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Proverbs 31 was written for a son. Today I am wishing my brothers in Christ would be blessed by it. I also need to pay attention to it and believe it. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:30) Strength and honor are her clothing; she can laugh at the days to come. (Proverbs 31:25) So note to self: The joy of the Lord is your strength (Neh 8:10); honor comes from God (1 Chr 29:12) He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. (Isaiah 52:2) every thought, every thought (2 Cor 10:5) Let God be true, and every man a liar. (Romans 3:4) and if I may, a note to my brothers in Christ:: Please encourage your sisters in Christ by honoring these words about your sisters. Our desire is for you (Ge 3:16), and many of us dress to please our husband, but I have seen enough to know we are not encouraging a godliness in you. In privacy, that's awesome! but as a prize or flaunted to bring glory to yourself....consider your intentions. Lord, help me to love the other gender more. There IS so much to love about men. Help me not be offended. Help men love women more. |
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Scott and I are doing a study on Colossians. I put the scriptures I looked up today into a prayer, so that I may pray scripture for others. Might as well post it to share. May _____ be filled with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. May Your word dwell in _____ richly as he is taught and admonished with all wisdom, as _____ sings psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in his heart to God May _____ not be foolish, but may _____ understand what Your will is. It is Your will that _____ be sanctified; that _____ avoid sexual immorality May _____ give thanks in all circumstances, for this is Your will for _____ in Christ Jesus You, Lord want all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of Your truth May _____ submit himself for Your sake to every authority instituted among men, for it is Your will that by doing good _____ should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men As _____ suffers according to Your will may he commit himself to You, faithful Creator, and continue to do good. May _____ be filled with the knowledge of Your will May _____ accumulate and organize principles from scripture and apply those principles to his daily life May _____ walk worthy of You May _____ live in a way that is consistent with his identity in You, who saved him May _____ fully please You May _____ be fruitful in every good work May _____'s righteous life lead people to You May _____ continually offer to You a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess Your name May _____ be pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints May _____ share spiritual blessings and material blessings May Your discipline of _____ produce a harvest of righteousness and peace May Your Spirit fruit in _____, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control May _____ increase in the knowledge of You May _____ know You more May _____ crave pure spiritual milk May _____ grow up in his salvation May _____ grow in the grace and knowledge of You, Lord, Savior, Jesus! To You be the glory both now and forever! May _____ be strengthened with all might, according to Your glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy. May _____ be strengthened with Your joy as he endures difficult circumstances May _____ be strengthened with Your joy as he endures with difficult people Thank You Father, for qualifying _____, for making _____ sufficient, for empowering _____, for authorizing _____ through the work of Your Son, through Your grace in Jesus Christ so we can be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. Thank You for our portion in Your divine inheritance. May we press on to take full possession of all that You have for us. _____ was once in darkness, but now _____ is light in the Lord. May _____ live as a child of the light, (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth). May _____ find out what please You. Let _____ have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but may _____ expose them to the light and make them visible, revealing the truth about such deeds. Lord, You are light. In You there is no darkness at all. Lord, You alone are immortal and You live in unapproachable light. To You be honor and might forever. Lord, You are the light of the world. Whoever follows You will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. May _____ follow You and have the light of life God, You said, 'Let light shine out of darkness.' You made Your light shine in our hearts, in _____'s heart, to give _____ the light of the knowledge of Your glory in the face of Christ. Thank You for delivering _____ from the power of darkness. Thank You for drawing _____ to Yourself. Thank You for rescuing _____ _____ has been liberated by You from Satan's kingdom, liberated from deception, and liberated from wickedness. You have liberated _____ from hating others. You have liberated _____ from not knowing where he is going. You have conveyed, carried, and borne _____ into the kingdom of the Son of Your love. Father, you have called and justified _____ You have given _____ to Your Son _____ is a gift of Your love Jesus, _____ has redemption through Your blood. _____ has the forgiveness of sins You have freed _____ from slavery to sin Jesus, You are _____'s righteousness, holiness and redemption Jesus, You were the payment of _____'s ransom This is the richness of Your grace! Jesus, Your blood cleanses _____'s conscience from acts that lead to death, so that _____ may serve You, the living God |
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Come Lord Jesus, Come A Sense of Remaining How You are my Father Worship Light Come Lord Jesus, Come So many ways I’ve imagined it Do You play the film in Your head? Face to face You’ll show Yourself As believers rise from the dead Some will gasp in horror Others will celebrate But I think we’ll all be on our knees No matter our chosen fate I know the fighting will come But at that glorious first reveal Who on earth could stand? Or with unclean lips the silence steal? I hope my heart quickens with delight And that I celebrate with all my might “Well done, good and faithful God.” Our high-five ending in a hug That’s not to take away from me trembling prostrate It’s just that I want to show it all No emotion arriving too late I’ll sing and I’ll be silent I’ll run up into Your arms I’ll wait in humble awe And double-pump my arms Woo-hoo! Hallelujah! Our God who saves is come Break out the good stuff Yah! Party of praise for One You who dwell within me The reflection’s now poor and dark When You appear I’ll be like You And see You as You are That day when it all goes down Your feet wiped by my hair I’ll meet You over Zion Somewhere in the air A Sense of Remaining Like the panic of realizing you’ve been unaware of a child in your care Suddenly I’m distraught with how long I’ve moved unconscious of Your presence And when it goes so long I often feel like I’m on the wrong side of privacy glass I know You’re there and that You see me, but I’m lonely and stranded from the sight of You I’ve often been suddenly conscious of Your presence when I am alone and occupied only by showering, or other mundane Like changing clothes in a dressing room stall where you feel someone watching Sometimes when I’m looking in the mirror and I’m trying to see the real me I remember as a girl singing into the mirror Songs made up as I went moment by moment that easily flowed Feeling someone watching me and singing for that unknown audience of one I knew it was just one I always felt loved and adored and that I was giving pleasure by the simplicity of my see-throughness I didn’t know it was You, But outside of time I knew How You are my Father How You are my Father I’m learning bit by bit My fashioning of Your suit Made a constricting fit So I’m ripping out the seams And letting out the hem As the depths of Your love I further apprehend You’ve seen my waste But still run to me on the road I am laid bare, but not unloved As You offer me Your robe In Your reprimands I feel Your encouragement You hold my pain As I hear Your perfect judgement Moving on with arm around, We enter into Your joy Even as my scent lingers with others You readily employ Privileging me with work To bring You glory so soon The truth spoken of my life Unlocked an inner room Content with Your adventures I lean towards a homebody In my rest You whisper, “I love, I desire, I’m jealous for somebody.” “When you awake and get out of bed, come crawl into Mine. I’ll lift the covers and breathe You in our morning cuddle time.” So I tuck my feet between Your legs Before we even talk I need Your love and warmth And pray for the path I’ll walk I feel Your presence, Your breath on me Your arms wrapped all around I pray it will feel long enough Before the outside sounds Those days when I get up Without going to You first Race me to a point Where my sufficiency bursts You hold my every breath And give them one by one Not long can I tread in the see Because I need to feel the Son Running late, I’m right on time For Your appointment I’m urged to be made foolish To fear only Your disappointment Sometimes I try my wisdom According to Your ways But usually strength and might falter So Your Spirit displays So many times I wonder If You’ve shown up where I’m sent The reception seems dull, the attitude repulsed Mocking echoes ask how it went But I remember to trust Your mandate And not to trust my eyes To keep me humble and dependant You take me by surprise You show me how it’s all of You And the working’s beneath the surface I learn to praise You ahead of time And watch for Your purpose So as I learn Your ways I stoke the memories in thanks I learn how to share Your joy Even along Babylon’s banks You are my refreshment, my new song, my renewed desire My refining, my reflection, my passion, A motion of a hidden fire. The stumbles, the stench, the offense The hay and the stubble Evidence of work yet to be done Reminding me to struggle I hear the Teacher’s voice, “Be still. Be quiet. Come and sit.” How I am to be Your daughter, I’m learning bit by bit. Worship Yahweh, Yah I love Your way Give me desire to seek You all my days It’s not enough to want to do what’s right Against mere duty I need Your love to fight I don’t just want to choose good for the sake of obey I want to burn and move as if there is no other way I lack this fire and even such resolve Determination would never be enough for love I cannot on my own will myself to fell The worship, the response so pure and real But You have given me a knowledge that it exists And an unsatisfaction to accept how now it is You will grow in me worship that will eclipse Those poking thoughts that distract and persist My whole being will only shine for You I’ll live and move and have my being abiding true Why isn’t the pain of away from You acutely sharp? How faulty these senses that I’m ever unaware of where You are For 3 hours of His 33 years did He lose connection Was that disconnect more painful than the weight of sin’s collection Help me to be uncomfortable when I’m not holding Your hand Alone I slither on my belly, with You I’m raised to stand Inside Your hand, where my name’s engraved You hold me away from snatchers that enslave You will let opportunities between Your fingers To burn away the sin that lingers Help me accept unflinchingly these tests Knowing Your victory awaits for my best Give me the knowledge, the taste, the memory, The feeling of myself in my real identity I am Your daughter, also known as Jennelle Crain Awaiting my white robe, my white stone, and my new name Light Your invisible attributes clearly seen Studying your creation, what can I glean? Your eternal power and Godhead Understood by Your handiwork, it’s said Two great lights, for days, for years For light on earth, to see far and near For signs and seasons “let there be light” To rule the day, to rule the night You’re dividing things up, making a distinction One light is greater, one its reflection Thick darkness covers us, sin You won’t look on By Your tender mercy You send the rising sun To seek and save the lost, ony Your Son can The Light of the world, Your very image in a man You have shone in our hearts in the face of Jesus Clothed in Christ, through Him You see us He shines on us, nations and kings We come to his light, there is healing in his wings The sun of righteousness, in him we don’t just stand But go out from our stalls and leap like calves With unveiled faces, Your glory is reflected Your spirit transforms, tho’ we’re not yet perfected Your light makes visible our shadows and pits We wax and wane, turned to the Son we are lit We shine in a dark place, as a light of the world In it, not of it as hatred is hurled Some do well to pay attention Until the day dawns with first resurrection The morning star rises in our hearts The righteous will shine forth like stars Visible light was only part of the spectrum Your broken light, a promise’s perfection The fall of Your spirit with the light of the Son A promise remembered, a promise begun The bow set in the clouds was how Everything under the Son will bow And then to You he hands the kingdom The Lord, the King, the Name are one No more sun, moon or night God himself will be our light He in us, and us in Him Light transforms when enters in |
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Proverbs 31:18b "...Her lamp does not go out at night." Matthew 5:14-16: "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and praise your Father in heaven." Psalm 134:1 "Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who minister by night in the house of the Lord." |
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Reading the gospel of Mark.... In 1:10 Why was heaven TORN open when Jesus came up out of the water and the spirit descended on him. TORN? What comes to mind is the tearing of the veil in the temple at Jesus' death. Also, the second day of creation when the waters above are separated from the waters below.....Was that a separation of the the spirt of man and the spirit of God? and at this event something once again changes? Sky...the space in between us. In 1:12 It is interesting to me that the Spirit sent Jesus to the desert. The Holy Spirit can lead us to a testing, a trial, a battle. In 1:13 Why is it mentioned that while in the desert Jesus was with the wild animals? I love 1:41, "Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" I will always think of this as one of the "I AM" statements about Yourself. In 2:8 Jesus knew in his spirit what others were thinking in their hearts. In 2:17 I LOOOVE what YOU say. "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." I think woe to the "healthy" and the "righteous." In 3:4-5 I love this insight into YOUR feelings. "Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent. He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts..." That YOUR anger is paired with deep distress seems so right. So many that get angry are not. In 3:20 I am so cracked up by your family. You have a family just like the rest of us. They hear something about You, they think you're out of Your mind, and they go to take charge of You." In 4:22 I love this, "For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open." This gives me permission to be vulnerable. In 4:26-29 Somehow this parable has not stuck in my memory before: He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain --first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come." In 5:30, what does it mean "At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him." What is this? In 5:36 I LOOOOOVE this: Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe." In 6:6 You were so often amazed at their lack of faith. You didn't go around all skeptical and critical of people. In 6:31 I also love this: Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." In 6:34 how You feel towards us!: When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. In 6:56 Here there seems so "prerequisite" for healing, just enough belief to try and reach out to You. "They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed." |
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John 3:13 "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. Acts 2:29-32 Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Ecc 3:19-21 For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all [is] vanity. All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust. Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth? (all men, no qualifier) (spirit is ruwach: wind, breath, mind, spirit) Ecc 12:6-7 [Remember your Creator] before the silver cord is loosed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, Or the wheel broken at the well. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'" Having said this, He breathed His last. Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on [God] and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Job 7:21 Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I [will] no longer [be]." Job 14:10-12 But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where [is] he? [As] water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up, So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens [are] no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep. John 11:11-14 These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. Acts 13:36-37 "For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption; but He whom God raised up saw no corruption. 1 Corinthians 15:14-23 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching [is] empty and your faith [is] also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise. For if [the] dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith [is] futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, [and] has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man [came] death, by Man also [came] the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those [who are] Christ's at His coming. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive [and] remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, 10 For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun....v.10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do [it] with your might; for [there is] no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. Psalm 6:4-5 Return, O LORD, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies' sake! For in death [there is] no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks? Psalm 30:8-9 I cried out to You, O LORD; And to the LORD I made supplication: "What profit [is there] in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? Psalm 115:17-18 The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor any who go down into silence. But we will bless the LORD From this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD! John 3:13-16 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, [that is], the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (perish: apollymi: to destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin) Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live; [Together with] my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew [is like] the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. Daniel 12:1-3 "At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands [watch] over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, [Even] to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame [and] everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. John 5:28-29 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. |
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Each scripture below has a link to open it using BlueLetterBible.org where you can easily access the Lexicon/Concordance to look at the original Hebrew & Greek words, by clicking the "C" button to the right of the scripture. This will also give you access to the Strong's entry. Isaiah 66:2 “ But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word "nephesh" is translated soul in Genesis 2:7 and body in Numbers 19:11. In the New Testament KJV Strong's G5590 is the Greek ψυχή (psychç) that is translated "soul." G5590 is used for both man and beast. Revelation 8:9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. |
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Biblical Thanksgiving: http://covenantchristian.org/bird/Bible/thanksgiving2005.pdf The proper response to the Word of God (Psalm 119)http://covenantchristian.org/bird/Bible/Psalm119.pdf 800 Happy Texts: http://covenantchristian.org/bird/Bible/joy.pdf Do Not Worry, Do Not Be Anxious http://covenantchristian.org/bird/Bible/WorryStudy.pdf Purity http://covenantchristian.org/bird/Bible/whyandhowtosexuallypureformarriedpeople.pdf |
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This is my prayer based on video session 8 of Beth Moore's "To Live Is Christ": Father, You say I am to count myself dead to sin, but alive to You in Christ Jesus. Help me do so. I am dead to sin, alive to You in Your Son. Help me deliberately resist the reign of sin. Don't let me obey its evil desires. My desires and cherished sins must die. I must refuse sin any rights. I must make very deliberate choices. Help me offer myself to you. Here is my body for a living sacrifice, for holiness, for your pleasure. I worship You in spirit. All parts of my body I offer to you as instruments of righteousness. Help me know my rights as one united with Christ. Sin shall not be my master because I am not under law, but under grace. Sin does not have to be my master. It cannot rule without my permission. It is for freedom that Christ has set me free. I will stand firm and not let myself be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. I have the right to live in freedom. Let me not misapply the doctrine of grace. Salvation is a gift, but holiness is a pursuit. I am not to give up. No substitute exists for whole-hearted obedience in my quest to be free from slavery to sin. Long-term victory happens 1 day (1 hour, 1 minute, etc) at a time. You can give me strength for the next 15 minutes (hour, morning, etc.). I may want to go back to a specific sin, but I am going to obey because I know its the only way to freedom. My natural self is weak. My natural self is weak. My natural self is weak. Wickedness has and ever-increasing nature. There is no safe level or plateau....it is ever-increasing. Help me to see when it is first sown in my life. If any wickedness comes up, let's expose it immediately to the light. I want to bring my wickedness to you before Satan gets to the throne and starts accusing. I want us to have already talked about it. Let me never forget the powerless feeling of being out of control. I want to be under the control of your righteousness. Help me to count the cost of slavery to sin. Remind me of its bitterness, just as the bitter herbs did at Passover. Before I swipe that card/take that action, remind me of the bill and the cost! It is of great benefit to be a slave to You, o God. The benefit I reap leads to hoiness and the result is eternal life. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Who is a God like you, You will again have compassion on us; When Paul wrote this to the Romans, there were 1,000,000 citizens and 1,000,000 slaves in Rome. We are all slaves, to one or the other. When I try to master my own life I am mastered by sin. The only way to be free is to be bound to Christ and slave to Him. Sin has authority by my invitation. |
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The Library of Congress page on The Gettysburg Address contains several of Lincoln's drafts of the speech Video with recitation by actor Jeff Daniels: |
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Check out Cal Thomas' article "A different path" After 30 years of trying to transform culture through politics, conservative evangelicals would be wise to try a different, God-glorifying direction If results are what conservative evangelicals want, they already have a model. It is contained in the life and commands of Jesus of Nazareth. Suppose millions of conservative evangelicals engaged in an old and proven type of radical behavior. Suppose they followed the admonition of Jesus to "love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit those in prison and care for widows and orphans," not as ends...but as a means of demonstrating God's love for the whole person in order that people might seek Him? Such a strategy could be more "transformational" than electing a new president.....But in order to succeed, such a strategy would not be led by charismatic figures, who would raise lots of money, be interviewed on Sunday talk shows, author books, and make gobs of money. God teaches in His Word that His power (if that is what conservative evangelicals want and not their puny attempts at grabbing earthly power) is made perfect in weakness. He speaks of the tiny mustard seed, the seemingly worthless widow's mite, of taking the last place at the table and the humbling of one's self, the washing of feet, and similar acts and attitudes; the still, small voice. How did conservative evangelicals miss this and instead settle for a lesser power, which in reality is no power at all? When did they settle for an inferior "kingdom"? Evangelicals are at a junction. They can take the path that will lead them to more futility and ineffective attempts to reform culture through government, or they can embrace the far more powerful methods outlined by the One they claim to follow. By following His example, they will decrease, but He will increase. They will get no credit, but they will see results. If conservative evangelicals choose obscurity and seek to glorify God, they will get much of what they hope for, but can never achieve, in and through politics. |
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Suggested reading: The Wall of Separation by Daniel L. Dreisbach The rancorous presidential election of 1800 brought religion to the forefront of public debate and had lasting repercussions for the relationship between church and state.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin to "I Have a Dream" Together, race and religion have been the driving forces in American political history.
God and mammon in 19th-century America.
Why the history of the black "freedom struggle" remains all too relevant today. |
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%202:1-3;&version=31; I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/14617
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http://www.last.fm/music/Sons+Of+Korah Psalm 1 Psalm 23
Psalm 32 Psalm 67 Psalm 117 Psalm 125 Psalm 148
Psalm 17 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the LORD Psalm 95 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills for my help Psalm 123 I lift up my eyes to you, |
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from: http://www.marriagemissions.com/reflecting-the-image-of-god-marriage-message-14/ Reflecting the Image of God in Marriage - Marriage Message #14
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Christian History has an article on The Singing Nun
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From reading the article at http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2008/sepoct/6.30.html comes the idea of a photo prayer journal. On one page, paste a photo of the person you want to pray for (self, spouse, children, extended family, friends), and across from it would be categories to pray for. |