Walking Forward

The below quote from Mother Theresa is hard for anyone to walk in until they know the secret that Jesus had while walking on earth.

1 Peter 2:23 "When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly." 

Jesus trusts Our Father that He judges righteously to those that persecuted Jesus. God knows better than we do and Jesus trusts our Abba! And so we that, Holy Spirit, fill us up with Yourself and reveal the deep revelations that God the Father is absolutely Right in His judgments! What I think what someone deserves does not involve me because I am sin-ridden. Jesus, You know best. I trust in You.

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough; Give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway."

I can't get over this verse

"Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts." Jeremiah 15:16

lukewarm

The essence of lukewarmness is the statement, "I need nothing." The lukewarm are spiritually self-satisfied. To find out whether you are among that number, don't look into your head to see if you think that you are needy; rather, look at your prayer life. It doesn't matter what we think in our head, the test of whether we are in bondage to spiritual self-satisfaction is how earnest and frequent and extended our prayers for change are.
Do you seek the Lord earnestly and often in secret for deeper knowledge of Christ, for greater earnestness in prayer, for more boldness in witness, for sweeter joy in the Holy Spirit, for deeper sorrow for sin, for warmer compassion for the lost, for more divine power to love? Or is the coolness and perfunctoriness of your prayer life Exhibit A that you are spiritually self-satisfied and lukewarm?

Excerpted from How to Buy Gold When You're Broke

Your Presence is Light to me

I need You more
More than yesterday
I need You Lord
More than words can say 
I need You more
Than ever before
I need You Lord
I need You Lord

More than the air I breathe
More than the song I sing
More than the next heartbeat
More than anything
And Lord as time goes by
I'll be by Your side
Cause I never want to go back to my old life

I need You more...

We give you the Highest Praise!
We give you the Highest Praise!
We give you the Highest Praise!

More than the air I breathe
More than the song I sing
More than anything, I need you more..

Your Presence is Light to me. 

Restoration

You’ve taken my pain
And you called me by a new name
You’ve taken my shame
And in it’s place
You give me joy
You take my mourning
Turn it into dancing You give me joy
You take my weeping
Turn it into laughing You give me joy
You take my mourning
Turn it into dancing to my soul
You take my sadness
Turn it into Joy You give me joy
You bring restoration
You bring restoration
You bring restoration
To my soul
Hallelujah, hallelujah
You make all things new
All things new
Hallelujah, hallelujah
You make all things new
All things new

Wow

‎"God designed us for joy. He created us to have more wealth in our souls than the greatest billionaire of our day has money in the bank. And it is from that great storehouse we get to live and help others come into their destiny in God. This is the privilege of a believer-to give out of overflow, out of a prosperous soul."

Wow

"Prayer is dangerous. Prayer is powerful. The most powerful prayer is being honest before God & allowing Him to change you."

Each Day Proves His Worth

It's been since 2005 that I gave my life Christ (still learning). Listening to the song below (I've been singing this song since 7th grade) still rings true today in such a weird way. It's so weird how we sing songs and read the Word and years down the road, these Words has so much more meaning. I feel like each year that I look back, the love of the Lord's heart sinks deeper within me. I feel like while the world is changing, His Love remains so steady, so deep, so strong, and so firm. I really look forward to every day that I get to sit with my Abba and my King in listening to Him, receiving from His love, His kisses and His hugs and loving Him with all that I have. 

All I once held dear, built my life upon,
All this world reveres and wars to own;
All I once thought gain I have counted loss,
Spent and worthless now compared to this.


Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You
There is no greater thing.
You're my all, You're the best,
You're my joy, my righteousness,
And I love You Lord.


Now my heart's desire is to know You more,
To be found in You and know as Yours,
To possess by faith what I could not earn
All surpassing gift of righteousness


Oh to know the power of Your risen life,
And to know You in Your sufferings;
To become like You in Your death, my Lord,
So with You to live and never die.

Yeah

"The beauty of Jesus is worth everything to pursue. Nearness to Him is our reason for being. All I want is to be alive on the inside, and life comes only from the Vine. I must fight daily to abide. There are no other options in this life but to reach continually for more of Jesus."

Psalm 119

25: My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.

37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.

40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.

88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

107 I am exceedingly afflicted;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word.

149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your ordinances.

154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me according to Your word.

156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD;
Revive me according to Your ordinances.

159 Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness

my heart bursting and desperate for more filling

There's no place I'd rather be than here in your love.
Set a fire down in my soul that I can't contain, that I can't control.
I want more of you, God.

I Needed to Hear This Song Today

Death nor life nor angels nor powers
Present things nor things in the future
Height nor depth nor any created thing
Could separate me from Your love

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh...

I know it’s Your love, it’s written on my heart
And there is not a flood that can quench this love
I know it’s Your love, it’s stronger than the grave
And death could never take me from this love

It’s Your strong love, Your strong love
It’s Your strong love, Your strong love
It’s Your strong love, Your strong love
It’s Your strong love, Your strong love

I know the end of the story
I come up from the wilderness, leaning on my Beloved

Your love is so high, Your love is so wide
Your love is so deep, Your love is so long

Sunday Night/Monday Morning - 2:37am

I believe you move at the sound of my voice
I believe you move at the sound of my voice
I believe you move at the sound of my voice
I believe you move at the sound of my voice

You heard my cry

And You answered me.

You heard my cry

And You answered me.

I love the Lord for He Heard my cry and He delivered me

I love the Lord for He Heard my cry and He delivered me

I love the Lord for He Heard my cry and He delivered me

I love the Lord for He Heard my cry and He delivered me from my fears

You lifted me up Higher Higher

You lifted me up Higher Higher

You lifted me up Higher Higher

You lifted me up Higher Higher

You heard my cry

And You answered me.

You heard my cry

And You answered me.

You heard my cry

And You answered me.

So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Suffering

Suffering is a necessary evil for me. I need it to understand the best gift in the world: The Holy Spirit who is with/in me. I would choose terrible circumstances with the presence of my Dad to hold me than no tribulation with no Holy Spirit.

He brings peace to my soul. I belong to Him. My soul is made to be filled by Him alone. I need Him. My soul aches for Him. Nothing is right without Him.

"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:13 ESV

The most important thing my dad taught me

"I think about my dad a lot. I miss him so much it aches sometimes. But the most important thing he taught me was this. There is only one way to live: all-out, go-for-broke, risk-taking enthusiasm for Christ.

Halfway Christianity is the most miserable existence of all. Halfhearted Christians know enough about their sin to feel guilty about themselves, but they haven’t given themselves enough to the Savior to become happy in him. Wholehearted Christianity is happy.

How could my dad get there and stay there? He really, really knew that God loved him and had completely forgiven all his sins at the cross of Jesus. He did not wring his hands, wondering what God thought of him. He believed the good news, his spirit soared and he could never do too much for Jesus.

I am thankful for what I saw in my dad. It’s the most valuable thing anyone has ever given me. I want everyone to have this treasure."

is a post from: Ray Ortlund

Anselm of Canterbury (ca. 1033-1109), Proslogion, chapter one

“Now then, little man, for a short time fly from your business; hide yourself for a moment from your turbulent thoughts. Break off now your troublesome cares, and think less of your laborious occupations. Make a little time for God, and rest for a while in him. Enter into the chamber of your mind, shut out everything but God and whatever helps you to seek him, and, when you have shut the door, seek him. Speak now, O my whole heart, speak now to God: ‘I seek thy face; thy face, Lord, do I desire.’”

post from Ray Ortlund

Something that I've read.

"Because I was created for satisfaction of my very soul, anything less than a Savior that fills that is worthless.

He is all.

HE IS ENOUGH even when you don’t believe me yet."