Livin' only by Grace

’Let us go to Judea again.’ The disciples said to Him, ’. . . are You going there again?’ — John 11:7-8 Just because I don’t understand what Jesus Christ says, I have no right to determine that He must be mistaken in what He says. That is a dangerous view, and it is never right to think that my obedience to God’s directive will bring dishonor to Jesus. The only thing that will bring dishonor is not obeying Him. To put my view of His honor ahead of what He is plainly guiding me to do is never right, even though it may come from a real desire to prevent Him from being put to an open shame. I know when the instructions have come from God because of their quiet persistence. But when I begin to weigh the  pros  and  cons , and doubt and debate enter into my mind, I am bringing in an element that is not of God. This will only result in my concluding that His instructions to me were not right. Many of us are faithful to our ideas about Jesus Christ, but how many of us are faithf...

♫♪ There's a peace I've come to know.. .though my heart and flesh may fail.. .there's an anchor for my soul.. . i can say "it is well".. . Jesus has overcome and the grave is overwhelmed.. . the victory is won.. . He is risen from the dead.. . And I will rise when He calls my name.. . no more sorrow, no more pain.. . I will rise on eagle's wings before my God fall on my knees.. . and rise.. . I will rise.. . Just found myself singin' this song.. .  

Beware of isolation; beware of the idea that you have to develop a holy life alone. It is impossible to develop a holy life alone; you will develop into an oddity and a peculiarism, into something utterly unlike what God wants you to be. The only way to develop spiritually is to go into the society of God’s own children, and you will soon find how God alters your set. God does not contradict our social instincts; He alters them.    Biblical Psychology, 189 L

Citipointe CHORUS: Desperate Desperate for all You are Desperate to know Your heart Your love, Oh Lord VERSE 1: In the midst of confusion In the midst of my pain I reach out towards You My lack yearns Your gain VERSE 2: In a valley so lonely Where the shadows are strong You are my Refuge In weakness Your strength PRE-CHORUS: And when my world is fading away I reach out towards the heavens and sing And sing CHORUS: Desperate Desperate for all You are Desperate to know Your heart Your love, Oh Lord VERSE 3: A Savior so worthy Of all I can give Your mercy unending Your blood washed my sin PRE-CHORUS: And when my world is fading away I reach out towards the heavens and sing And sing CHORUS: Desperate Desperate for all You are Desperate to know Your heart Your love, Oh Lord BRIDGE: We will sing A desperate cry For all the earth To see Your light We will live Ours hearts on fire To see Your love And glory shine

When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." Luke 5:4 When Christ teaches you something about Himself, He implements it into your life through experience. As the crowds gathered around, Jesus chose to board Peter's boat and teach the people from there. All day long Peter sat in the boat listening to Jesus teach the multitudes. At the close of His discourse, Jesus allowed Peter to experience the reality of what He had just been teaching the crowd. The crowd had heard the truth, but Peter was to experience it. Jesus put His teaching into language a fisherman could understand. He told Peter to put out his nets into the deep water. Peter hesitated, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing." Peter had been fishing all night, had washed and repaired his nets in the morning, and then listened to Jesus teach. He was tired. He probably was not expecting a dramatic encounter with God at a...

The joy of the Lord is my strength! I don't know how to describe this day.. . Indeed when I am weak, then I am strong (literally) because He is my strength and His grace sustains me.. . True enough that when we decide, His grace will be there. I decided to cover for two of my co-volunteers today for two services.. . It was a struggle between going to church and going to bed.. . But I knew I had to do this.. . I have to make time. . I have to choose.. . And it was indeed rewarding! Indescribable joy... refreshment coming from Him.. . This is the start.. . and I know I'll be able to bounce back by His grace alone. . .

I need it badly now.. . Hooooh Lord.. . I know this 'stretching' will soon be over.. . and this is training.. . Oh Lord.. .

Being born again by the Spirit of God means that we must first be willing to let go before we can grasp something else. The first thing we must surrender is all of our pretense and deceit. What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not our goodness, honesty, or our efforts to do better, but real solid sin... Once we have done that, the Spirit of God will show us what we need to surrender next.. -excerpt from Utmost for His Highest

be still.. . wait. Wait for the Lord. He'll come.. .

Without faith, it is impossible to please God.. . When you don't know how things will turn out, believe in your heart that He sees.. . He's moving.. . and He's doing His job.. . He's your partner and He will do it even if you don't (sometimes) do your part. But it's the hardest thing to do.. . yet the wisest decision you'll ever make.. . Soon this season will be over.. . Everything will be beautiful in His time.. . My hope is in the Lord! I am more than a conqueror!

I was in the mood for blogging a while ago but I lost it.. . I hope the title can speak for itself.. .