: Andy Stanley: Books
"Vision is a preferred future. A destination. Vision always stands in contrast to the world as it is. Visioneering, according to bestselling author Andy Stanley, is "a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be." With warm, down-to-earth practicality, Andy Stanley explores the ordinary life of Nehemiah and his God-given vision for accomplishing the extraordinary. He shows how the life of this great ancient visionary, determined to rebuild the ruined walls of Jerusalem, reveals principles that can prepare us to find and follow God's multifaceted vision for our own lives. Now in affordable paperback! "
YouTube - (Fireproof Movie) Warren Barfield - Love Is Not A Fight [with lyrics]
"Love is not a place
To come and go as we please
It's a house we enter in
And then commit to never leave
So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
We'll work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for
To some, love is a word that they can fall into
But when they're falling out
Keeping that word is hard to do
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for
Love will come to save us, if we'll only call
He will ask nothing from us, but demand we give our all
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for
I would fight for you, would you fight for me?
It's worth fighting for.
YouTube - While I'm Waiting - John Waller
"When God is Silent - we are to still worship & serve HIM!"
Twitter / Sean Moulton: Abortion : summary executi ...
"Abortion : summary execution for the crime of being inconvenient!"
Twitter / Doug Kirchmann: "Dreams are only foolish t ...
"Dreams are only foolish to those who lack them." - Peter Reese
Twitter / Alex & Brett Harris: “Catch on fire with enthus ...
“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” – Charles Wesley
The Rebelution: Don’t Let Them Despise You
"Don't let them despise you." Young people must not be indifferent, but neither should we be people-pleasers.
Facebook | Courtney Lambert
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~~ Benjamin Franklin
"Give me liberty, or give me death." ~~Patrick Henry
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