dW 05.16.08

scripture

 

James 2:14-17

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

 

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To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience.

A. W. Tozer

 

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Redeeming History

dW 05.15.08

scripture

 

Psalm 34:17-18

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

 

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Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.

J. I. Packer

dW 05.13.08

scripture

 

Psalm 104:24-26

How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.

There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

 

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I'm glad there's a depth in the Bible I know nothing about, for it shows its divine authorship.  A man once came to me with a very difficult passage and said, "Mr. Moody, how do you explain that?"  I replied, "I don't."  "But how do you interpret it?"  "I don't interpret it."  "Well, how do you understand it?"  "I don't understand it."  "What do you do with it?"  "I don't do anything with it."  "You don't believe it?"  "Yes, I believe it!  I believe many things I don't understand.  Nature itself is filled with wonders we cannot fathom, so how can we expect to know everything spiritual?"

D. L. Moody

dW 05.12.08

scripture

 

Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

 

thoughts

from KB, “things suck”

 

THINGS (possessions, stuff) suck your time.

THINGS suck your energy.

THINGS suck your joy.

THINGS suck your attention and devotion away from God.

THINGS suck away glory that should belong to God.

 

Things are not bad; but they have a tyranny over us that we allow.  We lose sight of the eternally valuable, and we sell our birthright for the temporary comfort of a bowl of red lentils, or a new table saw, or a car or...

 

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We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares.

We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.
Anna C. Brackett