we know that we are not alone here. we are loved, pursued, and refined by YOU, and we couldn't ask for anything more. YOU reveal YOURSELF to us. these words on this weblog are our dealings with YOU: YOUR heart, YOUR son, YOUR wisdom, YOUR love, YOUR jealousy, and YOUR word.
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isaiah 18:4
For here’s what God told me: “I’m not going to say anything, but simply look on from where I live, Quiet as warmth that comes from the sun, silent as dew during harvest.”
this reminds me of a worship gathering i was at a few weeks ago. maybe it was a couple months. anyway, i [...]
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isaiah 12:1-2
And you will say in that day, “I thank you, God. You were angry but your anger wasn’t forever. You withdrew your anger and moved in and comforted me. Yes, indeed—God is my salvation. I trust, I won’t be afraid. God—yes God!—is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation!”
i trust, i [...]
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isaiah 10:15
Does an ax take over from the one who swings it? Does a saw act more important than the sawyer? As if a shovel did its shoveling by using a ditch digger! As if a hammer used the carpenter to pound nails!
i am a tool. don’t let me forget it. i am a tool. [...]
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isaiah 9:6-7
For a child has been born—for us! the gift of a son—for us! He’ll take over the running of the world. His names will be: Amazing Counselor, Strong God, Eternal Father, Prince of Wholeness. His ruling authority will grow, and there’ll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.
i always thought that there [...]
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revelation 2:2-7
“I see what you’ve done, your hard, hard work, your refusal to quit. I know you can’t stomach evil, that you weed out apostolic pretenders. I know your persistence, your courage in my cause, that you never wear out. But you walked away from your first love—why? What’s going on with you, anyway? Do [...]
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isaiah 7:13
It’s bad enough that you make people tired with your pious, timid hypocrisies, but now you’re making God tired.
pious means sincere but unlikely to be fulfilled. timid means showing a lack of courage or confidence. i wonder how many people i have made tired with these hypocrisies. how often i say things that are [...]
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isaiah 2:6-9
God, you’ve walked out on your family Jacob because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus, a world rolling in wealth, stuffed with things, no end to its machines and gadgets, and gods – gods of all sorts and sizes. These people make their own gods and worship what [...]
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isaiah 2:3-4
They’ll say, “Come, let’s climb God’s Mountain, go to the House of the God of Jacob. He’ll show us the way he works so we can live the way we’re made.” Zion’s the source of the revelation. God’s Message comes from Jerusalem. He’ll settle things fairly between nations. He’ll make things right between many [...]
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isaiah 1:13-15
Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings— meetings, meetings, meetings—I can’t stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You’ve worn me out! I’m sick of your religion, religion, religion, while you go right on sinning. When you put on [...]
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Matthew 7:24-27
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, [...]
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