Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful…
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We must carry it with us or we find it not. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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“One thing I ask of the Lord, this I seek: to dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, to gaze on the Lord’s beauty, to visit his temple.” Ps 27:4
“Jesus,
I am one worn out tired branch…
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And I need the newness of the vine of you to start the hope-life running through the streams of me again.
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Lord, be my vine and I’ll be your branch…
But free me please from this withered cut off feeling…
And deliver others from the pain I carve into their branches.
Let your life-giving sap of grace flow into me constantly
That I become unable to survive without it.”
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(poem by Macrina Wiedrekehr and adapted by Tiny McPhillips)
“Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” John 15:4-5
Just like a loose tooth that dangles from a thread of a root…
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Memories of past mistakes, failures, broken dreams and promises, a wayward life
hang on to a part of our thoughts that taunt and bully us…
“you are not good enough”, “you are a mess up”, “you are bad”
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Shame be gone!…
“For the scripture says, No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” (Rom10:11)
“You shall be called a new name pronounced by the mouth of the Lord, a royal diadem held by your God.” Is 62:2-3
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Is “Wholeness” perfection?
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Or rather in this life is “wholeness” realizing we are sinners doing the best we can,
falling and getting back up as we journey through the chaos of the world?
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Always, however, embraced in His love and mercy.
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“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else,
means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight;
and never stop fighting.” (E.E. Cummings)
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“Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me. In you I seek shelter. In the shadows of your wings I seek shelter till harm pass by.” Ps 57:2
“Blessed the people who know the joyful shout….
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In the light of your countenance, O Lord, they walk.” (Psalm 89)
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Can I hear an Amen, Alleluia?
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“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your God is King.” is 52:7
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some hear today! (St. Francis of Assisi)
Blessings on your weekend, fromtheheartofj
When one learns the truth…hears the truth…is convicted by the truth…
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Isn’t it “temporary insanity” to believe the deceits that violate the truth?
The core of us is not death and decay…
The core of us is LIFE…God Himself present within!
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We must hold captive thoses thoughts that speak deceit …
and turn them over to Jesus…to the foot of the cross!
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“And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32
Outside in …the world shouts in a cacaphony of voices…
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Inside out…the small still voice within steers our steps.
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Outside in…relentless forces push and pull in confusion and deceit…
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Inside out…flows forth the waters of grace that transform our senses to taste and see how good the Lord is.
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Outside in…the spirit of the world.
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Inside out…the Divine Indwelling
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How will you choose to walk this day?
“We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God.” 1 Co 2:12
We have been gifted with WHOLENESS…RESTORATION…PEACE through the Wounds of Christ.
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WHOLENESS given is now WHOLENESS lived out in our earthly life.
Sometimes there seems so much messy brokenness in the WHOLENESS…
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Let not doubt have a room under your roof!
Glory is your foundation…Built sturdy to withstand the messiness!
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The power of LOVE is the mortar that builds the temple of God who you are…
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yes, WHOLENESS given is WHOLENESSs to be lived…
in the here and now….step by step by step,
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HOME.
“Rise up in splendor! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; But upon you theLlord shines, and over you appears his glory.” Is 60:1-2
“I am part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed.
The die has been cast. The decision has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.
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My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is in God’s hands. I am finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, the bare minimum, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, frivolous living, selfish giving, and dwarfed goals.
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I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, applause, or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, the best, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by faith. I lean on Christ’s presence. I love with patience, live by prayer, and labor with the power of God’s grace.
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My face is set. My gait is fast, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my Guide is reliable, and my mission is clear.
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I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.
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I won’t give up, shut up, let up, or slow up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and spoken up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes, give until I drop, speak out until all know, and work until He stops me.
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And when He returns for his own, He will have no difficulty recognizing me. My banner is clear; I am a part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed.” (Patrick Madrid, author and radio host)
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Amen, Amen, Amen!
“He said to them, “GO out into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15
through Him with Him in Him... 