We can rationalize that we didn’t light the match, but if we’ve been walking around pouring gasoline on everything, we own part of the damage done by the fire
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Thought for the Day – We Didn’t Start the Fire
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged damage done, light the match, pouring gasoline on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – This is Us
Posted in Free Verse / Poetry, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged anarchy, distrust, hate, mock, rebellion, slander, this is us, unfriend on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
We speak against hate, yet slander and mock anyone who disagrees with us
We advocate for the idea of unity, but unfriend anyone who doesn’t share our worldview
We petulantly rationalize our own acts of rebellion, while incredulously condemning the anarchy incited by others
We bemoan that no one has walked in our shoes, but then presume to know what other people think
We invest trust in people who don’t really care about us, while distrusting the neighbor, who’s never betrayed us
We convince ourselves that the problem is “Them”But this is “Us”
Thought for the Day – Victimized
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged compensation, more than conquerors, offended, oppressed, powerless, spirit of the age, validation, victims, vindication on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It is the spirit of this age, and the world system it fuels, that pushes us to embrace our identity as victims; powerless, offended, oppressed, and in desperate need of validation, vindication and compensation from a people with no capacity to provide any of those things. It is the Spirit of Christ that invites us to the reality that we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us, and sacrificed that we might be free. Ultimately, it is the person He created us to be that He knew before we were in our mother’s womb (Jer. 1:5), but it is the person we choose to become instead that He can tell, “I never knew you (Matt. 7:23)”.
Thought for the Day – Frozen Ground
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged frozen ground, impetuous, sower on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It is the impetuous nature of the Sower that compels them to throw seed onto frozen ground. But if we hope to bear fruit we must discern the times & seasons.
Thought for the Day – Virtual
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged virtual on January 10, 2021| 2 Comments »
In the last year no term has come to mean less than the word “virtual”. Though we’ve had to make due with what was available, there is no pretending that all of these things (e.g online classes, Zoom calls, waving at grandma from outside the window…) are virtually the same as the real thing. We need to recognize how blessed our “normal” has been, and not take it for granted, if it ever returns.
Thought for the Day – I Have Seen the Enemy
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged God's will, self control on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
With each passing year I am more convinced that the only thing that really has the power to stand in the way of God’s will for my life is my own will for my life. That what keeps me from having His heart for people is all the other feelings those people stir in me. That what keeps me from having the mind of Christ is all the other thoughts that I allow to occupy my mind. That what keeps me from hearing His voice clearly is all the other voices my ears are tuned to. That what keeps me from saying what He’s saying, is all the other stuff I feel the compulsion to say. That the only one who can really keep me from becoming the person He made me to be, is this person I’ve chosen to be instead. That the way that seems right to me is what keeps me from simply following Him. In light of this, how significant is it that “self” control is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. Ultimately, it is the only thing that God has ever given me “control” of.
Thought for the Day – No Delivery
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Jews, messiah, Romans on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
One of the reasons the Jews struggled to accept Jesus as the Messiah was that He didn’t deliver them from the Romans
Thought for the Day – Cynical
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged choice, cynical, cynicism on January 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
There’s little doubt that life will drive you towards cynicism. But God’s heart is not even a little bit cynical. So that leaves us with a choice to make moment by moment.
Thought for the Day – Not of this World
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged corrupt local government, hostile foreign government, oppressed, religious system on December 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world My servants would fight. But, My kingdom is not of this world.” He didn’t just say these things; He lived as though it were true. He was born in a nation that had been overthrown by a hostile foreign government, which was being oppressed by its own corrupt local government (Herod), and being exploited by the religious system that was supposed to be helping them stay connected to their God. When people began to recognize Him as the Messiah, they fully expected Jesus to do something about all that, but He conducted Himself as though His kingdom was not of this world. It baffled and frustrated His followers, but He was trying to lead them to a higher reality. He still is.
Thought for the Day – The Enemy’s Canvass
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged enemy's canvass, seen realm, unseen realm on December 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Seen realm is the enemy’s canvass, but in the Unseen realm, every knee bows and every tongue confesses. (2Cor. 4:18)
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