dW 08.11.09

dW

 

scripture

 

1 Peter 1:23-25

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you.

 

En Espanol, 1 Pedro 1:23-25

 

quote

 

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
William Wallace

 

lyrics

 

Until you find something worth dying for, you are not really living.

Rebecca Saint James

dW 08.10.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Galatians 1:6-9

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!

 

En Espanol, Gálatas 1:6-9

 

 

quote

 

I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils.  Here I take my stand.

Martin Luther

 

hymn

 

On Christ the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand,

All other ground is sinking sand

dW 08.07.09

dW

 

scripture

 

John 13:34-35

Jesus speaking, "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

 

En Espanol, Juan 13:34-35

 

thought

 

Jesus said that we must love one another as He has loved us. Meditate on this - How does Jesus love me? How then should I love others? Then ask God to help you to love.

 

quote

 

Hospitality is one form of worship.

Jewish proverb

dW 08.06.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Romans 6:12-14

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

 

En Espanol, Romanos 6:12-14

 

quote

 

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever.

Book of Common Prayer

dW 08.05.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Romans 12:2

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

 

En Espanol: Romanos 12:2

 

quote

 

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.
Timothy Radcliffe

 

image

 

See attached for a desktop image of this verse.

dW 07.29.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Psalm 119:92-93

If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.

 

En Espanol, Salmos 119:92-93

 

quote

 

Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity (flippancy), and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
Francis Atterbury

dW 07.27.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Luke 4:16-21

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

 

En Espanol, Lucas 4:16-21

 

lyrics

 

If everything comes down to love

Then just what am I afraid of

When I call out Your name

Something inside awakes in my soul

How quickly I forget I'm Yours

 

(PRE-CHORUS)

I'm not my own

I've been carried by You

All my life

 

(CHORUS)

Everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

This love sets me free

 

When my life is like a storm

Rising waters all I want is the shore

You say I'll be ok and

Make it through the rain

You are my shelter from the storm

 

You've become my heart’s desire

I will sing Your praises higher

Cause Your love sets me free

Your love sets me free

Your love sets me free

 

Artist: Addison Road

Song: Hope Now

dW 07.24.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

 

En Espanol

 

illustration

 

 

thought

 

The Bible doesn’t say that we won’t have to go through the valleys. It does tell us that we will not be alone in them.

dW 07.22.09

dW

 

scripture

 

2 Corinthians 5:20-21

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

 

En Espanol

2 Corintios 5:20-21

 

 

lyrics

 

Lecrae, Send Me

 

The Great Commission says make disciples of all nations.
Have we even made them in our own nation? Come on Christians!
Missions exists because worship doesn't.
People don't worship the God who made them.
We're ambassadors. Let's go!

Send me I'll go, send me I'll go, send me I'll go,
Lemme go, Lemme go!

dW 07.21.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Matthew 6:5-13

Jesus speaking, "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'”

 

En Espanol: Mateo 6:5-13

 

quote

 

How far away is heaven?  It is not so far as some imagine.  It wasn’t very far from Daniel.  It was not so far off that Elijah’s prayer, and those of others could not be heard there.  Christ said when ye pray say, “Our Father, who art in heaven.”  Men full of the Spirit can look right into heaven.

D. L. Moody 

 

thought

 

How would our prayers change if we really understood how near heaven is and how God leans His ear to hear our prayers?