January 2010
20 posts
The Provider Behind the Proof
Hey everyone, it’s Ross here, bit of a long read for those of you who are bothered, I ‘worked’ hard on this one:
Just a couple of minutes ago, I was complaining to God that I needed something… a miracle…. something to prove to me that everything I believe, that everything I’ve fought for, was real. For God to show me that the war I claim to be fighting in is...
“Singles live in a time when their church leaders and friends have told them that...”
– Unknown..but I got to fully admit to that quote. Being Single is the best time for God to use you fully:)
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How hungry are you?
How hungry are you? How hungry are you for God? How hunger are you for His heart?!..Ask yourself “How hungry am I???!!!!”… Spiritual hunger is the KEY to spiritual maturity. When you lose that spiritual hunger you stop seeking, asking, and knocking. That PASSION dies. That DESIRE dies.
I’ve come to realize, this isn’t something you can “give” to people....
You Hold Me Now.
On that day when I see All that You have for me When I see You face to face There surrounded by Your grace All my fears swept away In the light of Your embrace Where Your love is all I need And forever I am free Where the streets are made of gold In Your presence healed and whole Let the songs of heaven Rise to You alone No weeping no hurt or pain No suffering You hold me now You...
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"It is better to give than to receive"
God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.
Heart's desires.
Don’t promise what God doesn’t. Telling singles that if they desire to be married, then God has someone for them doesn’t match up with Scripture. God does not promise that we will all get married and “live happily ever after.” He doesn’t promise to give us what we want just because we follow Him. In fact, Scripture testifies to the opposite-if we follow Him, we...
Unfailing Love
“Love”…. what is the first thing that comes to your mind??
Love
“Love,” Paul says, “never fails” (1 Cor. 13:8 NIV). The verb Paul uses for the word fail is used elsewhere to describe the demise of a flower as it falls to the ground, withers, and decays. It carries the meaning of death and abolishment. God’s love, says the apostle, will never fall...
“Nature is God’s first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling...”
– Max Lucado
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Yahweh.
There are at least 217 names for God in the Bible. He is so glorious, so enormous, and every one of His names reveals some facets about His live and His character. Yahweh is used when God made humanity.
It is used when Abraham climbed mount Moriah, as he set up the mountain to worship God, the first time “worship” is used. And there, God provides the sacrifice and reveals Himself as...
counting down till aus:)
I’m beginning to countdown until I head back to aus!:) can’t wait to go back!! I mean I’ll miss home a lot! but right now I just missssss my friends back there soo much!!!! I miss my FOCUS family!!!:(
Emmerie and Michelle which I love and miss soo much!:( I can’t wait till we sit and laugh and just talk about anything again:)
Petrina, Jon, Cyril, Rachel, Serene, Brandon,...
Looking for the Messiah
Suppose Jesus came to your church. I don’t mean symbolically. I mean visibly. Physically. Actually. Suppose he came to your church.
Would you recognize him? It might be difficult. Jesus didn’t wear religious clothes in his day. Doubtful that he would wear them in ours. If he came today to your church, he’d wear regular clothes. Nothing fancy, just a jacket and shoes and a tie....
Battle and Journey of Desire
I’ve recently learnt that life is a battle and a journey. As Eugene Peterson reminds us: “We must fight the forces that oppose our becoming whole; we must find our way through difficult and unfamiliar territory to our true home.”
It’s not that there isn’t joy and beauty, love and adventure now- there is:). The invasion of the kingdom has begun. But life in its...
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. - Psalm 27:4
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Profile of the lukewarm- Francis Chan
“It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel. It is a proud,sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity.”
So there is an incalculable, faultless, eternal God who loves the frail beings He made with a crazy kind of love. Even though we could die at any...
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Where is our God?
Well hello there everyone, Happy new year!
Ross here by the way, with just a few words (few being a subjective term)
Lately I’ve been feeling very disillusioned with the church, and I’ve been feeling just so lost when it comes to following God recently. But thankfully God is our portion, our provider, and a loving father who will never forsake us.
Hebrews 13:5
God has said, ...
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Crazy, Relentless, All-Powerful Love
Hey everyone=) Rosey here=) It’s a beginning of a new year and since I’ve quit facebook…or should I say I don’t go on it anymore, I’ve decided to start writing a blog (hopefully every week), on whats been going on with my life and how I’m doing spiritually and even just notes about God in general…I guess this could be my online journal:)…most of it...