Isaiah 49:16: You have inscribed me on the palms of Your hands.
John Piper, Desiring God: "In prayer we admit our poverty and God's prosperity, our bankruptcy and His bounty, our misery and His mercy" (182).
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
515
9.28.09
Is. 43:25: "'I, even I, am He Who blots out (Amp: 'blots out and cancels') your transgressions for my own sake; And I will not remember your sins.'"
John MacArthur, The MacArthur Daily Bible: "Our love for fellow Christians is the primary test of our love for God" (976).
John Piper, Desiring God: "...prayer is the nerve center of our fellowship with Jesus....We have taken a wartime walkie-talkie [prayer] and tried to turn it into a civilian intercom to call the servants for another cushion in the den....The point of prayer is empowering for mission" (177-178).
Is. 43:25: "'I, even I, am He Who blots out (Amp: 'blots out and cancels') your transgressions for my own sake; And I will not remember your sins.'"
John MacArthur, The MacArthur Daily Bible: "Our love for fellow Christians is the primary test of our love for God" (976).
John Piper, Desiring God: "...prayer is the nerve center of our fellowship with Jesus....We have taken a wartime walkie-talkie [prayer] and tried to turn it into a civilian intercom to call the servants for another cushion in the den....The point of prayer is empowering for mission" (177-178).
Friday, September 25, 2009
514
9.25.09
Proverbs 26:4: "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him."
John Piper, Desiring God: "The difference between Uncle Sam and Jesus Christ is that Uncle Sam won't enlist you in his service unless you are healthy and Jesus won't enlist you unless you are sick....Christianity is fundamentally convalescence. ('Pray without ceasing' = Keep buzzing the nurse.)....Patients do not serve their physicians. They trust them for good prescriptions. The Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments are the Doctor's prescribed health regimen, not the employee's job description....beware of serving in a way that implies a deficiency on His part or exalts our indispensability" (171-172).
Proverbs 26:4: "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him."
John Piper, Desiring God: "The difference between Uncle Sam and Jesus Christ is that Uncle Sam won't enlist you in his service unless you are healthy and Jesus won't enlist you unless you are sick....Christianity is fundamentally convalescence. ('Pray without ceasing' = Keep buzzing the nurse.)....Patients do not serve their physicians. They trust them for good prescriptions. The Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments are the Doctor's prescribed health regimen, not the employee's job description....beware of serving in a way that implies a deficiency on His part or exalts our indispensability" (171-172).
Thursday, September 24, 2009
513
9.24.09
Is. 40:28-29: "[Your] understanding is unsearchable. [You] give power to the weak."
Ps. 109: 21-22: "But You, O God the LORD, Deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. For I am [physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually] poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me."
John Piper, Desiring God: "Prayer is the essential activity of waiting for God--acknowledging our helplessness and His power, calling upon Him for help, seeking His counsel....Prayer is the antidote for the disease of self-confidence..." (170).
"God is not looking for people to work for Him, so much as He is looking for people who will let Him work for them. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad....On the contrary, the gospel commands us to give up and hang out a help-wanted sign (this is the basic meaning of prayer): (171).
"...we can give Him....our anxieties....God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and His all-sufficiency" (171).
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself video series, session 3: Love risks rejection. Love is exposed.
The only prerequisite for rejection is relationship.
Rejection = not received.
What if God allows rejection because that rejection will lead to a reconciliation?
Would I know the value of being chosen if I had never experienced rejection?
If love has never failed me, how do I know the value of unfailing love?
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself workbook, Week 4: "We may lose our joy...
1. When our outpour exceeds our intake....Are you serving more than you're seeking?
2. When our talk exceeds our walk.
3. When we become 'wonders junkies.'
4. When we are exhausted.
5. When we feel all alone....When we view ourselves as the only spiritual person s we know, we're setting ourselves up for a fall" (87-88).
Is. 40:28-29: "[Your] understanding is unsearchable. [You] give power to the weak."
Ps. 109: 21-22: "But You, O God the LORD, Deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. For I am [physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually] poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me."
John Piper, Desiring God: "Prayer is the essential activity of waiting for God--acknowledging our helplessness and His power, calling upon Him for help, seeking His counsel....Prayer is the antidote for the disease of self-confidence..." (170).
"God is not looking for people to work for Him, so much as He is looking for people who will let Him work for them. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad....On the contrary, the gospel commands us to give up and hang out a help-wanted sign (this is the basic meaning of prayer): (171).
"...we can give Him....our anxieties....God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and His all-sufficiency" (171).
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself video series, session 3: Love risks rejection. Love is exposed.
The only prerequisite for rejection is relationship.
Rejection = not received.
What if God allows rejection because that rejection will lead to a reconciliation?
Would I know the value of being chosen if I had never experienced rejection?
If love has never failed me, how do I know the value of unfailing love?
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself workbook, Week 4: "We may lose our joy...
1. When our outpour exceeds our intake....Are you serving more than you're seeking?
2. When our talk exceeds our walk.
3. When we become 'wonders junkies.'
4. When we are exhausted.
5. When we feel all alone....When we view ourselves as the only spiritual person s we know, we're setting ourselves up for a fall" (87-88).
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
512
9.23.09
The [John] MacArthur Daily Bible: "'The gospel of Christ'[:] The good news of salvation by grace alone through fiath alone in Christ alone" (956)
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself: "Joy is the result of
-realizing that our names are written in Heaven.
-discovering the person, power, and plan of God in our multitude of circumstances.
-restoration
-'remaining' in Christ
-relating God's way to God's people" (92).
The [John] MacArthur Daily Bible: "'The gospel of Christ'[:] The good news of salvation by grace alone through fiath alone in Christ alone" (956)
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself: "Joy is the result of
-realizing that our names are written in Heaven.
-discovering the person, power, and plan of God in our multitude of circumstances.
-restoration
-'remaining' in Christ
-relating God's way to God's people" (92).
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
511
9.22.09
"...to seek one's own glory is not glory" (Proverbs 25:27).
"...you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand (Ps. 16:11).
Beth Moore: "Are you serving more than you're seeking?" (87)
"When we view ourselves as the only spiritual persons we know, we're setting ourselves up for a fall" (88).
"...to seek one's own glory is not glory" (Proverbs 25:27).
"...you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand (Ps. 16:11).
Beth Moore: "Are you serving more than you're seeking?" (87)
"When we view ourselves as the only spiritual persons we know, we're setting ourselves up for a fall" (88).
Monday, September 21, 2009
510
9.21.09
The hot coals on the enemy's head are not meant in the sense of pain or punishment, according to John MacArthur: "As metals are melted...so is the heart of an enemy softened by... kindness" (939).
Beth Moore: "...the presence, purpose, and power of God is best discovered through difficulty. How encouraging to recognize that Paul did not discover the strength to leave his circumstances; he discovered the strength to stay! (80)
"The fruit of the Spirit is the supernatural outcome of being filled with the Spirit" (80).
"Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again..." (Ps. 71:20, 23).
"...[G]ood does not equal easy" (82).
Allow God to turn your miseries into ministries (82).
The hot coals on the enemy's head are not meant in the sense of pain or punishment, according to John MacArthur: "As metals are melted...so is the heart of an enemy softened by... kindness" (939).
Beth Moore: "...the presence, purpose, and power of God is best discovered through difficulty. How encouraging to recognize that Paul did not discover the strength to leave his circumstances; he discovered the strength to stay! (80)
"The fruit of the Spirit is the supernatural outcome of being filled with the Spirit" (80).
"Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again..." (Ps. 71:20, 23).
"...[G]ood does not equal easy" (82).
Allow God to turn your miseries into ministries (82).
Friday, September 18, 2009
509
9.18.09
John Piper, Desiring God: "...prayer is the pursuit of God's glory...[and] of our joy" (160).
In prayer "We ask God to do for us through Christ what we can't do for ourselves--bear fruit....Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy" (161).
John Piper, Desiring God: "...prayer is the pursuit of God's glory...[and] of our joy" (160).
In prayer "We ask God to do for us through Christ what we can't do for ourselves--bear fruit....Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy" (161).
Thursday, September 17, 2009
508
9.17.09
Is. 26:3: "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, Because he trusts in You" (NKJV).
"You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You [trusts] (Amp).
"head and not the tail...above [and not] beneath..." (Deut. 28:13, Amp).
"blessings shall... overtake you..." (Deut. 28:2, Amp).
Is. 26:3: "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, Because he trusts in You" (NKJV).
"You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You [trusts] (Amp).
"head and not the tail...above [and not] beneath..." (Deut. 28:13, Amp).
"blessings shall... overtake you..." (Deut. 28:2, Amp).
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
507
9.16.09
John Piper, Desiring God: "...we can't draw the sword [of the Spirit, the Word of God] from someone else's scabbard. If we don't wear it, we can't wield it" (151).
John Piper, Desiring God: "...we can't draw the sword [of the Spirit, the Word of God] from someone else's scabbard. If we don't wear it, we can't wield it" (151).
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
506
9.15.09
John MacArthur Study Bible: "The essence of repentance is an aggressive pursuit of holiness...."
"'I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it" (George Muller as quoted in Piper, Desiring God, 142).
"...the devil... has an insatiable appetite to destroy one thing: the joy of faith. But the Holy Spirit has given us a sword called the Word of God....for the defense of our joy" (144).
"...when Satan huggs and puffs and tries to blow out the flame of [my] joy, [I] have an endless supply of kindling in the Word of God" (144).
Why do I accept the Bible as the reliable Word of God? (144)
"...freedom from the slavery of sin.... is freedom for holiness" (149).
John MacArthur Study Bible: "The essence of repentance is an aggressive pursuit of holiness...."
"'I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it" (George Muller as quoted in Piper, Desiring God, 142).
"...the devil... has an insatiable appetite to destroy one thing: the joy of faith. But the Holy Spirit has given us a sword called the Word of God....for the defense of our joy" (144).
"...when Satan huggs and puffs and tries to blow out the flame of [my] joy, [I] have an endless supply of kindling in the Word of God" (144).
Why do I accept the Bible as the reliable Word of God? (144)
"...freedom from the slavery of sin.... is freedom for holiness" (149).
Monday, September 14, 2009
505
9.14.09
MacArthur Study Bible: "...Christ was not a sinner but was treated as if he were...believers...have not yet been made righteous (until glorification) [but] are treated as if they were righteous" (919).
"The terms [a new creation] describe something created at a qualitatively new level of excellence" (919).
Piper, Desiring God: "what we are really made for is not the thrill of feeling our own power increase, but the thrill of feeling God's power increase, conquering the precipices of un-love in our sinful hearts" (140).
MacArthur Study Bible: "...Christ was not a sinner but was treated as if he were...believers...have not yet been made righteous (until glorification) [but] are treated as if they were righteous" (919).
"The terms [a new creation] describe something created at a qualitatively new level of excellence" (919).
Piper, Desiring God: "what we are really made for is not the thrill of feeling our own power increase, but the thrill of feeling God's power increase, conquering the precipices of un-love in our sinful hearts" (140).
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
504
0.09.09
Isaiah 9:13, 21; 10:4
"For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still."
Piper, Desiring God: "The nature of genuine love can be seen in four things.
1. It is a work of Divine grace.
2. The experience of God's grace fills with joy.
3. Joy in God's grace overflows in generosity to meet the needs of others.
4. The joy in God overflows in giving.
"Love is the overflow of joy in God that gladly meets the needs of others" (119).
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself:
"Because Christ loves [me],
1. He reveals to [me] the Father.
2. He gives [me] the Father's Word.
3. He prays for [me].
4. He protects [me].
5. He sanctifies Himself.
6. He gives [me] His glory.
7. He places [me] in Him.
8. He makes the Father known to [me].
9. He desires [me] to be with Him and to see His glory.
Isaiah 9:13, 21; 10:4
"For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still."
Piper, Desiring God: "The nature of genuine love can be seen in four things.
1. It is a work of Divine grace.
2. The experience of God's grace fills with joy.
3. Joy in God's grace overflows in generosity to meet the needs of others.
4. The joy in God overflows in giving.
"Love is the overflow of joy in God that gladly meets the needs of others" (119).
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself:
"Because Christ loves [me],
1. He reveals to [me] the Father.
2. He gives [me] the Father's Word.
3. He prays for [me].
4. He protects [me].
5. He sanctifies Himself.
6. He gives [me] His glory.
7. He places [me] in Him.
8. He makes the Father known to [me].
9. He desires [me] to be with Him and to see His glory.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
503
9.08.09
John MacArthur Study Bible, note on I Cor. 14:33
"The church at worship before God should reflect His character and nature because He is a God of peace and harmony, order and clarity...."
BROKENNESS...
Psalm 119:29-32, Amp.: "Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing."
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself, 60: "macrothunia....'a person who is able to avenge himself yet refrains from doing so.'" (definition of patient, I Cor. 13)
(61): agape is KIND: "to show oneself 'useful'"
(63): "Much of what angers us is a result of how we perceive we are personally affected by a situation."
(65): "Love does not expose the faults of others....It is a word picture of covering an individual with such a cloak of love that the fault cannot be seen."
(66): "Agape is the love of God expressed through [me] to others."
John MacArthur Study Bible, note on I Cor. 14:33
"The church at worship before God should reflect His character and nature because He is a God of peace and harmony, order and clarity...."
BROKENNESS...
Psalm 119:29-32, Amp.: "Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing."
Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself, 60: "macrothunia....'a person who is able to avenge himself yet refrains from doing so.'" (definition of patient, I Cor. 13)
(61): agape is KIND: "to show oneself 'useful'"
(63): "Much of what angers us is a result of how we perceive we are personally affected by a situation."
(65): "Love does not expose the faults of others....It is a word picture of covering an individual with such a cloak of love that the fault cannot be seen."
(66): "Agape is the love of God expressed through [me] to others."
- [I] confront a situation in which God requires me to agape another.
- [I] admit to Him that I lack agape for this person.
- [I] consider how God would personally respond to the person.
- [I] act in obedience and respond as He would.
Friday, September 4, 2009
502
9.04.09 from Beth Moore's Living Beyond Yourself:
Spiritual maturity= Ceasing to equate hard with bad.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, I can do things I couldn't; feel things I didn't; and know things I wouldn't.
The power of the Holy Spirit can develop within me heightened perception, heightened discernment, and heightened insight.
Discernment in Scripture is overwhelmingly positive rather than negative.
The fruit of the Spirit= one kind of fruit wiht nine different qualities.
A friend of God = adopting God's interests as my own, as Abraham was a friend of God by adopted God's interests as his own.
Agape is not as much a feeling as it is a response.
Spiritual maturity= Ceasing to equate hard with bad.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, I can do things I couldn't; feel things I didn't; and know things I wouldn't.
The power of the Holy Spirit can develop within me heightened perception, heightened discernment, and heightened insight.
Discernment in Scripture is overwhelmingly positive rather than negative.
The fruit of the Spirit= one kind of fruit wiht nine different qualities.
A friend of God = adopting God's interests as my own, as Abraham was a friend of God by adopted God's interests as his own.
Agape is not as much a feeling as it is a response.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
501
9.01.09
John MacArthur: notes on I Cor. 10:23-30
Four Principles for Christian Liberty
1. Edification over gratification (v. 23)
2. Others over self (v. 24)
3. Liberty over legalism (vv. 25-27)
4. Condescension over condemnation (vv. 28-30)
Five Different Kinds of Psalms
1. Wisdom (1; 37; 119)
2. Lamentation (3; 17; 120)
3. Penitential (51)
4. Kingship (2, 21, 144)
5. Thanksgiving (19; 32; 111)
John MacArthur: notes on I Cor. 10:23-30
Four Principles for Christian Liberty
1. Edification over gratification (v. 23)
2. Others over self (v. 24)
3. Liberty over legalism (vv. 25-27)
4. Condescension over condemnation (vv. 28-30)
Five Different Kinds of Psalms
1. Wisdom (1; 37; 119)
2. Lamentation (3; 17; 120)
3. Penitential (51)
4. Kingship (2, 21, 144)
5. Thanksgiving (19; 32; 111)
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