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Friday, 06 June 2008
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Xanga threatened to drop me unless I signed up again for my site. Hahaha.
Thursday, 17 May 2007
Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Search me, find me, and revive me
The enemy is having a field day over here. He knows what buttons to push and it feels like he's pushing all of them at the same time. Surely, God has his reasons for allowing this time, but it's been very hard. "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalms 139:23-24, NIV)
Psalm 143 (Revive Me)
Shane Barnard
Hear my prayer, give Your ear
In Your faithfulness answer me
In Your righteousness do not judge
For no one is righteousTeach me to do Your will Lord
For you are my God
Your Spirit is good good good
Lead me on level ground Lord
For You are my God
Your Spirit is good
It is goodRevive me, revive me
Not for me but for Your name
In Your mercy deliver me from my enemies
Revive meI rememebr days of old
Your works i meditate oh Lord
I consider all the works of Your hands
I lift up my hands to you
My soul longs
Tuesday, 15 August 2006
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"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"
I lack in humility. Truly, this is a life-long struggle to strive for this. It is so natural (in our flesh) to be self-centered. As I struggle with self-centeredness, God has been teaching me about what it means to live the life of my "new birth". I'm going back to basics AGAIN.
The new life manifests itself in conscious repentance and unconscious holiness...The new birth gives a new power of vision whereby I begin to discern God's rule. His rule was there all the time, but true to His nature; now that I have received His nature I can see His rule. - Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, August 15th.
I think I become self-centered because I turn to idols to fulfill my needs. At the core of it, the lack of humility and turning to idols was my unbelief. When my heart grew faint and I could not trust God, so, I turned to idols and demanded that they fill my needs. My unbelief then led me to things other than God to make me feel whole again. So, I am beginning anew and turning back God again and asking God to help me TRUST HIM and not other things that will inevitably disappoint.
Friday, 16 June 2006
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All I Want To Do - Ginny Owens
When things are going well, I find myself getting more centered. In that I guess lost in my own needs and people involved in my life where God seems farther off at a distance. And then I exclaim, "How did I get here?" Without God's Grace I would not have such good gifts to begin with...
How does doubt slip in, so silently?
And why does condemnation come so naturally?
Why do I still get the best of me?
Loving so little and living so selfishly?
Will I come to understand this mystery I embrace?
Make of me a new creation now,
Fill me with all you are and be all I am somehow.
All I want to do is give this life to You.
All I want to do is give this life to You
And let Your will be done, until it's all I want to do.
Reaching for Your hand
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