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RE-POST: Get Your HABIT On!

March 7, 2011 — Leave a comment

I originally posted this back in 2009 and shared it during our Communion meditation time yesterday at church…

We all worship something (sports, music, the list goes on…) – but GOD commands, desires, deserves our genuine worship!  Our worship of GOD is so much more than Sunday mornings! It must be our entire life – a 24/7-kinda thing.

Our worship of GOD must become a HABIT. We’re all basically selfish (worshiping the things that please us or are interesting to us) and it’s probably not our default to worship GOD.

Keying off the word HABIT, the old English (and French, thanks to my friend Christian) definition of HABIT is “clothing, a condition, or character of something.”

nuns...Keeping in mind the definition above, a nuns outfit is called a HABIT.  Their HABIT is a reminder to them and a sign to others of the cloistered life they have chosen.

As followers of Christ, we have a HABIT – JESUS CHRIST
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Seen in Every Scene

March 3, 2011 — Leave a comment

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.  They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.  Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

– Psalm 19:1-4

Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made…

– Romans 1:20

I see You in every scene, I bet You are thinking about me,
I have such a short memory so You keep reminding me of You

– Scenes, Charlie Hall

This song came up on shuffle play today [iTunes].

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Barbs

March 1, 2011 — Leave a comment

I wear contact lenses.

If you wear them, you know what it’s like to get a speck in your eye.  Annoying.

It bugs to no end: eyes water, nose runs, constant eye rubbing, continual blinking, mumbling to yourself, people asking “are you OK?”, life is miserable for a bit, …the list goes on.

In fact, a while back I had something in my eye and tried to simply deal with it – to get by without addressing it.  Needless to say, it was a long day.  Everyone noticed I was “bugged” and yet I pretended like everything was OK.

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Galatians 5:21-1/2

February 28, 2011 — Leave a comment

Yesterday, during Sunday School, we spent some time in Galatians 5 talking about Spirit-filled living.

The main topic was a follow-on to the sermon that morning about marriage, handling conflict, and “taking the desperation out of the household.”  One thing that jumped out at me was the reminder that there is no middle ground between Galatians 5: 19-21 and 22-26.

Regarding living by the Spirit, Paul wrote:

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

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GOOD READ: “Is Romans 8:28 Still in the Bible?”

February 26, 2011 — 1 Comment

Here is a great post from Michael Hyatt’s blog (CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers) that is worth reading and chewing on …

(Click on image to read article…)

The quote at the end is encouraging:

“It all works out in the end. If it hasn’t worked out yet, then it’s not the end.”

– Max Lucado

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Is This My Response?

February 18, 2011 — 2 Comments

As I’ve written before, thought-provoking lyrics are my thing…

Every time I hear the two lines below from John Mark McMillan’s Dress Us Up, I am encouraged and convicted.

In a comparative reference between the account of Mary and Jesus’ interaction and our responsive worship, McMillan wrote:

When You walk into the room You know we can’t resist
Every bottle of perfume always ends up on the floor in a mess

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Susan B., Sardis, & Me

February 15, 2011 — Leave a comment

“Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform.”

– Susan B. Anthony

In Sunday School this quarter, we’ve been studying the letters to the seven churches in the Book of Revelation.  This past week, we looked at the letter to Sardis – a church that seemed OK on the outside; but was, for the most part, different on the inside.  A church that was asleep, possibly complacent, just seeking “to fit in and not offend”, or, as a John MacArthur article I read put it, “[Sardis] had disintegrated and was now dead. It was suffering from dry rot while going through the motions of worship and activity.”

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My Ultimate Debt: Paid

February 12, 2011 — Leave a comment

We went to a Matthew Smith and Sandra McCracken concert last night and this song really hit me – especially the last two lines from the bridge:

Teach me, Lord, on earth to show,
By my love, how much I owe.

All I Owe

Words by Robert Murray McCheyne and Matthew Smith
Music by Matthew Smith

When this passing world is done,
When has sunk yon glaring sun,
When we stand with Christ in glory,
Looking o’er life’s finished story,
Then, Lord, shall I fully know,
Not till then, how much I owe.

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Surety

February 9, 2011 — 2 Comments

Resting on these today..

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.

Psalm 34:18-19 (NLT)

Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you.

Psalm 55:22 (NLT)

“Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33 (NLT)

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RE-POST: Pruned

February 5, 2011 — Leave a comment

Re-post of a previous entry, as I recently pruned the yard.
This is always a good reminder…

Last Saturday, I completed the annual “pruning of the roses” task at home – not as dangerous as the “running of the bulls”, but I did have some good pokes from the thorns!

Some of the rose bushes and trees we have are pretty old (according to my neighbor, some were even transplanted years ago from his house).  Some of them are younger, having been planted by us.  In order to keep them healthy and flowering each year, they must be pruned – even if they look like they don’t need it…even if they have blooms right now.

Old or new, well-established or just-planted – each gets the same treatment.

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