February 2012
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God is for God.
God is for God over God being for you. Why is it good news that God is for God over God being for you? If God is for God over God being for you then God is not after our religious, dead-end attempts at submission, but is after our joy. Why? Because God wants His deserved glory, and God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him. The more we enjoy Him, the more of His grace is gloried in....
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The Northern Conspiracy || “What Have We...
What Matters Most.
I’ve really been humbled with this idea that I have a very short life to live. I could die right now, in the next week, in many many many many years to come. But the reality is that I don’t know when I will die. And if I had one moment to say what matters most, what would I say? How would my words and deeds reveal God’s glory? This Wednesday I’ll be sharing a message called...
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Don't Give Up.
As much as I feel like I have it made, as much as I try and believe I can make it through things on my own, as much as I try to pretend that everything is okay, there are things that I still struggle with on a daily basis. We are all struggling with something. We all have our battles that we face daily, weekly, yearly, and even till the end of life. But the beauty of the Gospel is that we are...
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It is to make conversation, to share a joke, to perform mutual acts of kindness, to read together well-written books, to share in trifling and in serious matters, to disagree, though without animosity, just as a person debates with himself. And in the very rarity of disagreement, to find the salt of normal harmony, to teach each other something, or to learn from one another, to long with...
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Evening Prayer
I thank Thee, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Thy dear Son, that Thou hast graciously kept me this day, and I pray Thee to forgive me all my sins, where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Thy hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Thy holy angel be with me, that the Wicked Foe may have no power over me. Amen.
-Martin Luther
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What is thy only comfort in life and death?
That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who, with His precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and...
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Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the heights! Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His hosts!
Praise Him, sun and moon, praise Him, all you shining stars! Praise Him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
Let them praise the name of the Lord! For He commanded and they were created. And He established them forever and ever;...
Took my dog to the emergency room. Don’t know how long she is going to make it. Please be in prayer. Whatever happens, she’s in God’s hands.
GIANTS!
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11 Countries, 11 Months: This Is The World Race
God has been doing amazing things in my life that I can’t even explain in words. Today is my 21st, and I want to share with you what God is calling me to. There’s a new chapter that the Spirit is writing out for me, and it’s the biggest chapter my life has seen. I am going on The World Race; an 11 month missions trip to 11 countries.
The World Race is a stretching journey into...
21st Birthday
Thank you all for the birthday comments! I’m having a good day so far. I have exciting news about what God is going to do in my 21st year of life and I’d like for all of you to be a part of it! I’ll be posting about it later on today!
Tim Tebow Cancels Speech at Event Organized by...
That’s my boy.
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January 2012
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Hope: Healing Points
As I type this, I feel like a hypocrite. I try and imagine how embarrassing Peter was when he went to step out in faith and walk on water, only to fall short when he saw the storm. I feel like Peter.
Or like David. In one Psalm he laments at all the pain he is feeling, and in another, he says how he shall never be in want.
Or how about when Jeremiah tells God that he will go wherever God tells...
Broken: Breaking Points
I’m lost.
I’m so lost.
It’s 1:26am, Saturday night, and I have tears streaming down my cheeks, getting tangled on my cross necklace that lays at rest on my restless soul. I’m broken, I’m burdened, I’m overwhelmed, I’m scared, and I feel alone.
Theologically, I know I can overcome, I can lay my burdens down, and I’m not alone. But there are these...
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There's Still Hope For Me.
These tears show that there’s still pain. This pain shows that I’m still alive. I’m still alive, and because I am, there’s still hope for me.
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Let Us Die.
“When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Let us pray that today we go and die well.
"The one who endures to the end will be saved."...
One Day at a Time
mikeclevenger:
Lord, for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray; Keep me, my God, from stain of sin just for today. Let me both diligently work, And duly pray. Let me be kind in word and deed, Just for today. Let me be slow to do my will, Prompt to obey; Help me to sacrifice myself Just for today. And if today my tide of life should ebb away, Give me thy sacraments divine, Sweet Lord today. So...
Jesus Christ has come into the world to save his people from their sins, and looking to him he will deliver you from that disease which now makes you love sin, and he will give you a taste for holiness, and a principle of holiness by the Holy Ghost, and you shall henceforth become a saint unto God. He turns lions into lambs, and ravens into doves; nothing is impossible with him. You have but...
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight, Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight. Thou my soul’s shelter, Thou my high tower. Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty...
I’ve been so busy lately. Juggling 13 hour days at work, 5 ministries, writing a book, emails, phone calls, etc, that until today I didn’t realize that I turn 21 next Friday. Don’t know what I’m doing. But I really want to go out and feed the homeless and celebrate my birthday with them.
Can’t think about it now. There are emails to be sent and then solitude with the...
Not my will, but Your will be done.
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6 Practical Ways for Men to Pray Over Their Family
One of my favorite responsibilities as a husband and dad is to pray for my wife and four daughters. It is also one of the most difficult things to do consistently. But it is something I want to do well for the sake of those I love most. So as a man who needs a good plan to go along with the best intentions, here is what works for me…
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Undeserved Mercy
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do His just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
-Zephaniah 2:3
Rather than abandoning God, as the nation has been doing, Judah is called to seek Him diligently. It’s a reflection of the true nature of one who is of God; those who not simply say they are in Christ,...
One of those days.
New phone stopped working, I got food poisoning, and my mom was in a car accident. Please keep her in your prayers; she’s shaken up a bit and in pain. God is still good.
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"But He (or She) Isn't a Virgin" →
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WatchPure beauty. ”To be available, to be open, to love other people without any pretense or alterier motive; and then that might in some way speak of the love of God.”