This is a great song I heard recently. Hope you enjoy!
Showing posts with label Jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus. Show all posts
Monday, November 02, 2009
Friday, June 05, 2009
Always by Building 429
This is an awesome song.
This video clip tells how/why the song was written.
Our God is faithful and never fails!
This video clip tells how/why the song was written.
Our God is faithful and never fails!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Captivating by John & Stasi Eldredge
I have been reading through this book. I have read John Eldredge's other books and done a study with the Sacred Romance with a friend years ago.
This book is written for women and for the men who want to understand who a woman is and what their needs are....as a wonderful creation of God.
Here is a short passage to get you thinking. I may post more as I go through this..I am taking my time with this one.
From Chapter Four--titled "Wounded"
page 74 & 75--
Over the years we've come to see that the only things more tragic than the things that have happened to us is what we have done with them.
Words were said, painful words. Things were done, awful things. And they shaped us. Something inside of us shifted. We embraced the messages of our wounds. We accepted a twisted view of ourselves. And from that we chose a way of relating to our world. We made a vow never to be in that place again. We adopted strategies to protect ourselves from being hurt again. A woman who is living out of a broken wounded heart is a woman who is living a self-protective life. She may not be aware of it, but it is true. It's our way of trying to "save ourselves".
We also developed ways of trying to get something of the love our hearts cried out for. The ache is there. Our desperate need for love and affirmation, our thirst for some taste of romance and adventure and beauty is there. So we turned to boys or to food or to romance novels; we lost ourselves in our work or at church or in some sort of service. All this adds up to the women we are today. Much of what we call our "personalities" is actually the mosaic of our choices for self-protection plus our plans to get something of the love we were created for.
The problem is our plan has nothing to do with God.
The wounds we received and the messages they brought formed a sort of unholy alliance with our fallen nature as women. From Eve we received a deep mistrust in the heart of God toward us. Clearly, he's holding out on us. We'll just have to arrange for the life we want. We will control our world. But there is also an ache deep within, an ache for intimacy and for life. We'll have to find a way to fill it. A way that does not require us to trust anyone, especially God. A way that will not require vulnerability.
In some ways, this is every little girl's story, here in this world east of Eden.
But the wounds don't stop once we are grown up. Some of the most crippling and destructive wounds we receive come much later in our lives. The wounds that we have received over our lifetimes have not come to us in a vacuum. There is, in fact a theme to them, a pattern. The wounds you have received have come to you for a purpose from one who knows all you are meant to be and fears you.
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I encourage everyone to read through this book... as well as the Eldredge's other books. They are wonderful, thought provoking and life changing...if you let God in!!
This book is written for women and for the men who want to understand who a woman is and what their needs are....as a wonderful creation of God.
Here is a short passage to get you thinking. I may post more as I go through this..I am taking my time with this one.
From Chapter Four--titled "Wounded"
page 74 & 75--
AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE
Over the years we've come to see that the only things more tragic than the things that have happened to us is what we have done with them.
Words were said, painful words. Things were done, awful things. And they shaped us. Something inside of us shifted. We embraced the messages of our wounds. We accepted a twisted view of ourselves. And from that we chose a way of relating to our world. We made a vow never to be in that place again. We adopted strategies to protect ourselves from being hurt again. A woman who is living out of a broken wounded heart is a woman who is living a self-protective life. She may not be aware of it, but it is true. It's our way of trying to "save ourselves".
We also developed ways of trying to get something of the love our hearts cried out for. The ache is there. Our desperate need for love and affirmation, our thirst for some taste of romance and adventure and beauty is there. So we turned to boys or to food or to romance novels; we lost ourselves in our work or at church or in some sort of service. All this adds up to the women we are today. Much of what we call our "personalities" is actually the mosaic of our choices for self-protection plus our plans to get something of the love we were created for.
The problem is our plan has nothing to do with God.
The wounds we received and the messages they brought formed a sort of unholy alliance with our fallen nature as women. From Eve we received a deep mistrust in the heart of God toward us. Clearly, he's holding out on us. We'll just have to arrange for the life we want. We will control our world. But there is also an ache deep within, an ache for intimacy and for life. We'll have to find a way to fill it. A way that does not require us to trust anyone, especially God. A way that will not require vulnerability.
In some ways, this is every little girl's story, here in this world east of Eden.
But the wounds don't stop once we are grown up. Some of the most crippling and destructive wounds we receive come much later in our lives. The wounds that we have received over our lifetimes have not come to us in a vacuum. There is, in fact a theme to them, a pattern. The wounds you have received have come to you for a purpose from one who knows all you are meant to be and fears you.
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I encourage everyone to read through this book... as well as the Eldredge's other books. They are wonderful, thought provoking and life changing...if you let God in!!
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Resurrection Day preparations!
I wanted to share some of the resources we are using this year to prepare for Easter...so you might have time to try them out before Sunday!
First, Passover begins tonight. I love that it is before Easter this year..it will really help us to focus on how God had a plan for redemption from the very beginning!
We were going to do a lot to celebrate Passover, but time has gotten away from me, so we will do some simple things like make unleavened bread and read through the story in Exodus and discuss how the original Passover relates to what Jesus has done for us! It is so awesome to see how God planned things out and how it all fits together!
Here is one resource that I use over and over. It is: A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays
You can find it here: http://homeschool-books.com/xcart/books/bible-holidays/
It can be purchased as an ebook, so you can get access right away! It is on sale right now!
I am using some of the ideas and recipes from it today for our Passover preparations.
There are also two great Easter recipes with stories that we usually use each year.
One is Resurrection Cookies which can be found here:
http://www.annieshomepage.com/resurrectioncookies.html
The second is for Resurrection Rolls...which my kids love making every year! I have the recipe posted with pictures here:
http://wendyclayton.blogspot.com/2007/04/happy-resurrection-day.html
A friend just shared a great story with me that we will start reading tonight and read a little each night leading up to Easter. It is called The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke. You can find it here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10679 Once you are there, you will need to pick one of the links to download from.
I will post updates about how our Passover and Easter plans go!
May you have a blessed week!
First, Passover begins tonight. I love that it is before Easter this year..it will really help us to focus on how God had a plan for redemption from the very beginning!
We were going to do a lot to celebrate Passover, but time has gotten away from me, so we will do some simple things like make unleavened bread and read through the story in Exodus and discuss how the original Passover relates to what Jesus has done for us! It is so awesome to see how God planned things out and how it all fits together!
Here is one resource that I use over and over. It is: A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays
You can find it here: http://homeschool-books.com/xcart/books/bible-holidays/
It can be purchased as an ebook, so you can get access right away! It is on sale right now!
I am using some of the ideas and recipes from it today for our Passover preparations.
There are also two great Easter recipes with stories that we usually use each year.
One is Resurrection Cookies which can be found here:
http://www.annieshomepage.com/resurrectioncookies.html
The second is for Resurrection Rolls...which my kids love making every year! I have the recipe posted with pictures here:
http://wendyclayton.blogspot.com/2007/04/happy-resurrection-day.html
A friend just shared a great story with me that we will start reading tonight and read a little each night leading up to Easter. It is called The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke. You can find it here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10679 Once you are there, you will need to pick one of the links to download from.
I will post updates about how our Passover and Easter plans go!
May you have a blessed week!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
The Greatest Gift!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!
Below are part 1 and part 2 of the play the kids were in at our new church in New Braunfels!
It's about 53 minutes total with the two parts. I hope you enjoy it! The kids did wonderful considering that they really only had 2 practices before the performance!
I had to compress them in order to upload them here...but they should still look okay!
Many blessings to you and your family for the coming year!
The Greatest Gift - part 1
The Greatest Gift - part 2
Below are part 1 and part 2 of the play the kids were in at our new church in New Braunfels!
It's about 53 minutes total with the two parts. I hope you enjoy it! The kids did wonderful considering that they really only had 2 practices before the performance!
I had to compress them in order to upload them here...but they should still look okay!
Many blessings to you and your family for the coming year!
The Greatest Gift - part 1
The Greatest Gift - part 2
The Gift of Eternal Life
- 1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (NIV)
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NASB)
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
- Titus 3:4-7
But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (NKJV)
- John 10:27-28
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me. (NLT)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
This Side Up Christmas Concert!
I posted some info about the concert on my other blog but it wouldn't let me upload the videos. You can see a few other pictures and info here: www.tiwacademy.wordpress.com
Monday, December 08, 2008
What is a True Disciple?
This is a pretty awesome video/message. You have to read the text as it is in Danish.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thankful.....
This is an awesome video....take the time to watch it and be thankful for all that God has done for us....
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