Quotes – Page 16 – Semikkah7

08/17/2023 – “Blessed are this who know they are poor, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs”. Matthew 5:3 / “Jesus identified the mystical tradition of the Anawim (the humble remnant who compounded a sense of personal powerlessness with unfailing confidence in the love of God and total surrender to the guidance of his will) with himself (‘I am gentle and humble of heart’) and gave that tradition pride of place in his preaching.” (pgs. 126 – 127)

August 17, 2023 JimmyB 0

“If in the end, you can neither be holy, nor perfect, nor good, nor wise because of the weight of your sins, then carry this weight before God and surrender …

08/13/2023 – “I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.” Charles Spurgeon

August 13, 2023 JimmyB 0

Soli Deo Gloria!

08/10/2023 – “Jesus is the power and wisdom and holiness of God Almighty. ‘In Him all things were created in heaven and earth (Colossians 1:16) …” (con. below)

August 10, 2023 JimmyB 0

“He is creatively present 264 trillion miles from earth on the star Upsilon Andromedae. No thought can contain him, no word can express him. He transcends all human …

08/07/2023 – “I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery.” // “Ruthless Trust – The Ragamuffin’s Path to God” by Brennan Manning. (“Trusting Jesus” chapter – pg. # 107)

August 7, 2023 JimmyB 0

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/who-was-brennan-manning.html

Soli Deo Gloria!

08/06/2023 – ““There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each [person] which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ.” Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)/ bio – link attached

August 6, 2023 JimmyB 0

https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-blaise-pascal-1991787

Soli Deo Gloria!

08/05/2023 – “To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind.” St. Anthony of the Desert (251 – 356 A.D.)/ bio – link attached

August 5, 2023 JimmyB 0

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Anthony-of-Egypt

I consider my time spent learning about the saints that have gone before us as time very well spent.

Soli Deo Gloria!

07/29/2023 – “Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36 / Comment attached

July 29, 2023 JimmyB 0

I conclude again with the parting sentence in the book. I may come back and capsulize the lessons of the three parables within the Olivet Discourse of our Lord…

Matthew …

07/27/2023 – Lutheran Hour Ministries Daily Devotion: “Love” – “What could be better for us than to be loved so passionately by the God who made us and redeemed us?” / Today’s Bible Readings: Psalms 99-100,102 Acts 17:16-34

July 27, 2023 JimmyB 0

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/default.asp?date=20230727

“Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.” Psalm 99:9

07/21/2023 – “…When you commit yourself to do His will, the ground will be prepared, and you’ll find it was waiting for you all along to arrive.” / “In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9

July 21, 2023 JimmyB 0

The Gedeo Revelation

Friday, July 21, 2023

The Gedeo people of Ethiopia believed in a benevolent, omnipotent, creator god named Mageno, but they spent more time appeasing an evil spirit named …

07/19/2023 – “Franklin had composed for his epitaph: ‘THE BODY of B. FRANKLIN, Printer.Like the cover of an old book,Its contents torn out,And stripped of its lettering and gilding,Lies here, food for worms;Yet the work itself shall not be lost,For it will as he believ’d appear once more,In a new, and more beautiful edition, Corrected and improved By The AUTHOR.’ “

July 19, 2023 JimmyB 0

https://americanminute.com/blogs/todays-american-minute/ben-franklins-supported-religious-liberty-freedom-of-conscience-abolition-of-slavery-american-minute-with-bill-federer

Soli Deo Gloria!

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08/13/2023 – “I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.” Charles Spurgeon

08/10/2023 – “Jesus is the power and wisdom and holiness of God Almighty. ‘In Him all things were created in heaven and earth (Colossians 1:16) …” (con. below)

08/06/2023 – ““There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each [person] which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ.” Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)/ bio – link attached

08/05/2023 – “To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind.” St. Anthony of the Desert (251 – 356 A.D.)/ bio – link attached

07/29/2023 – “Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36 / Comment attached

07/27/2023 – Lutheran Hour Ministries Daily Devotion: “Love” – “What could be better for us than to be loved so passionately by the God who made us and redeemed us?” / Today’s Bible Readings: Psalms 99-100,102 Acts 17:16-34

07/21/2023 – “…When you commit yourself to do His will, the ground will be prepared, and you’ll find it was waiting for you all along to arrive.” / “In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9

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