January 20, 2010
A Christless eternity, what a horrible thing.
Yet so many have gone and many will go
and face this very situation.
Each day the gospel is proclaimed and each day
many reject the free gift offered.
Are you being faithful where the Lord has you?
Are you being faithful to witness to your family and friends?
Are you being faithful to witness to those you work with?
Are you being faithful to witness to those who attend your church? (more…)
January 11, 2010
Almighty Father,
The one who dwelleth in heav’n above
The one whose name is to be hallowed
The one who draweth us to Thee
The one who loveth most and
Sent His only Son to die for a most wretched like me. (more…)
January 7, 2010
Mighty God, Masterful Creator
of all that I can and cannot see
from the smallest of creatures,
to galaxies beyond what the eyes can see,
all declaring the work of Your hands
When I think of who You are and who I am
it’s unfathomable that You would save such a sinner as me
Most glorious Lord, Only Savior there is
to You I raise my voice and sing
Hallelujah, sing hosanna
Holy, holy, holy Almighty Lord
Glory, glory, glory unto Your name
All praise and thanksgiving for all You have done
O, my Savior and Lord
My Great God who reigns.
Who am I but a mere man
created in Your image
saved by grace through faith alone
to walk in the works that You have planned out for me
Learning to walk and live each day
in the power of the Spirit
knowing He who began a good work in me is faithful to complete it
so I sing
Hallelujah, sing hosanna
Holy, holy, holy Almighty Lord
Glory, glory, glory unto Your name
All praise and thanksgiving for all You have done
O, my Savior and Lord
My Great God who reigns.
I know right now I see through a mirror dimly, oh, so dimly
but there will be a day, when I see my Savior face to face
and will bow my knees and sing
Hallelujah, sing hosanna
Holy, holy, holy Almighty Lord
Glory, glory, glory unto Your name
All praise and thanksgiving for all You have done
O, my Savior and Lord
My Great God who reigns.
January 4, 2010
Lord,
Give me strength to die to self daily. Help me to die to my wants, my desires, my will and let me be ever mindful that it’s about You, and Your glory, Your praise, Your honor, Your name – You!
January 2, 2010
“…O Lord, I am astonished at the difference between my receivings and my deservings, betwen the state I am now in and my past gracelessness, between the heaven I am bound for and the hell I merit.
Who made me to differ, but thee? for I was no more ready to receive Christ than were others; I could not have begun to love thee hadst thou not first loved me, or been willing unless thou hadst first made me so. O that such a crown should fit the head of such a sinner! such high advancement be for an unfruitful person! such joys for so vile a rebel!” From The Valley of Vision excerpt pgs.12-13
O God of much mercy, compassion and love; thank You for saving a sinner like me! Thank You for making me Your own.
I’ve been saved from Your wrath; from the fires of hell.
I’ve been given the gift of repentance. I’ve been justified. I have been saved through the precious blood of the unblemished Passover Lamb, my Jesus Christ; the one who died for my sins. I continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ; not because I am brilliant (far from that!) but because of the Lord who continues to sanctify me and mold me into what I am to be for Him.
You are the Potter, Lord, and I am Your clay to do with whatever You see fit to do with me.
To You my precious Lord be all the glory!
December 29, 2009
First, that You save sinners like us is a wonder.
Wretched, rebellious, having hearts as hard as stone and loving sin.
Yet, in a miraculous way that only You can do
You take the wretched, rebellious, hard-hearted, sin-lover
And turn that person into a new creation.
You make a once heart of stone, into a heart of flesh.
A once lover of sin, into a lover of righteousness,
a lover of Jesus Christ.
You become his/her Father for all eternity
and place him/her in a family of now believers
who once were like him/her.
Now, a new creation, this person is called a saint.
With a new family, not perfect, but striving to be holy
as our heavenly Father is holy.
We have a special bond with people that when we meet for the first time, we are drawn together because we have the same Father.
We have the same Savior and are knit together by the same Spirit.
The fellowship of the saints is so much stronger
than that of a natural family.
The fellowship of the saints is held together tightly because of the blood that binds us together.
That blood…the one that flowed from Calvary, through the pierced hands and feet and the blood that flowed from the side
of our precious Savior, Jesus Christ.
The fellowship of the saints with direct access to the throne of God made possible by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
His resurrection that defeated death and by which if it were not so, our faith would be in vain.
The fellowship of the saints drawn by a Father who loves; kept by a Savior who died and rose; and living in power (although not without struggles of the sinful flesh) through the Holy Spirit.
The fellowship of the saints encouraging one another.
The fellowship of the saints holding one another up through prayer.
The fellowship of the saints not constrained by time or place.
The fellowship of the saints that spands from the U.S. to Asia to Latin America to the Middle East and beyond.
The fellowship of the saints fighting and battling on our knees.
The fellowship of the saints, oh how precious.
The fellowship of the saints, all the work of our Lord.
The fellowship of the saints…Thank You Lord!
December 28, 2009
Lord, help me to be more like my Savior.
Lord, help me to be more broken.
Lord, help me to be filled with more compassion.
Lord, help me to be more bold in my witness of Jesus Christ.
Lord, help me to be able to give an account of the hope that is within me at any moment, no matter the situation.
Lord, help me to speak the truth in love but with much boldness.
Lord, help me to give glory, honor and praise to You in all things.
Lord, help me to love You more.
Lord, help me to know You more through Your words.
Lord, help me to hide more of Your words in my heart.
Lord, help me to be a faithful slave unto You.
Lord, help me to do everything as unto You and not man.
Lord, help me so that I will be more concerned with pleasing You and not man.
Lord, help me to decrease and You increase.
Lord, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight.
December 27, 2009
Lord,
My heart bursts out in glorious song because of who You are; because of Your goodness, Your mercy, Your loving-kindness, Your grace, Your faithfulness, Your discipline, Your provision, Your constant care…
Even with all that is going on in the world, all its evil, You, God, are on the throne and in control. Your plans will be carried out, for no one and nothing can thwart Your plans that have been from the foundation of the world.
My heart bursts out in glorious song because I have been saved; Because I serve the Creator of all things. I serve a Mighty, Holy, Righteous, Consuming Fire! I’ve been bought with the precious, most precious blood of my God, my Savior Jesus Christ!
My heart bursts out in glorious song:
Praise be to my Lord God and Savior
The Great I AM
Who was and is and is to come
Praise be to the Perfect, Spotless Lamb
Who took my sins away.
The Great Redeemer,
Mediator of the New Covenant
My heart bursts out in glorious praise:
“To Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory
And dominion forever and ever.” Revelation 5:13b
Amen.
December 26, 2009
All praise be to Jesus
who has eternally existed.
All praise be to Jesus
who is God.
All praise be to Jesus
who laid aside His privileges and
took on human likeness.
All praise be to Jesus
who lived as a man.
All praise be to Jesus
who was willingly led
like a lamb to slaughter.
All praise be to Jesus
who laid down His life.
All praise be to Jesus
who said, “It is finished.”
All praise be to Jesus
who knew no sin
yet was made to be sin on our behalf.
All praise be to Jesus
who has made us become
the righteousness of God in Him.
All praise be to Jesus
who arose from the grave.
All praise be to Jesus
who defeated death.
All praise be to Jesus
the perfect, spotless Lamb.
All praise be to Jesus
the resurrection and the life.
All praise be to Jesus
the one mediator between God and man.
All praise be to Jesus
the Lord of lords.
All praise be to Jesus
the King of kings.
All praise be to Jesus
the Great, I AM
All praise be to Jesus
eternally existent One
All praise be to Jesus
God.
January 1, 2010
Visible vs Invisible
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Another year has come and gone.
Another year of Your mercy and long-suffering upon a nation that has turned its back on you.
A nation who shouts out “God Bless America” whilst doing things that are an abomination to You.
This past year has seen adulteries among its leaders; the re-defining of Your holy institution of marriage and the continued killing of babies from the womb.
We’ve seen unrepentant homosexual clergy put in leadership in so-called ‘churches’. We’ve seen the lengths so–called ‘pastors’ will go to be popular by their use of crude language from the pulpits. We’ve seen the continued watering down and dumbing down of Your precious gospel that welcomes everyone without repentance and faith in Christ alone; as to offend no one because calling people ‘sinners’ and calling them to repentance and faith is not the ‘nice’ thing to do.
Oh, how the unregenerate heart of all men from birth is continually evil.
There truly is nothing new under the sun; only re-defining of words and better ways to take sin to a greater level of sin.
Poll after poll says the majority of Americans are Christians. How many though, Lord, will hear on that day, “Depart from Me, I knew you not.”
The church visible leading people astray.
The church visible making a mockery of Your name.
The church visible not truly proclaiming Your gospel.
The church visible saying good is evil and evil is good.
The church visible saying right is wrong and wrong is right.
The church visible re-defining Your word.
The church visible telling people to ask, “Did God really say…?”
The church visible, unholy, unrighteous, without ears to hear…
BUT…
The church invisible pointing people to Christ.
The church invisible lifting high Your name.
The church invisible truly proclaiming Your gospel.
The church invisible calling evil, evil and good, good.
The church invisible calling wrong, wrong, and right, right.
The church invisible taking Your word as is and standing firm upon it.
The church invisible telling people, “Thus saith the Lord…”
The church invisible, holy and righteous because of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having ears to hear.
The church invisible, not perfect, but continuing to be sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The church invisible calling men to repent and trust in Christ alone.
The church invisible, not without struggles, but leaning on the Lord.
The church invisible, awaiting the glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Maranatha!
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” Jude 24-25