What if we actually saw people as Christ did, with love and compassion? Maybe we would begin to think less about ourselves and more about others...maybe we would lose our selfish pride....I mean isn't that what we are called to do?
Wednesday
Joy
Ok so having joy in all circumstances is a phrase that seems next to impossible.
But, joy isn't always being happy... but rather it is knowing the truth, that we have a perfect God who died for us so that we may be free in Him.
Amazing love how can it be?
That my king would die for me
Amazing love I know it's true
Its my JOY to honor you
In all I do
I honor you
But, joy isn't always being happy... but rather it is knowing the truth, that we have a perfect God who died for us so that we may be free in Him.
Amazing love how can it be?
That my king would die for me
Amazing love I know it's true
Its my JOY to honor you
In all I do
I honor you
Beyond Superficiality
This is the theme of my youth group right now, and I am not quite sure that I agree with it. I mean how exactly to you go "Beyond Superficiality"? I have heard people say that they are going deeper and other phrases along these lines but how does a human go beyond superficiality? Just some food for thought, I will write later after I think about it more.
Faithfulness
God has been abundantly faithful in my life. I just wanted to take the time and encourage you to thank God for his faithfulness in your life. Take a moment and journal about it or just pray and thank Him for that he has done in your life. This was a topic at one of my schools Bible studies. We all made a time line of times in our lives when God has been faithful to us. It was amazing to see!
Courage
We watched the full video of this in youth group the other week and I absolutly loved it! I didn't quite relate to the stories the teens told but I still found it very moving. It talked about having courage to stand up for Christ in every situation!
How He loves!
Sang this song on Sunday and I think it is amazing if you actually think about the words!
He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves.
We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If His grace is an ocean, we?re all sinking.
And Heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don?t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way?
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves.
We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If His grace is an ocean, we?re all sinking.
And Heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don?t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way?
Isaiah 53
This week we have been discussing the suffering servant. Please take the time to read Isaiah 53 and remember what we can be thankful for: Jesus died a painful death on behalf of you and me. This chapter explains in detail what Jesus did on the cross. Reflect on this chapter and remember the death that we should be eternally grateful for.
Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
and though the LORD makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Altruism?
Ok so here is a good question for everyone... Altruism, does it exist? Can people do go with out selfish motives? Here is a scenario, there is a kid in the middle of the road as a car is coming by, you run out and save the child just in time. Obviously you just did something "good" but what were you motives? Why did you do that? Can you honestly say you did that with out having selfish motives? What do you think?
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