What a week this has been...today was pretty sweet. Finalized operation and had a great night.
Maybe tomorrow I'll have time to explain it all in more depth and get into some sweet biblical topics as well.
God bless,
DMS
P.S. stay in the Word and keep up the prayer :)
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Poem
I'm so thankful that God is always with me, watching out for me, helping me to make the right decisions and take the rights action.
He says in Joshual 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
In obediance I accept His strength as my own and His courage I will bear. I will have no fear for I have not been given that spirit, but rather I have a Spirit of power, love, and self-control. He told me that He will be with me always, even unto the end of the age. God is so good to us, His glory is revealed in His goodness. We are those "very good" images of the Lord our God. Let's not work to the detriment of ourselves. Instead, let's live for His glory.
He delights perfectly in Himself, and for this reason gave Himself for us that we might receive the Spirit and eternal life through Him. Now that we bear His name and have His Spirit, he can delight perfectly in Himself in us. Blaise Pascal noted about the infinite vacuum within us that only God's all could satisfy for our completion. He, then, is the all in all, that is in us.
As I mentioned on Monday, I'm reading Peter Marshall's War Sermons. They're pretty awesome. At the moment I'm reading his sermon entitled, Why does God permit war? He notes that we cannot categorically answer why, but he does suggest a couple reasons. Prior to the argument, however, he offers the question, "What if war has come because we were not fit for peace?" Then, with his first point, he says that "it may be in order to teach us that war is punishment for sin." He explains, "Sin always leads to suffering and misery and shame, but we are not inclined to become alarmed about it until it breaks out on a large scale. For example, we as a congregation are not concered over the illnes of the Jones family in some alley dwelling in a Washington slum...But, if the illness were some infectious disease that spread until an epidemic laid its yellow clammy hand on our city's life...There are problems in our world which are just as contrary to God's love...His justice and His holiness. Why do we not expect Him to stop them also?" Next he notes that "God permits war in order that we might see what sin really is." Basically by this he means that "What man refuses to learn in times of peace, God teaches him in times of war." He heads toward the idea that "God may be permitting this war to lead us back to Him."
Notes, comments, questions, etc.. bring them all to me
God bless,
DMS
He says in Joshual 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
In obediance I accept His strength as my own and His courage I will bear. I will have no fear for I have not been given that spirit, but rather I have a Spirit of power, love, and self-control. He told me that He will be with me always, even unto the end of the age. God is so good to us, His glory is revealed in His goodness. We are those "very good" images of the Lord our God. Let's not work to the detriment of ourselves. Instead, let's live for His glory.
He delights perfectly in Himself, and for this reason gave Himself for us that we might receive the Spirit and eternal life through Him. Now that we bear His name and have His Spirit, he can delight perfectly in Himself in us. Blaise Pascal noted about the infinite vacuum within us that only God's all could satisfy for our completion. He, then, is the all in all, that is in us.
As I mentioned on Monday, I'm reading Peter Marshall's War Sermons. They're pretty awesome. At the moment I'm reading his sermon entitled, Why does God permit war? He notes that we cannot categorically answer why, but he does suggest a couple reasons. Prior to the argument, however, he offers the question, "What if war has come because we were not fit for peace?" Then, with his first point, he says that "it may be in order to teach us that war is punishment for sin." He explains, "Sin always leads to suffering and misery and shame, but we are not inclined to become alarmed about it until it breaks out on a large scale. For example, we as a congregation are not concered over the illnes of the Jones family in some alley dwelling in a Washington slum...But, if the illness were some infectious disease that spread until an epidemic laid its yellow clammy hand on our city's life...There are problems in our world which are just as contrary to God's love...His justice and His holiness. Why do we not expect Him to stop them also?" Next he notes that "God permits war in order that we might see what sin really is." Basically by this he means that "What man refuses to learn in times of peace, God teaches him in times of war." He heads toward the idea that "God may be permitting this war to lead us back to Him."
Notes, comments, questions, etc.. bring them all to me
God bless,
DMS
Monday, February 19, 2007
Day of Decision
I'm reading a great book, The Wartime Sermons of Dr. Peter Marhsall: Senior Pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. (1937-1949) and Chaplain for the United States Senate (1947-1949).
Any and all prayer would be much appreciated as I'm making some "seemingly" important decisions right now (dealing with school and....the future).
Sorry for all the short posts recently.
God bless,
DMS
Any and all prayer would be much appreciated as I'm making some "seemingly" important decisions right now (dealing with school and....the future).
Sorry for all the short posts recently.
God bless,
DMS
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother
conceived me.
Surely you desire truth in the inner
parts;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost
place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be
clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than
snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed
rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
Create in my a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within
me.
Do not cast me from your presence,
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to
sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors your
ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your
righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I
would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt
offerings.
The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise
Psalm 51:1-17
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother
conceived me.
Surely you desire truth in the inner
parts;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost
place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be
clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than
snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed
rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
Create in my a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within
me.
Do not cast me from your presence,
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to
sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors your
ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your
righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I
would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt
offerings.
The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise
Psalm 51:1-17
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