Posted in Future, God's Power, Hope, tagged Deuteronomy 31 on October 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. – Deuteronomy 31:6
My professor of Prayer and Spiritual Life at Asbury Seminary had a saying that has stuck with me over the years:
“I may not know what the future holds,
but I know who holds the future
and He holds my hand” – Dr. Thomas A. Carruth, 1979
Posted in Action, God, Holy Spirit, tagged Genesis 01, John 03 on October 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. — Genesis 1:2
Throughout the Bible, in both Old and New Testaments, in both Hebrew and Greek languages, the word translated “Spirit” is the same used for Breath and Wind. Why?
Part of the answer, I believe, is that wind, breath, spirit is unseen and uncontrolled. It can be felt on our skin, it can be heard blowing through the trees and tall grass, we even try to track it with radar, but it goes where ever it goes without or control, approval, or direction.
God’s spirit is like that and so are his followers.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit — John 3:8
He moves and we benefit. We pray for it, wait for it, work with it or against it, but we don’t control it, and we don’t control those following him.
— fritz@langgang.com
Posted in God, God's Character, Humility on October 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Many find it inconceivable that God, who knows everything, who runs the universe, who is eternal and perfect would listen to prayer from such puny finite creatures as us.
But think of it this way…where did humility, itself, come from?
It is inconceivable to think that the creator of humility would not, himself, be the most humble of all — humble enough to put on humanity, die for our sins, listen to our prayers.
— fritz@langgang.com
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