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Meditations of the day
- Thread starter FineLinen
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"When we accept Christ we enter into three new relationships:
(1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the distant becomes the near; strangeness becomes intimacy and fear becomes love.
(2) We enter into a new relationship with our fellow men. Hatred becomes love; selfishness becomes service; and bitterness becomes forgiveness.
(3) We enter into a new relationship with ourselves. Weakness becomes strength; frustration becomes achievement; and tension becomes peace." ~William Barclay
(1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the distant becomes the near; strangeness becomes intimacy and fear becomes love.
(2) We enter into a new relationship with our fellow men. Hatred becomes love; selfishness becomes service; and bitterness becomes forgiveness.
(3) We enter into a new relationship with ourselves. Weakness becomes strength; frustration becomes achievement; and tension becomes peace." ~William Barclay
“That is what worship is all about. It is the glad shout of praise that arises to God the creator and God the rescuer from the creation that recognizes its maker, the creation that acknowledges the triumph of Jesus the Lamb. That is the worship that is going on in heaven, in God's dimension, all the time. The question we ought to be asking is how best we might join in.” ~N.T. Wright
"Why all this stress is laid on man's will to ruin himself, rather than on God's will to save?
Is man the pivot on which all hinges? It seems bad philosophy, and worse theology, not to recognize God as center, and His will and purpose as supreme. One consequence of defending endless evil and misery, on the plea of man's free choice, if this plea avail in any one case to excuse endless evil, it would avail, logically, in every case: and it would justify a universe in which every reasonable being should choose evil finally, and God should remain presiding over universal hell." ~Thomas Allin
Is man the pivot on which all hinges? It seems bad philosophy, and worse theology, not to recognize God as center, and His will and purpose as supreme. One consequence of defending endless evil and misery, on the plea of man's free choice, if this plea avail in any one case to excuse endless evil, it would avail, logically, in every case: and it would justify a universe in which every reasonable being should choose evil finally, and God should remain presiding over universal hell." ~Thomas Allin
“Love is made up of three unconditional properties in equal measure:1. Acceptance 2. Understanding 3. Appreciation...
Remove any one of the three and the triangle falls apart. Which, by the way, is something highly inadvisable. Think about it — do you really want to live in a world of only two dimensions? So, for the love of a triangle, please keep love whole.” ~Vera Nazarian
Remove any one of the three and the triangle falls apart. Which, by the way, is something highly inadvisable. Think about it — do you really want to live in a world of only two dimensions? So, for the love of a triangle, please keep love whole.” ~Vera Nazarian
