Those Who Are With Us
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Loves include God, art, writing, and love itself
Don't be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. - 2 Kings 6:16
Currently reading: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, as well as Desiring God by John Piper
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Quote reblogged from My Redeemer LivesIf someone writes a great story, people praise the author, not the pen. People don’t say, ‘Oh what an incredible pen… Where can I get a pen like this so I can write great stories?’ Well, I am just a pen in the hands of the Lord. He is the author. All praise should go to him.Keith Green (via breanna-lynn)
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Post reblogged from Dei Gratia
In French, you don’t really say “I miss you.” You say “tu me manques,” which is closer to “you are missing from me.”
I love that. “You are missing from me.” You are a part of me, you are essential to my being. You are like a limb, or an organ, or blood. I cannot function without you.
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Photo reblogged from "are we there yet?" and "have we been paid yet?"
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Quote reblogged from My Redeemer LivesWhen I was a kid I use to play a game called “Simon says”. But it’s weird when in the church, “Jesus says” is a totally different game. If Jesus says something you don’t actually have to do it, you just have to memorize it. It doesn’t make any sense a lot of the things we do. God tells us to go out and make disciples, and how many people in our churches are actually making disciples? But they memorized it. When I tell my daughter, “Hey Rach, go clean your room,” she doesn’t come back to me two hours later and go, “I memorized what you said. You said, ‘Rach, go clean your room’…I can say it in Greek, too. My friends are going to come over and we are going to have a study about what it would look like if I clean my room.” She knows better than that. So why do we think that we are going to come before the Judge one day and quote everything that He said and talk about how much we know. It’s just black and white stuff. If I just started with scripture, I’d say here’s what I would do. I’d start making disciples.
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Quote reblogged from Live a Life That Demands ExplanationMaybe you’ve heard of scientists creating life in a laboratory, but that will never happen. No scientist has ever been able or will ever be able to stare into an empty petri dish and wish the nothing it holds into something. Whatever it is scientists do, they do with raw materials already created.Matt Chandler (via blakebaggott)
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Photo reblogged from Tea Mug and Pen Tablet
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Photoset reblogged from Tea Mug and Pen Tablet
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African American doctors attempting to save the life of a Klu Klux Klan member:
This photo left me speechless, this is what respect is.
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“I’m eighty years old. An eighty-six year old man was just speaking to me in a flirtatious manner, I believe, but his daughter pulled him away.”
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“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” -1 Corinthians 13:13, NIV
Spiritual maturity isn’t measured by how long you’ve been a Christian, how much you know, or how often you go to church. Spiritual maturity is measured by the way you treat other people. It’s measured by the love you allow to operate in and through you.
1 Corinthians 13 gives us a picture of what love looks like. When we are walking in love, we treat other people with courtesy and respect. In other words, are you kind to the person at the checkout counter that may be moving too slowly? Are you gentle when you are driving down the highway and someone cuts you off? Are you patient with your family and coworkers?
These are all characteristics of love. The Bible tells us that love is patient. It is kind. It does not envy; it is not proud. It is not rude. Love is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrong. Love never fails.
Notice that these characteristics don’t have anything to do with feelings. Love is a choice. You can choose to walk in love toward people even when you don’t feel like it!
Today, look for ways to cultivate the greatest thing in your life — love! Let love grow in you because it is the sign of spiritual maturity and opens the door for God to operate in and through you.
