December 2011
4 posts
More than watchmen wait for the morning
Patience. Most people’s least favorite word. A dangerous thing to pray for. And one of the hardest things to practice.
The dictionary defines patience as “the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation or the like.”
In II Peter 3, it is talking about all the evil in the world and how wonderful the day will be when the...
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In Your great mercy You have given me new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade - kept in heaven for me, who through faith am shielded by Your power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last...
picture of my heart
“But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple that I have built? Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which...
“I am sure He would not have loved me so long if He had not been a changeless...”
– C.H. Spurgeon