March 2012
33 posts
Love/Lust
From PB:
Love and lust are realities that are drastically different, yet often confused. What they have in common is the component of desire; desire can either take the form of love or lust. The distinction is in the outcome: lust perverts the purpose of its object by using it as a means of self-gratification. Love perfects the purpose of its object by restoring its dignity and recognizing its...
February 2012
43 posts
Baby
In my most sinful moments, I am a baby.
I pout.
I shout.
I stomp my feet.
I want things my way.
But that’s not reality. I need to embrace it and deal with it. This is what it means to be a emotionally whole person. No more living in fantasy land.
Knowledge puffs up but love builds up
Sarcasm is Tearing Flesh
No reason to be snarky.
Misdirection
Lord, forgive my misplaced intentions and misdirected affections.
I’m a wreck. Revive and restore me to be walking alongside your path. I am prone to wander each minute, hour, and day.
Continue Your good work in me. Even though it feels like dying, I am committed to who You are.
There is Weight in Silence Before the Lord
Psalm 51
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in...
Lord, Let me Love, and Entrust the Results to You.
Or let me love. And just love without expecting anything in return.
Sacrificial love is what is offerred at the altar. There is no waste in breaking a full alabaster jar at your feet. So what waste is there in an hour? A day? A week? A dollar? Five dollars? Twenty dollars?
If I spend it on the least of these, I spend it on You.
You can use these offerings better than I can myself.
Help me not...
Psalm 27:4
One thing that I ask of the Lord, That I will seek after: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord, All the days of my life, To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord And to inquire in His temple.
“The greatest things in your life aren’t planned. It comes from abiding in...”
“Lord, use me as a conduit of your grace to my family, friends, and fellow human...”
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
“I am lost if Jesus be not my Substitute. I have been driven up into a corner by...”
Simpler Times
There is great joy in knowing you can do more with less.
Often times people can long for the past childhood they have ‘lost’ or look forward to a life of retirement where there is no worry but just time with loved ones.
In between there is all this striving, climbing, backstabbing. But it’s all ashes in the wind. There is no lasting impact from all this labor.
There...
Health for Wealth →
Can’t believe I wanted to do this.
Not finished with me yet
Still wondering why I’m here Still wrestling with my fear But Oh He’s up to something And the farther out I go I’ve seen enough to know That I’m not here for nothing He’s up to something.
There is hope for me yet Because God won’t forget All the plans He’s made for me I’ll just have to wait and see He’s not finished with me yet.
God, I'm hungry for your glory to be unleashed
It’s the deepest hunger of my soul.
Psalm 116
I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
The...
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God is Up to Something
God, you’re doing something big in Oakland through your church. I’m excited to be a part of it. It’s a privilege. Use me Lord, in whichever way you deem is the best to bring You glory to this city.
Lord, Help adjust my attitude when I am dragging my feet and lose sight of Christ’s beauty. When I rely on my flesh to give me strength instead of your Spirit. When I want...
“I’m not sentimental. This skin and bones is a rental.”
You Know You Miss SoCal When You Want to Go to the...
It's weird but I'm aspiring to be a Rock.
Unshakable.
Unmovable.
Steady.
Kesha Got it Wrong
Your LUST is a drug.
“You know that when you’ve forgiven someone, they have safe passage when...”
Judgment
Don’t judge anyone who doesn’t ‘have a church’. They may be going through some internal conflict. Who am I to say where one person should be?
Gift
Maybe one of my gifts is lightheartedness and joy.
Ain’t nothing wrong with having some fun.
Breathe In, Breathe Out
This is how life should be.
This is how ministry should be.
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. (Isaiah 32:18 ESV)
Romans 8:38-39
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 14:17-18
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
These past 3 days
I feel like I died and resurrected
Grace Clothing Me
Jesus is my invisibility cloak to a wrathful and judging God.
Psalm 13
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am...
Robertson McQuilkin
In a dream I found myself on an island - Sheep Island. Across the island sheep were scattered and lost. Soon I learned that a forest fire was sweeping across the opposite side. All were doomed to destruction unless there was some way of escape. Although there were many unofficial maps, I had a copy of the official map and there discovered that indeed there was a bridge to the main island, a narrow...
I Belong to You.
Tell me once again Who I am to You, Who I am to You
Tell me, lest I forget Who I am to You, Who I am to You
I belong to You. I belong to You.
Stop Reading Facebook... Start Reading Real Books
Stop lusting after things and people and be in the present and now. Life is what is right in front of me.
The Greatest form of Evangelism is Personal...
Never Let Go
When clouds veil the sun and disaster comes Oh my soul, Oh my soul When waters rise, and hope takes flight Oh my soul, Oh my soul
Ever faithful, ever true You I know, You never let go.
Oh my soul, overflows Oh what love, oh what love Oh my soul, fills with hope Perfect love that never lets go.
In joy and pain, in sun and rain You’re the same, You never let go.
Make no provision for the flesh
Lesson Today
Step Up.
Be a boss.
Walking Alongside, Enduring, Being Present.
Is difficult.
But, I am not God.
His will be done, not mine.