dW 11.12.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Genesis 12:1-4

The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.

 

En Espanol, Genesis 12:1-4

 

thought

 

God essentially told Abram to leave everything he knew for sure and to just get moving.  ‘Don’t worry about the details.  Trust Me.’  What is God going to ask of me?  What is He asking of me right now?  Am I going to be immediately obedient?  Or am I going to miss an opportunity to partake in God’s best because I did not trust Him to be my everything?  Oh God, I am a man of little faith but I want to be used by You.  Help me to keep my eyes on You in a relentless pursuit of Your will in order to build Your kingdom and to bring unto You all the glory that You are so deserving of.

dW 11.11.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Exodus 27:20-21

Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.

 

En Espanol, Exodo 27:20-21

 

roots

 

The aish tamid (תמיד אש) is the eternal flame that is to burn in the altar within the Jewish Tabernacle and never go out. In modern Jewish practice, the aish tamid is kept alive symbolically through daily prayer and the study of Torah.

 

quote

 

Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
Dwight L. Moody

dW 11.10.10

dW

 

scripture

 

John 3:9-10

"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked. "You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things?"

 

En Espanol, Juan 3:9-10

 

quote

 

Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
Adam Clarke

 

something cool

 

 

The "wagon-wheel" is a symbol that displays an acronym of the Greek letters ΙΧΘΥΣ (Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma) to the statement of Christian faith "᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σωτήρ" (Iēsous Christos Theou Huios Sōtēr: "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior").

 

dW 11.09.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Isaiah 11:6-9

The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

 

En Espanol, Isaías 11:6-9

 

quote

 

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

dW 11.08.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Isaiah 53:5-6

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 

En Espanol, Isaías 53:5-6

 

quote

 

Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith.
Hans Urs von Balthasar

dW 11.05.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Luke 11:9-13

Jesus taught saying, “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

 

En Espanol, Lucas 11:9-13

 

quote

 

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.
Karl Barth

dW 11.04.10

dW

 

scripture 

 

John 20:30-31

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. 

 

En Espanol, Juan 20:30-31

 

quote  

 

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is Himself the way. 
Karl Barth 

 

thought   

 

Religiosity does not lead people to Christ.   People come to Christ when the way in which we live matches what we say we believe. 

dW 11.02.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Isaiah 45:5-8

I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things. You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

 

En Espanol, Isaías 45:5-8

 

quote

 

In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.
Abraham Kuyper

dW 10.19.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

 

En Espanol, Proverbios 3:5-6

 

quote

 

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

dW 10.15.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Romans 5:1-5

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. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

 

En Espanol, Romanos 5:1-5

 

quote

 

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.
Walter Martin