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(13) A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but a sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. (14) The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. (15) All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast. (16) Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Proverbs 15:13-16 (ESV)

this is no longer a battle i can fight.

birdyhoodie

It finally feels like fall~

davidxxpark

wow, what a drawing.

"Your children will go to public school ... and they will be trained for somewhere around 15,000 hours in ungodly secular thought. And then they'll go to Sunday school and they'll color a picture of Noah's ark. And you think that's going to stand against the lies that they are being told?"

-Paul Washer

When the time comes to ask God any and all questions that were left unanswered here on earth, I can’t help but feel they all will be sufficiently answered when we hear, “well done, good and faithful servant.” and by that, to actually finally understand in full that He really was the answer all along. Sola Scriptura Sola Fide Sola Gratia

The fact of the matter is that you can’t prove that God exists using apologetics any more than trying to point out the sun with a flashlight. This is the reality of it all, that it is the Holy Spirit that does the work in a person’s heart of stone to make it a beating heart of flesh through the hearing of the Gospel found in the scriptures. It really is a matter of believe or not, where we are at the mercy of a loving and gracious God. How wonderful it is that He has proven to us that love and grace with the death of His Son on that Cross.

Who could believe this kind of thing? Absolutely no one, unless God has convinced them otherwise.

What's wrong with me. I couldn't sleep because of you.

it’s seriously draining when people ask you questions when they know the answer ought to be “no,” but they’re hoping or expecting a “yes” or an exception. giving out the right answer makes you out to be the bad guy i suppose~

jspark3000

Dear friends: I want you to know that anyone who has ever asked me about my books gets a digital one for free. Really. It’s never, ever about making a sale. They’re also priced so low that I barely make much from them. If you’d like to financially support by buying a book (or because you really want to read them), I’m absolutely humbled and overwhelmed and thankful for you. But if you’re tight on funds or you’re simply curious, I will email you a book straight away. I probably shouldn’t announce something like this, but my main priority is you. The only thing I would ever ask is that you’d leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads, but even then it’s optional, and I only want you to be rocked by His grace. My blog will also always be free until the internet explodes or Skynet wins (or Jesus rolls in with his millions of angels). Love you, my friends.

– J.S.

Getting really exhausted of being affected by criticism.. Lord be my joy, soften my pride.

Praise God for what He gives, all Glory to God for who He is. My seminary support fundraiser ends tomorrow, please help if you can! Venmo: davidxxpark For more information & to donate, click here: https://www.youcaring.com/SendDavidToSeminary or here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RCQDAHDBT8LGU

wow I really can't stay somewhere for a long time huh.

Immanuel Staff Manual 2015 Preface

Jesus was never impressed by your talent. He was never even really impressed by the skills you have. I wouldn't be surprised if Jesus was tired of the constant activity and critic attitudes we bring to Church as if we knew how Church ought to be. He will never be impressed by what we accomplish or what we do, because; He looks at the heart. He looks at the relationship you and I have with Him. Why would anyone care about what others do for them when it was only to get attention, not our affection. He does acknowledge whether or not we are doing God's work, but He also values how and why we do it.

If we can take a step back and evaluate the culture of today’s “church”, the focus has subtly shifted from God and has magnified people; and ultimately, ourselves. We'd rather not offend people than offend God. What we want has taken priority over what God wants. It’s easy to blame it on the world and the culture we live in, but every generation has its own set of sins and temptations and the solution remains the same: the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

How could we ever know what God wants? By the reading of His Word. By living by His truth; only in conversation through prayer, only by actually talking with God could you have any idea with what He'd want. Conversing with God in prayer isn't simply just sitting there and victimizing yourself. Prayer is reading God's word and being utterly amazed at the victory of Christ. The amazing grace that has saved a sinner like me. There is far more power in 10 minutes of prayer done well than i've seen in hours of prayer-less sermons and events. In order to return to God we must swallow our pride and talk to Him.

Because I look around us, and everywhere people are shaking their fists, "How dare you. You are not the boss of me. You don't know anything about me. Don't you dare tell me to change. I'm perfect the way I am." No. You're not. Neither am I, but if we continue to live by the rules of this fantasy world that no one should be allowed to tell us we're wrong; you'll be left feeling pretty stupid. Because your selfishness will grow so much to the point where anything and everything will make you agitated. It'll cause you to be offended. Why? Because you have made yourself god over others.

There are two conditions of our spiritual walk. We're either drifting away from God or growing closer to Him. There really is no gray zone. You can justify all you want about being in a dry season or taking time off to recover but in the end, are you really.. getting closer to Him. Or farther. This doesn't mean it's a perfect relationship, but there's a clear line between struggling to make it work and struggling to get what you want instead and fitting God into the picture. We are always either drawing nearer to God or falling away. There is no holding pattern.

breanna-lynn

We evaluate our friends with Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with Godlike compassion.

Sydney Harris (via breanna-lynn)

It’s little things like these when God reminds me how ridiculously faithful He is. I couldn’t be any more thankful for what He’s doing even in the youngest members of our ministry. #middleschoolstudents #astoundedandamazed #HeisRisen

jspark3000

The lie is that “doing great things for God” has to look huge like Hollywood. It’s possible that you’re called to China or to Uganda or to sell all your stuff for charity. That would be awesome. But great things also include: raising your kids, writing a song, greeting on Sundays, listening over coffee, and loving your next-door neighbor. Also awesome.

gracejieunlim-blog

/follow me

When people say that they don’t “feel close to Jesus,” I ask them if they are making disciples. After all, his promise to be with us is directly tied to his command to make disciples. While every Christian wants to experience the power of the Holy Spirit, we often forget that the Spirit’s power is given for the purpose of being his witnesses. Experiencing God, which is the longing of every true believer, happens when we are being his witnesses and making disciples.

There’s nothing more exciting than experiencing the power of God firsthand. We would all love to stand with Elijah as he called down fire from heaven or to walk with Daniel through a den of lions or to see Peter and John tell a crippled man to stand up and walk. But these miracles happened when God’s servants were being his witnesses in dangerous situations. We miss out on seeing the Spirit’s power when we refuse to live by faith. We miss out on experiencing Christ when we don’t speak up for him.

What’s most tragic is that we could be experiencing God but instead we are experiencing guilt! Our fear of following him into a life spent making disciples leaves us feeling disappointed in ourselves. Don’t you struggle with this kind of guilt?

You read the Bible and believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven. You fear that those who die apart from Christ face a horrifying future. Yet for whatever reason, you’ve made little effort to warn your family and friends. You have neighbors, coworkers, and others you pass by daily without saying a word to them about Jesus.

You look at your life and think, This doesn’t make sense! Either I don’t really believe the Bible, or I’m extremely unloving. I’m more concerned about being rejected than I am about someone else’s eternal destiny. Much of my life was plagued with guilt because I knew that my actions did not make sense in light of my beliefs.

God doesn’t want us to live this way. He wants us free from guilt and full of life. But the solution is not to ignore our guilt, nor is it to justify our actions, comparing ourselves to others who are just as complacent. The answer is repentance. Change.

I see a trend in many churches where people are beginning to enjoy convicting sermons. They walk out feeling broken over their sin. The distorted part is that they can begin to feel victorious in their sadness. They boast, “I just heard the most convicting message, and it ruined me!” The focus is on the conviction itself and not the change it is meant to produce—change that doesn’t necessarily follow when we stay focused on conviction. Guilt is not always a good thing. It is only good if it leads us past sorrow to the joy of repentance.

Remember that the rich young ruler walked away sad, while Zacchaeus (who was also rich) leaped out of a tree with excitement. The difference between the two was repentance. The rich ruler was sad because he wasn’t ready to let go. Zacchaeus let go of his pride and possessions to joyfully follow Jesus. This is what Christ wants for us.

It’s time we trade our guilt and sorrow for the joy of the Lord. No regrets.

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

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