The Church is a whore, but she's my mother.
-Augustine
It's not a museum for good people its a hospital for the broken.
Abba, how are Pharisees created? Why do I always seem to try to walk the narrow path only to realize I find myself on the broad one time and time again. Why doesn't that first taste of Your grace last? In Exodus 34 Moses' face would glow radiantly. In 2 Corinthians Paul mentions that the glow was destined to fade. Why did Moses' glow fade? When does the relationship turn to religion?
Every denomination was founded by Your children who were on fire for You.
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Frisian Simons
John Wesley
Barton Stone
John Wimber
Alexander Campbell
William Miller
John Smyth
Dennis Bennett
George Fox
and so many more
Setting aside the differences in theology, since You and I both know no one has figured out You and the Bible completely, as I read about these great men of passion for Your heart and as I look at their churches today I constantly find a void.
Jesus we, Your wife, are such a mess. We split, we argue, we ignore, we gossip, we fail. How do we stay on the narrow path?
Rabbi help me to remain humble. I need constant reminders of how small I am, how ignorant I am, how messed up I am.
Following You isn't about being perfect, being clean, being polite, being nice.
It's about living life the way I was created to live.
what is the heart? Jesus the heart is the most complicated and confusing creation of Yours. It's possible to know about You. It's even possible to obey everything You ask. But without the heart it's worthless to You.
How can I know something but not have it in my heart?
And so the Lord says,
“These people say they are mine.
They honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
And their worship of me
is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote
-Isaiah 29:13
It's horrifying to think my worship might simply be nothing but man-made rules. My lips honor You but is my heart close to You?
I must command my soul to bless You Lord. But it most come from the heart. Is this possible without Paraclete? It is only by Your grace that I am saved. Jesus keep me humble. As I start each new day with a drink from Your living water let it's power of refreshment never go dull to my spiritual tongue.
10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman
-Augustine
It's not a museum for good people its a hospital for the broken.
Abba, how are Pharisees created? Why do I always seem to try to walk the narrow path only to realize I find myself on the broad one time and time again. Why doesn't that first taste of Your grace last? In Exodus 34 Moses' face would glow radiantly. In 2 Corinthians Paul mentions that the glow was destined to fade. Why did Moses' glow fade? When does the relationship turn to religion?
Every denomination was founded by Your children who were on fire for You.
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Frisian Simons
John Wesley
Barton Stone
John Wimber
Alexander Campbell
William Miller
John Smyth
Dennis Bennett
George Fox
and so many more
Setting aside the differences in theology, since You and I both know no one has figured out You and the Bible completely, as I read about these great men of passion for Your heart and as I look at their churches today I constantly find a void.
Jesus we, Your wife, are such a mess. We split, we argue, we ignore, we gossip, we fail. How do we stay on the narrow path?
Rabbi help me to remain humble. I need constant reminders of how small I am, how ignorant I am, how messed up I am.
Following You isn't about being perfect, being clean, being polite, being nice.
It's about living life the way I was created to live.
what is the heart? Jesus the heart is the most complicated and confusing creation of Yours. It's possible to know about You. It's even possible to obey everything You ask. But without the heart it's worthless to You.
How can I know something but not have it in my heart?
And so the Lord says,
“These people say they are mine.
They honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
And their worship of me
is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote
-Isaiah 29:13
It's horrifying to think my worship might simply be nothing but man-made rules. My lips honor You but is my heart close to You?
I must command my soul to bless You Lord. But it most come from the heart. Is this possible without Paraclete? It is only by Your grace that I am saved. Jesus keep me humble. As I start each new day with a drink from Your living water let it's power of refreshment never go dull to my spiritual tongue.
10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman
Thank You for Yesterday at Cedar Point. What a beautiful opportunity to learn to trust my life in Your hands while spending the day with a few of my brothers and sisters.