January 2011
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“Christ is not first place above everything, Christ is first place in everything.”
– Rick Holland (via rajeddacasin)
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“When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and...”
– David Brainerd
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“Jesus is not one of many ways to approach God, nor is He the best of several...”
– A.W. Tozer
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“Jesus Christ is not valued at all until He is valued above all.”
– Augustine
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“On the one hand, Christianity is the most exclusive religion imaginable. It...”
– Philip Graham Ryken
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“Depend on it, my hearer, you never will go to heaven unless you are prepared to...”
– Charles Spurgeon
A Prayer Request From Daisy
prayfordaisy:
Daisy has 1 more round of chemo scheduled if her blood permits. She has asked that everyone in blog land pray that she can be done now.
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“The true spirit of prayer is no other than God’s own Spirit dwelling in...”
– Jonathan Edwards
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“The higher a man is in grace. The lower he will be in his own esteem.”
– Charles Spurgeon
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prayfordaisy:
Here is a beautiful child with the same sort of cancer Daisy has. The family needs your prayers and generosity. http://www.helprobbiet.com/
Also follow on Facebook.
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“If it is right for man to have the glory of God as his goal, can it be wrong for...”
– J.I. Packer, as quoted by Matt Redman in “Facedown” (via facedownworship)
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"Grace Is Not Earned" by Kate Simmonds ~ Free MP3 →
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under jesus, god,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #jesus, #god, #christianity
Christopher Lazo: We see dimly →
chrislazo:
I believe Paul wrote this down as a profound encouragement…
“Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now” [1 Cor….
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“Making anything besides God your greatest source of happiness sets it up to be...”
– Rick Warren (via possessingmydestiny)
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Unexpected Joy in Christ! Part 1: Philippians
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8 Step Process to Taking Better Photographs -... →
eyebright:
Contrary to popular opinion, making great photographs is not simply being lucky but is all decision making. Enche Tjin walks us through his 8 step process to taking better photographs.
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Our Pro-Abortion President →
I don’t post critical things about leaders to often, but this is a tragedy to me!
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A Missional Way for the Pro-Life Passion by Jared... →
Dear Gracenote database, "Religious" is not a...
projectglockenspiel:
So please stop tagging my iTunes tracks as such. Thanks.
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“When you’re tempted to doubt God’s love for you, stand before the cross and look...”
– C. J. Mahaney ~ Living the Cross Centered Life (Sisters, Or.: Multnomah Books, 2006), 56
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“Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all...”
– Charles H. Spurgeon
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The Must of Missions
Pastor Brent Reeves
Links
Twitter- @DerekThornton71
My Photography Blog- Slanted View
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Is Evangelical Christianity Having a Great Gay... →
callingallbiblevirgins:
Gotta say - this is a pretty compelling post that really makes my heart pull, that maybe this is something we should consider.
If the translation has been wrong all along - and the emphasis was only ever on prostitution and not on same sex marriages - it would suggest, while not formally supporting gay marriage, that gay marriage is not the point of the issue we’ve been...
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“Here’s one other little tip that I use. If I pick a verse or a couple of verses...”
– John Piper, on the memorization of Scriptures (via aaronfeeney)
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I keep them on a notebook in my pocket and pull them out at work and work on memorizing while I work.
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Philippians 1:7-11 --Scripture Memorization
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may...
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“The Church exists for no other purpose but to draw men into Christ… If...”
– C. S. Lewis
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“Mark the subject of Job’s devout anticipation “I shall see God.” He does not...”
– Charles Spurgeon Christian Classics: five books by Charles Spurgeon in a single file, with active table of contents, improved 9/21/2010 (via Miles Farthing)
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“The Lamb that was slain will be the wonder of all eternity”
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne
On Revelation 5:12 via John Piper’s Twitter
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Quest: Joy! Found: Christ!
John Piper- April 20,...
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“Year of grace 1654, Monday 23 November, feast of St. Clement … from about...”
– Blaise Pascal- French mathematician
This quote was found written on a piece of parchment and sewed into his coat where it was found 8 yrs. after his death.
Found this in a John Piper sermon which I will post next.
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Over 70 Christians Arrested in Iran! →
Via Joshua Harris’s Blog and Elam Ministries: Go to either of these links to see pictures of some of the arrested christians!
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In the early morning hours after Christmas day, the Iranian government arrested 25 Christians in Tehran and other locations. They also planned to detain sixteen others, but were unable to locate them. There are also...
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“Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations,...”
– Greg Gilbert -What is the Gospel? (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2010), 121
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Philippians 1:1-6 ---Scripture memorization...
I have really been getting into the memorization of the book of Philippians. Interstingly enough, I have been having the same problem with the word “all” as Aaron Armstrong of Blogging Theologically has had. Go here to read his reflections.
I will update with my own reflections on the Philippians 1:1-6 on Sunday.
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WatchA Glorious Homecoming
Revelation 21:10-22:5 Sean Lionello January 2, 2011
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“Here’s one other little tip that I use. If I pick a verse or a couple of verses...”
– John Piper, on the memorization of Scriptures (via aaronfeeney) 