i know that i am not alone here. i am loved, pursued, and refined by YOU, and i couldn't ask for anything more. YOU reveal YOURSELF to me. these words on this weblog are my dealings with YOU: YOUR heart, YOUR son, YOUR wisdom, YOUR love, YOUR jealousy, and YOUR word.
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psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
i have been reading and reading and rereading and processing this psalm for 3 mornings now. i noticed during the first morning that it [...]
2 corinthians 6:11-13
Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with [...]
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2 corinthians 2:14-16
In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the way [...]
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1 Corinthians 16:13-14
i just about plowed through 1 corinthians in my last 4 or 5 quiet times. there was a ton of good stuff, but this verse stuck out to me. it’s something to live by. it’s to the point. if i could do all 5 of these things for one [...]
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matthew 12:34-37
“You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. [...]
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genesis 37-50
i just re-read the story of joseph in genesis in the message. i am struck with the fact that joseph’s life was awesome. incredible. not boring. he did things. and YOU got all the credit. it was clear that YOUR favor was on joseph. part of me wants that. i want YOUR favor, but [...]
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isaiah 58:13-14
“If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don’t use my holy day for personal advantage, if you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God’s holy day as a celebration, if you honor it by refusing ‘business as usual,’ making money, running here and there— then you’ll be free to enjoy [...]
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isaiah 57:9-12
You send scouts to search out the latest in religion, send them all the way to hell and back. You wear yourselves out trying the new and the different, and never see what a waste it all is. You’ve always found strength for the latest fad, never got tired of trying new religions. “Who [...]
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isaiah 53:3-5
He was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. One look at him and people turned away. We looked down on him, thought he was scum. But the fact is, it was our pains he carried— our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he [...]
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isaiah 50:11
But if all you’re after is making trouble, playing with fire, go ahead and see where it gets you. Set your fires, stir people up, blow on the flames, but don’t expect me to just stand there and watch. I’ll hold your feet to those flames.
being in leadership has been amazing. i [...]
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