January 2011
6 posts
godly wisdom
After a difficult and long conversation with an unbelieving friend who is a skeptic I felt frustrated. Although I was able to incorporate the gospel somewhat by sharing with him how God has been working in my life, he proceeded to say that it was impossible for him to believe in God because how can he just throw away all the knowledge and proofs against Christianity and God. There was nothing to...
joyful suffering
from Desiring God, by John Piper.
The Christian life is a life of freely chosen suffering. Paul’s belief in God and his confidence in resurrection and hope in eternal fellowship with Christ made his life of chosen suffering satisfying. He was “rejoicing in hope” as in Romans 12:12. Joy is very much present in Paul’s suffering. He had joy only because of the joyful hope...
“The fight for joy is the struggle to trust God with the burdens of life. It’s a...”
– John Piper, When I Don’t Desire God (via upwinds)
every breath →
mighty2save:
יהוה.
florescent light reflects on the waxed white tile. shoes squeak with sadness as the round corners and cries are heard.
i read YHWH in my book, it is the lords name in hebrew. if you have spent any time in a conservative jewish or messianic environment you hear this pronounced yahweh, but this is the pronunciation given to it, not how its actually said.
YHWH cannot truly be...
answer:
It goes both ways. But God pursues us first. We are believers because He chose us since the beginning of time. And because He chose us, we are called to pursue Him. We are filled with the desire to run after Him. And if we run away from Him thinking we don’t need Him or take Him seriously enough, then He will go after us and bring us back to Him.
question:
Do we pursue God or does God pursue us?