Faith is a living, daring confidence in Godβs grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it a thousand times.
Martin Luther
How Great Is The Contrast?
October 19, 2013 
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How great is the contrast between that forgiveness to which we lay claim from God towards us, and our temper towards others!Β God, we expect, will forgive us great offences, offences many times repeated; and will forgive them freely, liberally, and from the heart.Β But we are offended at our neighbor, perhaps, for the merest trifles, and for an injury only once offered; and we are but half reconciled when we deem to forgive.Β Even an uncertain humor, an ambiguous word, or a suspected look, will inflame our anger; and hardly any persuasion will induce us for a long time to relent.
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Henry W. Thornton
Make An Enormous Difference
October 18, 2013 4 Comments
A simple gesture can make an enormous difference.Β Without even knowing it, you could change the life of another person.
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Laura SchroffΒ
Daily Prompt: Community Service
October 17, 2013 11 Comments
Β “Photographers, artists, poets: show us COMMUNITY!“
My Thoughts πΒ
As soon as I read today’s daily prompt, I thought of this years easter “Walk of witness“. The walk happened in our little town and being part of the large community felt really special.
App 4 2day “OnePlace”
October 17, 2013 0 Comments
ο£Ώ App 4 2day! Β – Β “OnePlace.com – The Premiere Provider of Christian Audio Broadcasts & Sermons”
My Thoughts πΒ
IΒ stumbled over this FREE app whilst trying to listen to “Telling The Truth” (one of my fave broadcasts) on my iPhone, butΒ IΒ was having trouble syncing it with my Podcasts app soΒ IΒ went to their website and was prompted to download this app. It works with Voiceover andΒ IΒ can now listen to my fave daily devotional! And find new teaching thatΒ IΒ wouldn’t know about.
I wanted to share with you as you might find a show that interests you too! π
Description from the iTunes app store:
The OnePlace.com Streaming Christian Audio application for the iPhone and iPod Touch gives you free access to the most popular Christian broadcast ministries on radio. Download this application to begin listening to sermons and messages from your favorite pastors, speakers, and authors including;
- A New Beginning with Greg Laurie
- Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson
- Grace to You with John MacArthur
- Precepts for Life with Kay Arthur
- Bible Answer Man with Hank Hanegraaff
- Ed Young Television with Ed Young
- Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey
- Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef
- Let My People Think with Ravi Zacharias
- Love Worth Finding with Dr. Adrian Rogers
- PowerPoint with Dr. Jack Graham
- Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R.C. Sproul
- Running to Win with Dr. Erwin Lutzer
- Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee
- Truth for Life with Pastor Alistair Begg
- Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah
- The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans
Features:
– Listen to todayβs broadcast
– Discover new Christian ministry radio programs
Other Christian Apps:
The Honest Seeker
October 16, 2013 2 Comments
Mark it down.Β God never turns away the honest seeker.Β Go to God with your questions.Β You may not find all the answers, but in finding God, you known the One who does.
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Max Lucado
Above All, Put On Love
October 16, 2013 2 Comments
Colossians 3:12-17Β (VOICE)
Paul tells them the key to remain unified is to show compassion and forgiveness toward one another.
Since you are all set apart by God, made holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a holy way of life: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Put up with one another. Forgive. Pardon any offenses against one another, as the Lord has pardoned you, because you should act in kind. But above all these, put on love! Love is the perfect tie to bind these together. Let your hearts fall under the rule of the Anointedβs peace (the peace you were called to as one body), and be thankful.
Let the word of the Anointed One richly inhabit your lives. With all wisdom teach, counsel, and instruct one another. Sing the psalms, compose hymns and songs inspired by the Spirit, and keep on singingβsing to God from hearts full and spilling over with thankfulness. Surely, no matter what you are doing (speaking, writing, or working), do it all in the name of Jesus our Master, sending thanks through Him to God our Father.
For Paul it isnβt enough just to believe the right things. Right belief always produces right living. The gift of salvation demands that we put into practice the character of our King. Just as we take off and throw away old, worn-out clothes, we must strip off certain attitudes and actions of our old selves. Since our lives have been made new in Him, things like sexual immorality, greed, anger, lies, and the rest must find no place in us. But it is not enough to strip off the old; we must put on the new. And that new creation has many qualities of Jesus: compassion, gentleness, and humility; putting up with each other, forgiving each other, and above all, loving each other. These are the ways of Jesus, so they must be our ways too.
Love Them Anyway!
October 15, 2013 4 Comments
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.Β Love them anyway.
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Mother Teresa
βI am lovedβ
October 14, 2013 18 Comments
My Thoughts πΒ
Last night during the evening service at our church, Nik our Minister read the following and asked us to discuss which one from the bullet list really stood out to us, and why?:
βI am lovedβ
‘but what does this mean to you?‘
β’ The whole of me my body, mind heart and soul, that is my strength, my thoughts my deepest longings and all my emotions are loved by God.
β’ God knows me AND loves me (not God knows me but loves me)
β’ I am loved for who I am. Completely, Utterly, For Ever.
β’ Others may dislike me, but God loves me
β’ I may hate myself, but God continues to love me
β’ He loves me for what I am and what I will be.
β’ He loves me because he understands me.
it was really interesting hearing the different answers from the diverse brothers and sisters in our congragation.
So I wondered if you could comment with your answers/thoughts to the same question above?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite
October 14, 2013 22 Comments
“IN A NEW POST CREATED for THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO THAT SHOWS US A GLIMPSE OF THE INFINITE“
β§Β Sarah & I looking out over the seemingly infiniteΒ sea β§
My Thoughts πΒ
This challenge was hard for me, but as both me and Sarah are both registered blind, it doesn’t take much distance for things to seem infinite!!!
β Music “One Thing Remains” by Passion
October 14, 2013 4 Comments
Be encouraged, and never forget that you are always loved! π
Because Of God’s Grace
October 14, 2013 4 Comments
Because of God’s grace, there is nothing we can do that will make Him love us more than He already does.Β And there is nothing we can do or have done that will cause Him to love us any less.
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Steven Curtis Chapman
Asking for a little help…
October 13, 2013 0 Comments
Please help my blogger friend! π
Really hoping some more of you can help me. I recently lost my aunt to cancer and iβm running this years 13.1 miles of the Great Birmingham Run for Cancer Research UK
Please please please sponsor me http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/AndrewVokes
Even if its just Β£1, if everyone on my friends list sponsored me Β£1 iβd smash my target!
If you havenβt got Β£1, at the very least put the word out for me!
keeping The Sabbath Day Holy
October 13, 2013 3 Comments
Oh, what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through Jordan!Β There is nothing in which I would advise you to be more strictly conscientious than in keeping the Sabbath day holy.
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William Wilberforce
Boxer Dog
October 11, 2013 4 Comments
As you may have guessed, i love Boxer dogs!! Please check out this blog and see the amazing talent! π
The Most Beautiful Part
October 11, 2013 4 Comments
A traveler, as he passed through a forest, saw a part of a huge oak, which appeared misshapen, and almost seemed to spoil the scenery. “If,” sad he, “I was the owner of this forest, I would cut down that tree.” But when he had ascended the hill, and taken a full view of the forest, this same tree appeared the most beautiful part of the landscape. “How erroneously,” said he, “I judged when I saw only a part!” The full view, the harmony and proportion of things, are all necessary to clear up our judgment.
Unknown
Youβre Unique And One Of A Kind
October 11, 2013 9 Comments
Your presence is a present to the world.
Youβre unique and one of a kind.
Your life can be what you want it to be.
Take the days just one at a time.
Donβt put limits on yourself.
So many dreams are waiting to be realized.
Decisions are too important to leave to chance.
Reach for your peak, your goal, your prize.
Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.
The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it gets.
Donβt take things too seriously.
Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.
Count your blessings, not your troubles.
Youβll make it through whatever comes along.
Within you are so many answers.
Understand, have courage, be strong.
Douglas Pagels
God Has Qualified You
October 11, 2013 5 Comments
Colossians 1:12-22Β (NIV)
and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
The Supremacy of the Son of God
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. But now he has reconciled you by Christβs physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation
β Music “Fanatics & Whores” by The Showdown
October 10, 2013 0 Comments
One for the metal fans! π
Grace Is Power, Not Just Pardon
October 10, 2013 3 Comments
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon. Therefore the effort we make to obey God is not an effort done in our own strength, but in the strength which God supplies.
John Piper
Come Together In Agreement
October 9, 2013 13 Comments
1 Corinthians 1:10-14Β (VOICE)
My brothers and sisters, I urge you by the name of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed, to come together in agreement. Do not allow anything or anyone to create division among you. Instead, be restored, completely fastened together with one mind and shared judgment. I have heard troubling reports from Chloeβs people that you, my siblings, are consumed by fighting and petty disagreements. What I have heard is that each of you is taking sides, saying, βI am with Paul,β or βI am with Apollos,β or βI am with Cephas,β or βI am with the Anointed One.β Has the Anointed One been split up into many small pieces? Do you think Paul was crucified for you? Were you ceremonially washed through baptism[a] into the name of Paul? Absolutely not!
Paul knows that if the work of Jesusβ gospel degenerates into a cult of personality, it will hardly resemble true Christianity. If the focus is on Paul, Cephas, Apollos, or any famous religious leader, then that distracts from the person and central message of Jesus. Any cult of personality is intoxicating, and it is often easier to claim to follow a person who can be seen and touched. But Christianity is founded upon the belief that Jesus is the head of the church and that all of His followers serve His will as a part of the royal priesthood.
See What He’s Been Looking At
October 8, 2013 5 Comments
You can’t tell what a man is like or what he is thinking when you are looking at him. You must get around behind him and see what he has been looking at.
Will Rogers
God Has No History
October 7, 2013 2 Comments
This human life in God is from our point of view a particular period in the history of our world (from His birth to His crucifixion). We therefore imagine it is also a period in the history of God’s own existence. But God has no history. He is too completely and utterly real to have one. For, of course, to have a history means losing part of your reality (because it has already slipped away into the past), and not yet having another part (because it is still in the future); in fact, having nothing but the tiny little present, which has gone before you can speak about it. God forbid we should think God was like that! Even we may hope not to be always rationed in that way.
C. S. Lewis
Courage Doesn’t Always Roar!
October 4, 2013 9 Comments
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at theΒ end of the day that says, I’ll try again tomorrow.
Unknown
Spirit Levelling
October 4, 2013 2 Comments
My Thoughts πΒ
Travelling back home on the train this morning, I was showing Sarah the new (but hidden) spirit level on iOS 7 on my iPhone (to get to it, just open the compass app and then swipe from right to left with one finger to reveal). As I was tilting my phone up and down and showing that when the surface is level the whole screen goes green, suddenly I had the thoughtβ¦.
This is the same with our spiritual lives. How balanced/instep am I with the Spirit that dwells within?!
Are you instep with the Spirit?
Galatians 5:25Β (NIV)
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
More Thoughts π Β
At or around harvest time I like to think about my life and how much its changed from the fruitless dead tree and how God is healing me by his Love and Grace by trying to grow the fruits for his glory. I need to keep my roots deep in him and be in step with the Spirit so I don’t just wither and die.
$5 Bill
October 3, 2013 8 Comments
A few years ago I had managed to screw up my life so badly that I found myself without a home and without hope. I’m ashamed to admit it, but even then I was so absorbed by my own self-pity that all I could think of was begging enough money to buy the cheapest drink I could find. One day I was sitting in front of a store panhandling when a woman walked by with a small boy in tow. She ignored my pitch and hurried away. As I watched them go down the sidewalk the small boy broke free and came running back. He stood in front of me, fumbling in his coat pocket; he pulled out a five-dollar bill that was almost certainly more money than he had ever held before, and handed it to me. I was completely dumbstruck and just sat there staring at him with the money in my hand. By then his mother had returned and with tears in her eyes gently led the boy away. He turned back once to wave and they were gone. I don’t know how long I sat there, but I have not had another drink since then.
Unknown
Humility
October 2, 2013 6 Comments
1 Peter 5:1-9Β (VOICE)
Now for the elders of the church. I want to encourage you. As you know, I am an elder, too, like you. I have witnessed firsthand the sufferings of the Anointed One as well as shared in the glories which are soon to be revealed. When you shepherd the flock God has given you, watch over them not because you have to but because you want to. For this is how God would want it not because youβre being compensated somehow but because you are eager to watch over them. Donβt lead them as if you were a dictator, but lead your flock by example; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will be crowned with honor that will shine brightly forever. You who are younger in the faith: do as your elders and leaders ask. All of you should treat each other with humility, for as it says in Proverbs,
God opposes the proud
but offers grace to the humble.
So bow down under Godβs strong hand; then when the time comes, God will lift you up. Since God cares for you, let Him carry all your burdens and worries.
Humility is rarely a virtue that our culture values. Weβre trained from an early age to show our strengths and hide our weaknesses. This type of thinking also spills over into our models of leadership, as we learn to dictate to others how they should perform. Peter, however, says that we should be humble in our relationships with one another and not lead as dictators. In fact, this humility before one another and God is actually the position of the greatest strength. Our enemy desires to consume us, but we find strength to resist him when we are dependent upon God for His strength.
Most importantly, be disciplined and stay on guard. Your enemy the devil is prowling around outside like a roaring lion, just waiting and hoping for the chance to devour someone. Resist him and be strong in your faith, knowing that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are fellow sufferers with you.
Lay A Firm Foundation
October 1, 2013 4 Comments
A wise person can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at them.
Walk out Your Faith
September 30, 2013 2 Comments
Paul continues to tell the people about the kinds of behavior they need to rid themselves of and closes off the passage with ways they should behave instead.
Ephesians 4:28-32
28Β Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,doing something useful with their own hands,Β that they may have something to share with those in need.
29Β Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,Β but only what is helpful for building others upΒ according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.Β 30Β And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,Β with whom you were sealedΒ for the day of redemption.Β 31Β Get rid ofΒ all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.Β 32Β Be kind and compassionate to one another,Β forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
As Paul closes out this fourth chapter of Ephesiansβ¦
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The Lives We Touch
September 30, 2013 3 Comments
If Christ lives in us, controlling our personalities, we will leave glorious marks on the lives we touch. Not because of our lovely characters, but because of his.
Eugenia Price
Daily Prompt: A Bend in Time
September 27, 2013 12 Comments
Spreading a Fragrance of Godβs Grace
September 27, 2013 1 Comment
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Some time ago when my parents returned from their business trip, they bought me some perfumes from various brands. I really love perfume. Every day I always use it and I think every woman likes and use perfume too so that always smelled fragrant wherever she is. When I tried one perfume, donβt know why suddenly I remembered a bible story about a woman who poured a most expensive perfume to Jesusβ head.
Mark 14:3: βWhile He was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on His head.β
This is a beautiful act of love towards Jesus. This woman took her best; she gave a most expensive perfume to Jesus as an expression her love to Jesus. What promptedβ¦
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The Special Ox
September 27, 2013 3 Comments
There was a man who heard about a very special ox and determined to have it for his own. He traveled all over the world. He spent his entire fortune. He gave his whole life to the search for this ox. At last, just moments before he died, he realized he had been riding it all the time.
Thomas Aquinas
Don’t You Know, Havn’t You Heard?
September 26, 2013 8 Comments
Isaiah 40:21-31Β (VOICE)
Donβt you know, havenβt you heard or even been toldΒ from your earliest memories how the earth came to be?Β Who else could have done it except God, enthroned high above the earth?Β From such a vantage people seem like grasshoppers to Him.Β Who else but God could stretch out the skies as if they were a curtain,Β draw them tight, suspend them over our heads like the roof of a tent?Β
God reduces the rulers and judges,Β the rich and powerful of the earth, to nothing;Β They scarcely are planted, take root and start growing,Β before God blows a withering breath,Β And storm winds carry them away like chaff.Β The Holy One asks, βDo you really think you can findΒ someone or something to compare to Me? My equal?βΒ Look at the myriad of stars and constellations above you.Β Who set them to burning, each in its place?Β Who knows those countless lights each by name?Β They obediently shine, each in its place,Β because God has the great strength and strong power to make it so.
Why, then, do you, Jacob, inheritors of Godβs promise,Β you, Israel, chosen of GodβWhy do you say, βMy troubled path is hidden from the Eternal;Β God has lost all interest in My causeβ?Β Donβt you know? Havenβt you heard?Β The Eternal, the Everlasting God,Β The Creator of the whole world, never gets tired or weary.Β His wisdom is beyond understanding.Β God strengthens the wearyΒ and gives vitality to those worn down by age and care.Β Young people will get tired;Β strapping young men will stumble and fall.
But those who trust in the Eternal One will regain their strength.Β They will soar on wings as eagles.Β They will runβnever winded, never weary.
They will walkβnever tired, never faint.
Smile From The Heart Out
September 25, 2013 5 Comments
A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business and is the countersign of friends. It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature’s best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody until it is given away. Keep smiling- and let your smile be one of sincerity. Don’t just force it out to make a sale, to keep out of a fight, or for similar reasons. But smile from the heart out, making those who see you smile do likewise in a feeling of good fellowship.
James M. Tulloch
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