i asked a friend yesterday "What is something God is doing in your life today?" and he answered.. "what is he not doing? honestly.. is there a single thing He isn't doing?" and at first i was a little irritated about the fact that he didn't share specifics but as I got to thinking about it, i became overwhelmed... we need to meditate on even just that truth from time to time. not because of obligation.. but because we want to be mesmerized by our Savior at all hours of the day... for they are His..
and another thing occured to me last night..this must have been from one of the Paul Washer video clips I watched on the www.illbehonest.com website but i can't pinpoint which one, their all good and very convicting(i think it might be Know Christ, Know the Gospel). anywho, the Lord has been showing me that if I'm not caring for a person's soul, i don't love them... it doesn't matter if i am a missionary in calcutta for 50 yrs and do thousands of service projects.. and outreach.. if i don't share the gospel truth which has the power through the Holy Spirit to save them, i don't love them.. and those 50 yrs were worthless.. i don't want that to happen.. and i have to confess... for the most part, when i've approached others, caring for their souls has not been the thing on my mind.. God commands us to love our brothers and sisters as ourselves.. I've been doing as much as i can to "care for" my own soul, while missing the vital point that it needs to be shared. Christ is worthy to boast in every single day. so i know in thought what is vital for my life and the lives of others.. but what about the application? so that's my prayer request.. that I and every person who is genuinely a believer can be steadfast in caring for the souls of each being God brings them in contact with.
have a Blessed day :)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Help my Unbelief
O Help My Unbelief
by Isaac Watts
How sad our state by nature is
Our sin, how deep it stains
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains
But there's a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word:
"O ye despairing sinners come,
And trust upon the Lord"
My soul obeys the almighty call
And runs to this relief
I would believe thy promise, Lord,
O help my unbelief
To the dear fountain of thy blood
Incarnate God, I fly
Here let me wash my spotted soul,
From crimes of deepest dye
Stretch out thine arm, victorious King
My reigning sins subdue
Drive the old dragon from his seat
With all his hellish crew
A guilty weak and helpless worm
On thy kind arms I fall
Be thou my strength and righteousness
My Jesus and my all
by Isaac Watts
How sad our state by nature is
Our sin, how deep it stains
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains
But there's a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word:
"O ye despairing sinners come,
And trust upon the Lord"
My soul obeys the almighty call
And runs to this relief
I would believe thy promise, Lord,
O help my unbelief
To the dear fountain of thy blood
Incarnate God, I fly
Here let me wash my spotted soul,
From crimes of deepest dye
Stretch out thine arm, victorious King
My reigning sins subdue
Drive the old dragon from his seat
With all his hellish crew
A guilty weak and helpless worm
On thy kind arms I fall
Be thou my strength and righteousness
My Jesus and my all
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
"Christ died not mainly to make things go well for us, but to bring us to God."
-John Piper
Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God...(1 Peter 3:18).
"Christ died not mainly to make things go well for us, but to bring us to God."
-John Piper
Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God...(1 Peter 3:18).
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
The Power of the Cross...
O.. the groanings of the soul are so great...
Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath—
We stand forgiven at the cross.
Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev'ry bitter thought,
Ev'ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.
Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.
Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.
FINAL CHORUS:
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Son of God—slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross
Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath—
We stand forgiven at the cross.
Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev'ry bitter thought,
Ev'ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.
Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.
Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.
FINAL CHORUS:
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Son of God—slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross
Monday, February 23, 2009
If Only we could resemble Acts 2:42-47...
"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. and they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. and day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. and the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved."
wow...
wow...
From the Book Crazy Love by Francis Chan
~This must have been something he quoted from somewhere else.. but wow how i want this to be my prayer:
"O God, i have tasted thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. i am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. i am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the triune God, i want to want Thee... i long to be filled with longing, i thirst to be made more thirsty still. show me thy glory, i pray thee, so that i may know thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow thee up from this misty lowland where i have wandered so long."
O Lord, my Father... o that i may fall in love with You...
... memories of the last time i really felt true joy and satisfaction in Christ...ALONE
"O God, i have tasted thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. i am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. i am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the triune God, i want to want Thee... i long to be filled with longing, i thirst to be made more thirsty still. show me thy glory, i pray thee, so that i may know thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow thee up from this misty lowland where i have wandered so long."
O Lord, my Father... o that i may fall in love with You...
... memories of the last time i really felt true joy and satisfaction in Christ...ALONE
Monday, February 16, 2009
present your bodies as a living Sacrifice...
sometimes Funerals and deaths can be nothing short of a blessing. yes the tears come.. but they are tears of spiritual cleansing of my soul and compassion that only God supplies us with. it has dramatically changed my whole view of funerals and deaths because of the extremes that happen in that setting...in a house of mourning... yet also a house of hope... how can one not be changed and restored... biblical truths were repeated and realized over and over again. it's something so exciting.. because you see the meaning of life unfolding before your eyes and the mini glimpses of eternity with God and it makes you want to go home already (eternal Home)...
im just overwhelmed right now and thinking about my life and really getting to thinking about whats the deep and real reason im here and could i be ok with spending the rest of my life just not living for myself and if that would entail not ever marrying but presenting myself as a living sacrifice to the Lord, like in Romans 12:1 where it talks about obedience to Christ and the verse goes :
I appeal to you therefore brothers, by the Mercies of GOD , to present your bodies as a living Sacrifice, holy and acceptible to God, which is your spiritual worship!
verses like these where i am convicted to not just read over blankly but seriously meditate upon and i believe the more we spend meditating on these kind of verses, the more transforming work God can do in our lives and completely change the way we look like as believers as a whole, our actions, words, thoughts , dreams... everything. but im constantly getting caught up in my own thoughts of how i view that life is supposed to be for me based on watching all those movies about romance that gets to the head and the culture that brutally bombards us with feministic views and being relative to what everyone else thinks..
i believe this is one of the reasons why paul washer, a baptist missionary pastor says that the hardest country in the world to be a REAL REAL Christian ... is America.. even compared to countries where there is so much persecution and torture... because at least in those countries we can honestely say we are not depending on our own strength... where as america is all about making it on your own.. its just crazy thinking about it.. how the influence of self worship begins at such a young age ... in elementary schools, everywhere..
im just overwhelmed right now and thinking about my life and really getting to thinking about whats the deep and real reason im here and could i be ok with spending the rest of my life just not living for myself and if that would entail not ever marrying but presenting myself as a living sacrifice to the Lord, like in Romans 12:1 where it talks about obedience to Christ and the verse goes :
I appeal to you therefore brothers, by the Mercies of GOD , to present your bodies as a living Sacrifice, holy and acceptible to God, which is your spiritual worship!
verses like these where i am convicted to not just read over blankly but seriously meditate upon and i believe the more we spend meditating on these kind of verses, the more transforming work God can do in our lives and completely change the way we look like as believers as a whole, our actions, words, thoughts , dreams... everything. but im constantly getting caught up in my own thoughts of how i view that life is supposed to be for me based on watching all those movies about romance that gets to the head and the culture that brutally bombards us with feministic views and being relative to what everyone else thinks..
i believe this is one of the reasons why paul washer, a baptist missionary pastor says that the hardest country in the world to be a REAL REAL Christian ... is America.. even compared to countries where there is so much persecution and torture... because at least in those countries we can honestely say we are not depending on our own strength... where as america is all about making it on your own.. its just crazy thinking about it.. how the influence of self worship begins at such a young age ... in elementary schools, everywhere..
Monday, February 2, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Agony...
my close friend's dad died yesterday...
Tamila and ben's pappa... he is no more (on this earth)
there is agony and brokenness... but God is still in control.. and Jesus is enough.
its just hard to see all of this with the loss that is impossible to bear without Christ. pray for the Morgun family
Tamila and ben's pappa... he is no more (on this earth)
there is agony and brokenness... but God is still in control.. and Jesus is enough.
its just hard to see all of this with the loss that is impossible to bear without Christ. pray for the Morgun family
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Dying to Self
How can i expect to die to myself daily if i can't even get myself to wake up before 9am? i wonder how this semester will be like... i guess the best way to start is no more late nights. and realizing i can't do this on my own.
two days till my day of birth and i can't even understand that i'm not 19 anymore. 21... thats a new page. Father, sanctify me to find my joy only in You.
this has been a rejuvinating winter break. starting the new semester will be impossible to fathom without your help, Father. thank you for carrying me this far...
two days till my day of birth and i can't even understand that i'm not 19 anymore. 21... thats a new page. Father, sanctify me to find my joy only in You.
this has been a rejuvinating winter break. starting the new semester will be impossible to fathom without your help, Father. thank you for carrying me this far...
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