December 2011
40 posts
“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give...”
– Matthew 6:32
“When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became...”
– Hosea 13:6
Athazagoraphobia
means the fear of being forgotten.
PMS
Sitting at a corner of the house while everyone’s asleep, listening to rachael yamagata on the ipod.
(& craving for iced beer)
Tonight
I wanted to get a beer.
Cycling home at 11pm, I went to the convenience store near the house. There were chilled bottles of hoegarden at $3.6.
I got a bag of chips instead. Because it was Christmas soon and I didn’t want to dishonor Daddy.
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes...”
– Leonardo Da Vinci (via conceslao)
tonight's a perfect night
To walk through the windswept streets alone.
Christmas spirit
It is our shame and disgrace today that so many of the soundest and most orthodox Christians see human needs all around them, but avert their eyes, and pass by on the other side. That is not the Christmas spirit. Nor is it the spirit of those Christians, whose ambition in life seems limited to building a nice middle-class Christian home, and making nice middle-class Christian friends, and bringing...
“You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for...”
– 2 Corinthians 8:9
“He had to be made like his brothers in every way… Because he himself...”
– Hebrews 2:17, 4:15
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares...”
– Isaiah 55:8-9
shepherd & sheep
knowing God is a matter of grace
‘Know’, when used of God in this way, is a sovereign-grace word, pointing to God’s initiative in loving, choosing, redeeming, calling, and preserving. That God is fully aware of us, ‘knowing us through and through’ as we say, is certainly part of what is meant, as appears from the contrast between our imperfect knowledge of God and...
relationships
‘My sheep listen to my voice,’ says Jesus; ‘I know them, and they follow me’ (John 10:27). His ‘voice’ is his claim, his promise, and his call. ‘I am the bread of life… the door of the sheep… the good shepherd… the resurrection’ (John 6:35; 10:7; 14:11, 25). ‘He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent...
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is...”
– Philippians 4:8
model answer
What then, does the activity of knowing God involve? Holding together the various elements involved in the relationship, we must say that knowing God involves, first, listening to God’s Word and receiving it as the Holy Spirit interprets it, in application to oneself; second, noting God’s nature and character, as his Word and works reveal it; third, accepting his invitations, and doing...
quoteworthy
“got goalkeeper cannot shoot”
Especially if the keeper is your friend.
Co-labourers in Christ
It is a staggering thing, but it is true - the relationship in which human beings know God is one in which God takes them on to his staff, to be henceforth his fellow-workers (1 Cor 3:9) and personal friends. The action of God in taking Joseph from prison to become Pharaoh’s prime minister is a picture of what he does to every Christian: from being Satan’s prisoner, you find yourself...
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“one lifetime is not too long to be lonely, there is eternity”
– Anon
Seeker
The Lord Jesus is not absent from us in body, but spiritually it makes no difference; still we may find and know God through seeking and finding his company. It is those who have sought the Lord Jesus till they have found him - for the promise is that when we seek him with all our hearts, we shall surely find him - who can stand before the world to testify that they have known God.
-...
The Evidence of Knowing God
How do you know if a person knows God?
4. They have great contentment in God
This is the peace of which Paul speaks in Romans 5:1 - ‘since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ’ - and whose substance he analyses in full in Romans 8. ‘There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus… The Spirit Himself...
Knowing God by J. I. Packer
I’ve been reading this book lately and it really speaks to me. I will be posting quotes and verses up here.
Ever since starting work, I have begun reading again and it’s a joy to read non-compulsory texts.
My sister has also influenced me to read Christian literature. She opened up the dusty cupboard that housed my parent’s books, & dug out several books which were...
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“I begin to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught...”
– My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl (via teeaah)
The Road Home
Whenever I’m feeling down, instead of taking the usual route home, i cycle a few rounds round my neighborhood (with no hands), hollering my favorite song at the top of my voice.
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“I don’t think that I’ve been in love as such, Although I liked a few folk pretty...”
– Sonnet, Neil Gaiman (via neilgaiman)
“For where all love is, speaking is unnecessary”
– Diana Gabaldon (via kari-shma)
November 2011
34 posts
