Monday, July 23, 2007

Grace - Impossible to Doubt

"When he puts the golden tokens of his grace into our palms, he accompanies the gift with such a warm pressure of our hand, that the manner of his giving is as precious as the boon itself... It is impossible to to doubt the sincerity of his charity, for there is a bleeding heart stamped upon the face of all his benefactions" - Charles Spurgeon

Monday, July 16, 2007

Let Us Not Grow Familiar

rejoicing in the astounding truth proclaimed in Psalm 103

Our God is holy.
Our Savior forgives, heals, and redeems us.
He crowns us with steadfast love and mercy.
He satisfies and renews us.
He is merciful and gracious and removes our transgressions from us.
He is a compassionate father who knows
and remembers us…

AND it is this God who is on the throne
and it is his kingdom that rules over ALL
... rules over me

“Labour to maintain a sense of thine entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of thy richest enjoyment… O Lord Jesus, we bow at Thy feet, conscious of our utter inability to do anything without Thee” - Spurgeon

Friday, July 13, 2007

Prone to Wander - Trust, Delight, Commit

O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.
- Come Thou Fount

Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will act.
- Psalm 37:3-5