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No guilt in life, no fear in death— This is the pow'r of Christ in me; From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny. No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand; Till He returns or calls me home— Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand

the temptation [is] for medicine to take over your life and rule your life as an enslaving power. It's a subtle one because... there is a kind of moral ego massage because you are giving so much - hours, responsibility, stress - to do so much good in other people's lives. There' s a lot of self-justifying power in that kind of idolatry. It's much easier to feel morally superior as a doctor than as a stockbroker... There is also, in some people, the need to be needed and the power buzz you get from having influence..."

Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Keller

love songs like this

Take these hands I know they're empty But with You they can Be used for beauty In Your perfect Plan All I am is Yours Take these feet I know they stumble But You use the weak You use the humble So, please use me All I am is Yours I give You all my life I'm letting it go A living sacrifice No longer my own All I am is Yours All I am is Yours Take this heart Set it on fire Shine it in the dark I wanna tell the world Of who You are All I am is Yours

give me an undivided heart that i may fear your name

psalms 86:11

A Christian is not someone who never goes wrong, but one who is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin again, because the Christ - life is inside Him"

Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis

awaken my soul, come awake to hunger, to seek, to thirst awaken first love, come awake and do as You did at first Spirit of the Living God come fall afresh on me come wake me from my sleep blow through the caverns of my soul pour in me to overflow, to overflow

No list of sins I have not done, No list of virtues I pursue, No list of those I am not like, Can earn myself a place with You. O God! Be merciful to me— I am a sinner through and through! My only hope of righteousness Is not in me, but only You. No humble dress, no fervent prayer, No lifted hands, no tearful song, No recitation of the truth Can justify a single wrong. My righteousness is Jesus' life, My debt was paid by Jesus' death, My weary load was borne by Him And he alone can give me rest. No separation from the world, No work I do, no gift I give, Can cleanse my conscience, cleanse my hands; I cannot cause my soul to live. But Jesus died and rose again— The pow'r of death is overthrown! My God is merciful to me And merciful in Christ alone.

The God of the Bible is not like any god of any other religion. This series of labs asks what sets our God apart from all the alternatives. In this lab, John Piper looks at the beauty of an infinitely high and holy God stooping to forgive and receive sinners like us.

a new way to look at this verse: “for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”

it is well with my soul

when peace, like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul

though satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control, that Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, and hath shed His own blood for my soul. my sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!— my sin, not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul!

#hymn

but if you ask me, the feeling that i'm feeling is overwhelming

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Many people who fall into sinful addictions are people who were once terminally bored. The reason why addictions are so powerful is that they tap into that place in our hearts that was made for transcendent communion and spiritual romance. These addictive habits either dull and deaden our yearnings for a satisfaction we fear we’ll never find, or they provide an alternative counterfeit fulfillment that we think will bring long-term happiness — counterfeits like cocaine, overeating, illicit affairs, busyness, efficiency, image, or obsession with physical beauty. They all find their power in the inescapable yearning of the human heart to be fascinated and pleased and enthralled. Our hearts will invariably lead us either to the fleeting pleasures of addiction or to God.

Clarity

When the brilliant ethicist John Kavanaugh went to work for three months at "the house of the dying" in Calcutta, he was seeking a clear answer as to how best to spend the rest of his life. On the first morning, there he met Mother Teresa. She asked, "And what can I do for you?" Kavanaugh asked her to pray for him. "What do you want me to pray for?" she asked. He voiced the request that he had borne thousands of miles from the United States: "Pray that I have clarity." She said firmly, "No I will not do that." When he asked her why, she said "Clarity is the last thing you are clinging to and must let go of." When Kavanaugh commented that she always seemed to have the clarity he longed for, she laughed at said, "I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you trust God" - Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning

Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Patients usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage

#mindblowing or rather, #heartblowing? hah :]

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world

C.S. Lewis

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