December 2011
8 posts
Focus.
It was a shock. I didn’t expect to get “slapped” in the face so many times today, but apparently Jesus has a sense of humor. Either that or He is trying to get a point across to me.
Luke 4:6-8 “And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You...
It's a struggle.
Jesus, take this judgmental heart and this narrowmindedness and turn it into something that looks like grace and love.
“I do not want to be tied to this world.
Jesus is eternal. My mind needs to be...”
Daily Help
Thought this little devotion from Charles Spurgeon was pretty insightful:
The more you know about Christ, the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of Him; and the more deeply you study his life and the fulness of His grace which shines in all His offices, the more truly will you see the: King in his beauty. Long more and more to see Jesus. Meditation and contemplation axe often like...
Give it up
There is a story in the Bible that is rather well-known. The feeding of the 5,000 is told in Mark 6:32-44. We did an inductive study of this passage last May and it has stuck with me since then.
Jesus and his disciples have been ministering to the multitude that has followed them unceasingly—even after they sought a little solitude. Jesus compassionately taught them until the day...
I am Listening, I am Learning
I am learning what it means to listen to Jesus.
It is a season of waiting and serving Jesus day, after day, after day, after day. It is not a time to fear. Or a time to rush. It is a time to soak up His grace, that I may give it out.
That’s hard stuff. But it’s all that matters now.
“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace,...
undecided.
This is the story of the desires of my heart and what they seem to be and how they may or may not line up with Jesus’ desires for me.
This was something I thought and prayed a lot about two years ago as I was getting ready to commit to one year of ministry in the Ukraine. When the desires of my heart are the desires of Jesus’ heart for me, it is then that I am truly satisfied and...
“whoa, Augusta, wake up. The world
is still a lot BIGGER than you think”