February 2012
36 posts
“His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God’s...”
– What is grace? The unearned, undeserved, unmerited favour of the LORD.
“As the scripture says, “Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be...”
– His only qualification is that we be open to receiving Him & His help.
“The scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” (Romans...”
– I can agree with this with all my heart. The LORD has never disappointed us. He is a faithful, loving and simply awesome God.
“It is not the thing on which we spend most time that molds us, but the thing...”
– Oswald Chambers (via classyliving)
“Find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul”
– Sylvia Plath (via fuckyeahbroken)
I agree. I married my “someone”. :)
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“You had no sooner started your prayer when the answer was given. And now...”
– What a lovely reminder. He who has given us His Son will not withhold all other blessings from us.
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“Too much of the church has more confidence in Satan’s ability to deceive us than...”
– Food for thought. WHO is my confidence in today? Jesus is MIGHTY to save. Amen!
“The devil is not fighting religion. He is too smart for that. He is producing a...”
– Vance Havner (via classyliving)
This quote can’t be more true. I used to be duped by unscriptural books like ‘Conversations with God’ that totally throws the deity and redemption of Christ out of the window. It is New Age “Christianity” and takes the truth and mixes...
“Legalism, pharisaism, and enslavement to tradition are far greater threats...”
– Jack Deere, Surprised by the Power of the Spirit (via classyliving)
Hear ye, hear ye. The grace of God through Christ Jesus has been obscured by old testament practices that do not give glory to the new testament revelation.
“Nevertheless, David took the stronghold” (2 Samuel 5:9 ESV). Granted, the city...”
– Max Lucado
“‘I’m not working hard and practising day in and day out so that I...”
– Jeremy Lin, NBA’s first American born player of Chinese/ Taiwanese descent.
“‘My daughter changed everything. She gives me self-confidence.’”
– ANNA CHICHEROVA on daughter Nika who was born in 2010. She came back with a stellar season last year
“No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From...”
– lyrics from “In Christ Alone” that Kae has been humming all week. I guess the upside of putting him in a Christian school is that he has been finding encouragement during chapel time. I missed hearing him find strength in singing hymns. He used to sing them a lot in kindy and...
Parenting By Design Devotional- great read!
I have been, as you noticed, seeking wisdom over parenting issues. As the firstborn grows into a new stage and as the younger one steps into the threshold of toddlerhood, I am seeing an ever increasing need to seek the word of wisdom for my every maternal need. :)
So this discovery of the “Parenting by Design” devotional in the YouVersion bible app is a timely one. I have found it...
“You gave them authority over all things.” Now when it says “all...”
– Here is a thought- we have authority over ALL things in Christ yet we fear and we subject ourselves to these fears and anxieties. Time to put these thoughts in their rightful place- outside of our minds. :)
“When you acknowledge that God is in control, it frees you to do the right thing...”
– Pastor Joel Osteen
When people misrepresent Jesus.
If your pair of pants was too short by an inch or two or three (it has to be not shorter than 3inches above your ankles), you might have missed encountering Jesus in certain local RC parishes up until recently when a ridiculous example was pointed out in the local papers and caused the Archbishop to hold off church dress codes.
Man create strange rules. :p
Christ is done a disservice by...
The universal answer to challenges and trials
How will we overcome our trials and scale those mountains?The answer, for me, lies simply in these 5 words-
“How? you say. In Christ.”
(2 Corinthians 5:21a MSG)
“Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of...”
– Martin Luther
“God’s Word does not say, “Call unto me, and you will thereby be...”
– E. M. Bounds
“I want you to get the Word of God in your heart until the demon power has no...”
– Smith Wigglesworth (July 13, 1927)
“It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to...”
– I know some people wonder if God exists or even doubt that He does. Yet I feel it is one of those things you know is real yet you find I hard to explain how it can possibly be real. Some feel that it there is a God there would not be suffering. But as Enigma puts it, “Where there is light,...
Irony
The irony is this - it took being distracted to come back to being focused.
Ian and I have been following “Sherlock” which made me want to read Sir ACD’s novels on the great sleuth. And it was in reading one of the novels that Holmes said something which resonated through me.
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to...