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Futile efforts

Posted in From the bookshelf, Peace, Purpose on January 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »

What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could be like gods — be their own masters — invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history — money :: [...]

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Accepting His will

Posted in From the bookshelf, Peace on November 3, 2007 | 8 Comments »

“And He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ…”
Ephesians 1:9
In acceptance lieth peace,
O, my heart be still;
Let thy restless worries cease,
And accept His will.
Thought this test be not thy choice,
It is His–therefore rejoice.

In His plan there cannot be,
Ought to make thee sad;
If this [...]

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In the cleft of the Rock

Posted in From the bookshelf, HeartThoughts, Peace on October 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »

So helpless a thing my heart—and, oh, so small—All overwhelmed, it looks to You for strength,Nor looks in vain;Long it has struggled on, and now at lengthis crushed again.Eager with expectation, rising but to fall,Wearily it longs for that great Rock“higher than I,”Where, with Your strength absorbing every shock,Calm shall I lie.
-Ruth Bell Graham

“He [...]

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Only in surrender

Posted in From the bookshelf, Peace on September 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »

“Jesus’s presence always brought astonishing peace to me no matter how bad the situation I was in. Whenever I was in prison, He was always there for me.
He transformed the jail into a heaven and the burdens became blessings.

There are many Christians who do not feel His glorious presence as something real, because [...]

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Peace

Posted in Little things, Peace on May 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life
to the will of God.
-Anonymous
“Agree with God, and be at peace…
Receive instruction from His mouth,
and lay up His words in your heart.”

-Job 22:21

Leave a footnote!

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Perfect Peace

Posted in Devotions, HeartThoughts, Peace on March 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »

I know I said I would not be posting for two weeks, but I had a minute tonight, and wanted to post one reflection from my day! :-)

This moring during family devotions, we sang the hymn Like a River Glorious. I have sung this song so many times that I know it word for word [...]

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A sermon by George Whitefield…

Posted in From the bookshelf, HeartThoughts, Peace on March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Before you can speak peace to your heart, you must be brought to see that God may damn you for the best prayer you ever put up; you must be brought to see that all you duties–all you righteousness… are so far from recommending you to God, are so far from being any motive and [...]

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