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"By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created,
people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can't see:
eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being."
Romans 1:20 (The Message)

January 29, 2012

"Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."

Isaiah 55:9 NCV

Never stop growing. Never stop learning.

God will ever breath further understanding into our heart and mind, if we are open–
revelation regarding who He is,
revelation regarding who we are,
revelation regarding what it means to pray, "Your Kingdom come, O God."

We shall ever be in need of God aligning our perspective with His.

The more I learn, the less I know. Socrates

"Call to me and I will answer you.

I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own."

Jeremiah 33:3 MSG

January 22, 2012

"How long will you forget me, Lord? Forever? How long will you hide from me?

How long must I worry and feel sad in my heart all day? How long will my enemy win over me?

Lord, look at me. Answer me, my God; tell me, or I will die.

Otherwise my enemy will say, 'I have won!' Those against me will rejoice that I've been defeated..."

Psalms 13:1-4 NCV

"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;

I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.

These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."

Isaiah 42:16 NIV

"...I trust in your love. My heart is happy because you saved me.

I sing to the Lord because he has taken care of me."

Psalms 13:5-6 NCV

God is yet writing your story.

January 15, 2012
	When the weight of all my dreams Is resting heavy on my head And thoughtful words of health and hope Have all been nicely said But I'm still hurting Wondering if I'll ever be The one I think I am I think I am Then you gently re-remind me That you've made me from the first And the more I try to be the best The more I get the worst And I realize the good in me Is only there because of who you are Who you are And all I ever have to be Is what you've made me Any more or less would be a step Out of your plan As you daily recreate me Help me always keep in mind That I only have to do What I can find And all I ever have to be Is what you've made me All I Every Have To Be written by Gary Chapman
"I'm convinced that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it through to completion on the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6 GW
Just take life one day at a time. Make sure to spend plenty of time with Him, just sitting at His feet, soaking Him in. He won't let you miss His heart for you.

January 8, 2012 Y O U S H I N E
"Are you cheerful because you belong to Christ? Does his love comfort you? Is the Holy Spirit your companion? Has Christ been gentle and loving toward you? Then make my joy complete by agreeing with each other. Have the same love. Be one in spirit and purpose. Don't do anything only to get ahead. Don't do it because you are proud. Instead, be free of pride. Think of others as better than yourselves. None of you should look out just for your own good. You should also look out for the good of others..."
"...You should think in the same way Christ Jesus does. In his very nature he was God. But he did not think that being equal with God was something he should hold on to. Instead, he made himself nothing. He took on the very nature of a servant. He was made in human form. He appeared as a man. He came down to the lowest level. He obeyed God completely, even though it led to his death. So God lifted him up to the highest place. He gave him the name that is above every name. When the name of Jesus is spoken, everyone's knee will bow to worship him. Every knee in heaven and on earth and under the earth will bow to worship him. Everyone's mouth will say that Jesus Christ is Lord. And God the Father will receive the glory. My dear friends, you have always obeyed God...So continue to work out your own salvation. Do it with fear and trembling. God is working in you. He wants your plans and your acts to be in keeping with his good purpose. Do everything without finding fault or arguing. Then you will be pure and without blame. You will be children of God without fault in a sinful and evil world. Among the people of the world you shine like stars in the heavens." Philippians 2:1-15 NIRV
winter rose

January 1, 2012

"But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him; and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, 'Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?' They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.' Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

Jesus straightened up and asked her, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?'

'No one, sir,' she said.

'Then neither do I condemn you,' Jesus declared. 'Go now and leave your life of sin.'"

John 8:1-11 NIV

My pastor Tim taught on this message this morning, and there doesn't seem another message more apropos for the first day of the new year:

It's never too late for a new start with Christ.

No one is ever too far gone that we should give up praying for them, or that we should give up on ourselves.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."

Hebrews 12:1 NIV

What hinders? What entangles?

Join me in getting real with God regarding our own life and heart. "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8 NIV) Yet, because His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23) we can bravely face the truth about ourselves.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." (Psalms 139:23-24 NLT)

What road has God marked out for you in 2012?

Let's open our hearts to ask Him. In boldly laying our lives before Him, we can arise in the strength He supplies to overcome whatever stands in our way. Let's seek out His wisdom for the specific steps to put action to His desires for us, one step at a time.

May you feel complete and live victorious in 2012.

sunrise over my homeland, a new day

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