"I don't want to talk about You like You're not in the room.
I want to look right at You I want to sing right to You."
Misty Edwards- 'Dove's Eyes'
Monday 25 May 2009
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Misty Edwards - You Won't Relent
You won't relent until You have it all
My heart is Yours
I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
Many waters cannot quench this love
Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one
Misty Edwards: Relentless (playlist)
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Like the Lilies
The people who influence us the most are not those who detain us with their continual talk, but those who live their lives like the stars in the sky and "the lilies of the field"— simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mold and shape us.
If you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with Jesus Christ by staying focused on Him, and He will make use of you every minute you live— yet you will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are being used of Him.
My Utmost for His Highest, May 18th
Sunday 17 May 2009
Psalm 18: Help
The ropes of death entangled me;
floods of destruction swept over me.
The hangman's noose was tight at my throat;
devil waters rushed over me.
Hell's ropes cinched me tight;
death traps barred every exit.
We don't like to ask for help. Even when everything is great and our lives seem within our own control, we need to realise that we still need help. Even more so than when we are way out of our depth. There isn't another way out. Everything about these verses says, "You are powerless to save yourself."
floods of destruction swept over me.
The hangman's noose was tight at my throat;
devil waters rushed over me.
Hell's ropes cinched me tight;
death traps barred every exit.
We don't like to ask for help. Even when everything is great and our lives seem within our own control, we need to realise that we still need help. Even more so than when we are way out of our depth. There isn't another way out. Everything about these verses says, "You are powerless to save yourself."
Friday 15 May 2009
Psalm 18: Trust
God is bedrock under my feet,
the castle in which I live,
my rescuing knight.
My God—the high crag
where I run for dear life,
hiding behind the boulders,
safe in the granite hideout.
Is it possible to trust God too much?
the castle in which I live,
my rescuing knight.
My God—the high crag
where I run for dear life,
hiding behind the boulders,
safe in the granite hideout.
Is it possible to trust God too much?
Psalm 18: Love
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
What does my lifestyle proclaim about what I love? Speaking about love for anything is easy, but the depth of it is apparent from a quick glance at my life. That place where my mind automatically returns to dwell. The pursuit that demands most of my time. The things that I am willing to pour my resources into. It all points towards what I love. All too often, it's pointing to me.
The temptation is to love myself.
My reputation.
My success.
My popularity.
My knowledge.
My comfort.
My happiness.
My fulfillment.
But- I love YOU, O Lord. I don't think that this is the kind of love that can be divided between numerous things. All or nothing. If there is any other love that even comes close to this in our lives, we probably need to do some re-evaluating of what it is we really love and value.
Where is my love? What is my strength?
What does my lifestyle proclaim about what I love? Speaking about love for anything is easy, but the depth of it is apparent from a quick glance at my life. That place where my mind automatically returns to dwell. The pursuit that demands most of my time. The things that I am willing to pour my resources into. It all points towards what I love. All too often, it's pointing to me.
The temptation is to love myself.
My reputation.
My success.
My popularity.
My knowledge.
My comfort.
My happiness.
My fulfillment.
But- I love YOU, O Lord. I don't think that this is the kind of love that can be divided between numerous things. All or nothing. If there is any other love that even comes close to this in our lives, we probably need to do some re-evaluating of what it is we really love and value.
Where is my love? What is my strength?
Thursday 7 May 2009
He is your life.
So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective.
Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you'll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.
Colossians 3:1-5
Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you'll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.
Colossians 3:1-5
Friday 1 May 2009
Love Running
Just in case this reaches someone who I haven't already contacted via Facebook or email:
http://www.justgiving.com/kandacetiala
On May 10th I am joining 300 others from my church and community in Bristol to run the Bristol 10K. The idea is that it is a great way to 'do' community, get to know people, and round off 'The Noise' (the week of focus on social action in Bristol). And of course raise some money! Which is where you come in, no surprise.
First, where will your money be going? To three charities:
1. St Peter's Hospice in Bristol, caring for people with terminal ilnesses.
2. World Vision, Zimbabwe Partnership, the largest humanitarian organization currently working there.
3. One25 in Bristol, helping women involved in street-based sex work.
Everyone keeps saying how now is not a good time to be asking people for money, etc. But seriously, the work that this money is going to support is amazing and the people who will benefit need it a lot more than most of us do. No pressure, of course!
Thanks guys.
http://www.justgiving.com/kandacetiala
On May 10th I am joining 300 others from my church and community in Bristol to run the Bristol 10K. The idea is that it is a great way to 'do' community, get to know people, and round off 'The Noise' (the week of focus on social action in Bristol). And of course raise some money! Which is where you come in, no surprise.
First, where will your money be going? To three charities:
1. St Peter's Hospice in Bristol, caring for people with terminal ilnesses.
2. World Vision, Zimbabwe Partnership, the largest humanitarian organization currently working there.
3. One25 in Bristol, helping women involved in street-based sex work.
Everyone keeps saying how now is not a good time to be asking people for money, etc. But seriously, the work that this money is going to support is amazing and the people who will benefit need it a lot more than most of us do. No pressure, of course!
Thanks guys.
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