Marks of a Woman

Read this (can’t remember where) and thought I should make a note of it. To be praying for these things. ::sigh::
A real woman . . .
…is glad she’s a woman and rejoices in her femininity, expressing it through her attitude, appearance and bearing. (1 Timothy 2:9-10)
…does not compete for equality with men or chafe at [...]

just some thoughts

Just some thoughts & quoteable’s i’ve been mulling around lately…
“Paul identifies [Phoebe] as a ’servant of the church’…. Dear ladies, peculiarly gifted by God as helpers suitable, heroically play your God-appointed positions in the church. You weren’t assigned to be corporately leading and publicly preaching, but supportively helping and humbly serving…. The church of Christ [...]

the providence of God

What do you mean by the providence of God? (Question 27)
“The almighty and everywhere present power of God; whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, [...]

sin of discontentment

“For those men and women to be discontented and murmur whom God has raised from mean and low estates and positions. “If God by his providence does raise you, you are still as greedy of more as you were before, and as much discontented as you were before. … If you have taken a poor [...]

The best obedience of my hands
   Dares not appear before Thy throne
   But faith can answer Thy demands
   By pleading what my Lord has done
No more, my God
No more, my God
No more, my God
I boast no more.

Not a Cheap Grace

Two days ago, this was posted on: of first importance:
“Cheap grace is the enemy of the church. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth . . . an intellectual assent to that idea is held to be sufficient to secure remission of sins. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without repentance. [...]

faith in his love

“You are not called to believe in your love to God, but in God’s love to you! Do not argue, ‘I cannot love God! I have striven to my uttermost to do so, but have failed in all my endeavors, until in despair I have abandoned the thought and relinquished the attempt.’ Be it so- [...]

just a quote

“You know that moment that comes when the last tear falls? The one when you realize that your worst fears have come to light and you’re still breathing? Never forget the moment you look into the mirror and into your red eyes and see that you aren’t broken…”
- unknown

Bridge of Grace

Some of the most prominent topics in conversations/themes from English Camp, described much more articulately by these men than by anything I could type up…
“God has declared in the gospel that whenever we come to him, we are to call upon him freely and openly as our Father, who has adopted us as his children. [...]

Not of Self

“It is always the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us pay attention to ourselves instead of to Christ. He insinuates, ‘Your sins are too great for pardon; you have no faith; you [...]