8.28.09
Ecc. 5:2-3: "...let your words be few....a fool's voice is known by his many words."
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
499
8.27.09
Notes from Beth Moore Study video, Living Beyond Yourself
1. Pouring Out: Gal. 5:16-26
A. Confessions
B. Concerns (Ps. 62)
Follow earnest confession with active forgiveness.
2. Pouring in
Side with Jesus against my own self-evaluation.
Identify the feeling that precedes sinful behavior
Nothing sin can give me is worth what it takes from me. (Nothing food can give me is worth what it takes from me.)
I Cor. 8:2: "...if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know."
John Piper, Desiring God 82: "The fuel of worship is the truth of God; the furnace of worship is the spirit of man; and the heat of worship is the vital affections of reverence, contrition, trust, gratitude and joy....There must be ignition and fire. This is the Holy Spirit."
82: worship= "confessions, longings, acclamations, tears, songs, shouts, bowed heads, lifted hands, and obedient lives."
Notes from Beth Moore Study video, Living Beyond Yourself
1. Pouring Out: Gal. 5:16-26
A. Confessions
B. Concerns (Ps. 62)
Follow earnest confession with active forgiveness.
2. Pouring in
Side with Jesus against my own self-evaluation.
Identify the feeling that precedes sinful behavior
Nothing sin can give me is worth what it takes from me. (Nothing food can give me is worth what it takes from me.)
I Cor. 8:2: "...if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know."
John Piper, Desiring God 82: "The fuel of worship is the truth of God; the furnace of worship is the spirit of man; and the heat of worship is the vital affections of reverence, contrition, trust, gratitude and joy....There must be ignition and fire. This is the Holy Spirit."
82: worship= "confessions, longings, acclamations, tears, songs, shouts, bowed heads, lifted hands, and obedient lives."
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
498
8.26.09
Piper, Desiring God (80): "The quickest way to the heart is through a wound."
(81): "Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full (or half-full) of artificial admirers (like people who write generic anniversary cards for a living.)"
Piper, Desiring God (80): "The quickest way to the heart is through a wound."
(81): "Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full (or half-full) of artificial admirers (like people who write generic anniversary cards for a living.)"
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
496
8.24.09
Out-of-the-Whirlwind-God--how apropos! Yes, again, Job's whirlwind was due to his righteousness, not his disobedience. John MacArthur, note, Job 38:1
Am I as eternal, great, powerful, wise, and perfect as God? If not, I am better off being quiet and trusting him (affirmation for my sensing to "Be still and know....") John MacArthur, note, Job 38:3
Ps. 101:2-3: "...I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set nothing wicked before my eyes...."
1 Cor. 6:12: "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful...I will not be brought under the power of any."
Out-of-the-Whirlwind-God--how apropos! Yes, again, Job's whirlwind was due to his righteousness, not his disobedience. John MacArthur, note, Job 38:1
Am I as eternal, great, powerful, wise, and perfect as God? If not, I am better off being quiet and trusting him (affirmation for my sensing to "Be still and know....") John MacArthur, note, Job 38:3
Ps. 101:2-3: "...I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set nothing wicked before my eyes...."
1 Cor. 6:12: "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful...I will not be brought under the power of any."
Saturday, August 22, 2009
495
8.22.09
Psalm 99:8: "You were to them God-Who-Forgives, Though You took vengeance on their deeds."
I Cor. 4:1 - once again--"stewards of the mysteries...."
John MacArthur explains, "'Mystery' is used in the New Testament to refer to divine revelation previously hidden....God's fully revealed truth in the New Testament." i.e., the Gospel.
Paul calls himself and the other apostles "servant," which, translated literally, means "under rowers"--galley slaves.
MacArthur uses the phrase "spiritual heart transplant" to help provide understanding of the term regeneration.
Psalm 99:8: "You were to them God-Who-Forgives, Though You took vengeance on their deeds."
I Cor. 4:1 - once again--"stewards of the mysteries...."
John MacArthur explains, "'Mystery' is used in the New Testament to refer to divine revelation previously hidden....God's fully revealed truth in the New Testament." i.e., the Gospel.
Paul calls himself and the other apostles "servant," which, translated literally, means "under rowers"--galley slaves.
MacArthur uses the phrase "spiritual heart transplant" to help provide understanding of the term regeneration.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Chance 494
8.21.09
Father, Holy Spirit--Get Your Word into me.
"If [I seemed before] to be wise in this age, [I have] become a fool that [I] may become wise." I Cor. 3:18
John Piper, Desiring God 57: The way I "'fall short' of the glory of God [is that I] exchange it for something of lesser value. All sin comes from not putting supreme value on the glory of God...."
61: Has my life "been filled with gratitude and trust toward [God] in proportion to [His] generosity and authority?"
Father, Holy Spirit--Get Your Word into me.
"If [I seemed before] to be wise in this age, [I have] become a fool that [I] may become wise." I Cor. 3:18
John Piper, Desiring God 57: The way I "'fall short' of the glory of God [is that I] exchange it for something of lesser value. All sin comes from not putting supreme value on the glory of God...."
61: Has my life "been filled with gratitude and trust toward [God] in proportion to [His] generosity and authority?"
Chance 493
8.19.09
"Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding." Job 28:28
John Piper explains that, ultimately, both good and bad come from God because He allows evil for His purposes.
There is either forgiveness or unforgiveness--nothing between.
1 Cor. 2:6-7: Why is the wisdom of God a mystery? Why is it hidden? Why has God kept truth secret?
I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. I Cor. 2:16
C. S. Lewis in Piper, Desiring God: "'Delight is incomplete until it is expressed.'"
"Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding." Job 28:28
John Piper explains that, ultimately, both good and bad come from God because He allows evil for His purposes.
There is either forgiveness or unforgiveness--nothing between.
1 Cor. 2:6-7: Why is the wisdom of God a mystery? Why is it hidden? Why has God kept truth secret?
I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. I Cor. 2:16
C. S. Lewis in Piper, Desiring God: "'Delight is incomplete until it is expressed.'"
Chance 492
8.17.09
Job 26:14: "...how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?"
I did not know that the Apostle Paul was about the same age as the earthly Jesus.
Forgiving and walking in forgiveness...Hmmm...
resisting spiritual authority...
Job 26:14: "...how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?"
I did not know that the Apostle Paul was about the same age as the earthly Jesus.
Forgiving and walking in forgiveness...Hmmm...
resisting spiritual authority...
Chance 491
8.14.09
How dare I compare my circumstances with those of Job, who was stricken by God because of his righteousness. How prideful am I? Yet even though my suffering is deserved--the natural consequences of wrong choices, how I marvel at Job's declaration in 19:25: "...I know that my Redeemer lives, And he shall stand at last on the earth;...this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another."
How dare I compare my circumstances with those of Job, who was stricken by God because of his righteousness. How prideful am I? Yet even though my suffering is deserved--the natural consequences of wrong choices, how I marvel at Job's declaration in 19:25: "...I know that my Redeemer lives, And he shall stand at last on the earth;...this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another."
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