Uplifting

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The only time we can be "un-Christian," is when we are alone with God.

 

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This guy's got different style.

 

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Psalm 139

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart​

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.​

139 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.

7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.

13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!

 

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Such a beautiful message. We need to see through the eyes of Christ.
A must-watch.

 

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How to pray - is the only thing that was ever asked from Jesus to teach His apostles.
And Jesus gave a refreshing revelation about the Father, thru the parable in Luke 11.

 

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The women in the geneology of Jesus Christ.

 

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The women in the geneology of Jesus Christ.

 

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The story of Abraham is rather rough. He sends his 1st son and her mother into the desert to die and then is willing to killing his next son as a human sacrifice. Doesn't seem the best examples of "faith."

 

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The story of Abraham is rather rough. He sends his 1st son and her mother into the desert to die and then is willing to killing his next son as a human sacrifice. Doesn't seem the best examples of "faith."

In fact, what you claim about Isaac and Ishmael are the very examples of faith.
He had faith in God - faith that God has His own reason - thus he was willing to obey and sacrifice his only son.

And, God told Abraham about His plan for Ishmael.




“Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, ‘Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac’” (Genesis 21:10).

Abraham was not happy with Sarah’s response (Genesis 21:11). He cared about Sarah, but he did not share her view that Hagar and Ishmael should be sent away. Ishmael was his own son, after all.

Then God spoke to Abraham on this issue: “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman.
Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring’” (Genesis 21:12-13).

God’s promise to make another nation from Ishmael began to be fulfilled when Ishmael had twelve sons who presided
over twelve tribes (Genesis 25:16).

Why did Abraham banish Ishmael (Genesis 21:14)? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Abraham banish Ishmael (Genesis 21:14)? What was the source of the conflict between Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, and Ishmael?

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"If your life is a mess right now, I mean you're feeling the farthest away you've ever felt from God.................this message is for you."

 

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Who God is.

 

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A beautiful explanation of fulfillment of the law and righteousness.

 

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Quite a refreshing look at the Sermon on The Mount.

 

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A must-watch:

 

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Found myself singing this in the shower......and, in my walk.................



"The Wonder Of You"


When no-one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on

And you're always there to lend a hand
In everything I do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you

And when you smile the world is brighter
You touch my hand and I'm a king
Your kiss to me is worth a fortune
Your love for me is everything

I'll guess I'll never know the reason why
You love me as you do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you

 

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A must-watch: on being "born again."

 

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The transformation of Simon Peter.

 

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