dW 07.29.08

 

scripture

 

Romans 7:21-25a

So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Our old nature is no more extinct than the devil; but God's will is that the dominion of both should be broken.

John Stott

 

info

 

Yesterday I quoted William Booth. In case you don’t know who he is, you can read about him> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Booth He was the founder of the Salvation Army. His line was "Soap, soup, and salvation".

dW 07.28.08

 

scripture

 

Romans 13:8-10

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Some like to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I'd rather run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.

William Booth

dW 07.25.08

 

scripture

 

Ecclesiastes 3:11 & 14

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end... I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

In creation, God shows us his hand; in salvation, his heart.

Unknown

dW 07.14.08

 

scripture

 

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

 

quote

 

Radical Islam dies in order that others die.

Radical Christianity dies in order that others live.

dW 07.09.08

 

scripture

 

Matthew 15:3, 7-9

To the Pharisees Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? …

“You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “’These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’”

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

dW 07.08.08

scripture

 

Psalm 28:6-7

Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

 

quote

 

There is no place like the feet of Jesus for resolving the problems that perplex our hearts.

G. B. Duncan

 

blog

 

Nodes of Wisdom – Thoughts of Living through Cancer

dW 06.19.08

scripture

 

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises.
David Wilkerson

 

blog

 

the daily Word

dW 06.18.08

scripture

 

Matthew 22:34-39

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

The things that we love tell us what we are.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

 

missions

 

Pete’s daughter, Micah left on June 11th for Tanzania. She’ll be there for five weeks doing mission work.  She asked for prayer that she could be used by God to share the love and gospel of Jesus. 

dW 06.17.08

scripture

 

Romans 5:1-2

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.
Billy Sunday

 

funny

 

Grandpa’s Stories

dW 06.16.08

scripture

 

Luke 18:9-14

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself:

 

'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

 

But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,

 

'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

 

"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer--His grace sufficient, His promises unchangeable.

John Newton

 

lyrics

 

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That sav’d a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

John New­ton, Ol­ney Hymns (Lon­don: W. Ol­i­ver, 1779) - Slave trader who came to faith and began treating his slaves with kindness and later challenge human trafficking.