Every mother, every father, called to raise up sons or daughters: May your heart be patient, may your mind be clear, may our God be with you and calm your fears.
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Lord I come, O Sovereign King, all my hope is in Your hands. From creation's majesty, You ordained redemption's plan. For Your glory's renown and Your greatness displayed, mercy came and ransomed my life from the Fall. Mercy came and ransomed my heart. All the righteousness in me shows my desperate need of grace, for my purest thoughts and deeds stand to justify the grave.
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The storm rises from the deep and rages around me, but I will remember. When doubt wars within my heart, the battle almost lost, I will remember. You have the last word. It is finished. You have the last word. It is finished. My fear is silenced in Your love. My hope is endless.
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Take this fainted heart. Take these tainted hands. Wash me in your love. Come like grace again. Take this mountain weight. Take these ocean tears. Hold me through the trial. Come like hope again.
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Oh little town of Bethlehem, looks like another silent night. Above your deep and dreamless sleep a giant star lights up the sky. And while you're lying in the dark, there shines an everlasting light for the King has left his throne and is sleeping in a manger tonight.
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By grace alone somehow I stand where even angels fear to tread. Invited by redeeming love before the throne of God above. He pulls me close with nail-scarred hands into His everlasting arms. When condemnation grips my heart and Satan tempts me to despair. I hear the voice that scatters fear, the Great I Am the Lord is here. Oh, praise the One who fights for me and shields my soul eternally.
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When the music fades into the past, when my days of life are through, what will be remembered of where I've come when all is said and done? Will they say I loved my family, that I was a faithful friend, that I lived to tell of God's own Son when all is said and done? How I've longed to see the hour, when I would hear that trumpet sound, and rise to see my Savior's face. See Him smile and say, 'Well done.'
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Weep with me. Lord, will you weep with me? I don't need answers, all I need is to know that You care for me. Hear my plea. Are You even listening? Lord, I will wrestle with Your heart but I won't let You go. You know I believe. Help my unbelief. Yet I will praise You, yet I will sing of Your name. Here in the shadows, here I will offer my praise. What's true in the light is still true in the dark. You're good and You're kind and You care for this heart. Lord, I believe You weep with me.
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I see shattered, You see whole. I see broken, but You see beautiful. And You're helping me to believe, You're restoring me piece by piece. There's nothing too dirty that You can't make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean.
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Our enemies will themselves be frightened at their impending destruction when we corporately come together as we were intended to from the beginning and start living as the body of Christ—and that begins by loving one another through the power of the Holy Spirit, under compulsion of unconditional obedience and submission to God's Word and its position of absolute authority in our lives.
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The beauty of Philippians 1:19-26 is that Paul provides a transparent glimpse into the struggle between his own flesh and spirit as he wrestled with the majesty of heaven compared to this fallen world. Knowing he was born-again, Paul longed to spend eternity with Jesus. Yet despite the glory heaven promised, Paul understood that obedience to God's Word and His will took precedent over personal desire.
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As Christians living in a world that is watching our every move, how we respond to adversity can be the greatest witnessing tool we have at our disposal. What makes things difficult and/or counter-productive though is that we're human and our flaws, imperfections and insecurities cause us to shrink back when troubles come, rather than embrace the moment with a positive frame of mind.
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It has been said that people are the greatest blessing and curse of ministry. It has also been said that more pastors resign on Monday than any other day of the week due to the highs and lows they succumb to emotionally, physically, and mentally as a result of their jobs. Why?
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Every day of our lives we manage priorities. Whether personal or professional, we shift the bulk of our time, energy and resources toward what (we perceive) needs to be done rather than what we would like to get done. However, there are times when opportunity presents itself and we choose to cater to our wants at the expense of our needs.
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As self-proclaimed Christians, we are tasked by the authority of Almighty God to cast off fear and passivity, and embrace opportunities which stretch our comfort levels. The ultimate goal is expanding our capacity to love others by humbling ourselves.
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Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
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Truthfully, only God knows the heart of man which Jesus specifically speaks to in Matthew 7:21-23. It is a sobering reality though that people we know and love will never spend eternity in heaven. It is a far greater shock to know that simply declaring oneself as "Christian" provides no certainty whatsoever whether he/she will spend eternity in heaven one day.
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It has been said that what we feed our minds with will determine our appetite, therefore we are wise to discern what we allow our minds to dwell upon vs. what we should resist.
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The Golden Rule is one of the most popular teachings in the world today, originated by Jesus and commonly accepted within our secular culture as well. Its premise is simple: "Treat others the same way we would like to be treated."
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