heart-feeling and devotion

27Mar09

Two things that are in front of me today. One is a passage I read today, the other a blog post that I read.
Psalms 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.
For [...]

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no, i am not

19Mar09

Do not judge me on your preconceived notions. Do not apply the mistakes of others to me and account me guilty.
I am not of Paul, or Apollos, or Mike, or John or anyone else. I am of Christ. I am His. I have to find my own way, make my own mistakes and learn from [...]

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salvation

05Mar09

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
~Paul, An Epistle to the Romans

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who am i

04Mar09

Who am I? This or the other?
Am I one person today, and tomorrow another?
Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others,
and before myself a contemptibly woebegone weakling?…
Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine.
Whoever I am, thou knowest, O God, I am thine.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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