"It is one thing to feel conviction about not living up to God's standard. But it's quite another to desire God so intensely that you take whatever steps are necessary to get back to pursuing Him with every ounce of your being. It's very important that our pursuit of God is not motivated by a desire to be "good enough," but by love for God and a ( Read more... )

Maybe you should take it day by day
If you hold love too loosely, it will fly away
If you hold love too tightly, it will die
It's one of the mysteries of life

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Lord, as I seek Your guidance for the day,
I find my thoughts unyielding,
confusion crowds my way.

But then when I bow to You,
the challenges You guide me through,
Your promises are ever new,
I claim them for today.

Each new day’s design is charted by Your hand
and graciously revealed as I seek Your master plan.

Keep my footsteps faithful. When from You I ( Read more... )

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and ( Read more... )

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
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So today I treated my first HIV patient.

Many thoughts about it, not so much about the actual treatment process but about the reactions and behaviour of the people around me. How clearly nobody else wanted to see the patient, how some other nurse even tried to push the case to me by lying to the dentist she was assisting that I was already seeing ( Read more... )

Upon the cross of Jesus my eye at times can see
The very dying form of One who suffered there for me.

Face the cross, He hangs there in your place.
See the Lamb upon the killing tree.
Stand and look into the Savior’s face
As on the cross, He dies for you and me.

Face the cross and see the dying Son.
See the Lamb upon the killing tree.
See His anguish and ( Read more... )

He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength as our labors increase;
To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials he multiplies peace.

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father’s full giving ( Read more... )

Just wanted to share an encourage article I found online regarding prayer. Chanced upon it when I was looking for one of CS Lewis' poems during cell, and ended up at Dawson Covenant Church's bulletin (that's a church in the US!). It was taken down from their website a few weeks later because it was sort of oautdated, but managed to contact the ( Read more... )