This is an awesome song.
This video clip tells how/why the song was written.
Our God is faithful and never fails!
Showing posts with label scripture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scripture. Show all posts
Friday, June 05, 2009
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!!
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)
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.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Christmas Barge Caroling Tradition
This evening we went as a family with our homeschool group to ride barges downtown along the Riverwalk and sing Christmas Carols.
This is an event we always look forward to and it is usually interesting to see how it will turn out as we end up being with different families each year and we do not practice ahead of time!
It was a fun evening and went really quickly! We stopped by Starbucks to get drinks before boarding the barges...another tradition over the past few years. We all got cold drinks though...it just wasn't cold enough for hot drinks this time!
Here are some pictures from our visit downtown tonight! We didn't make it to the Christmas tree by the Alamo tonight, but we will probably do so in a couple of weeks when relatives are in town visiting!
I also have a lot of other pictures to post and stories to tell...hope to get to back-tracking and posting a lot of fun things on this blog and my other blog at: www.tiwacademy.wordpress.com
Ok, it takes forever to upload a lot of pictures! So, the rest are in the fun slideshow below! Enjoy!
This is an event we always look forward to and it is usually interesting to see how it will turn out as we end up being with different families each year and we do not practice ahead of time!
It was a fun evening and went really quickly! We stopped by Starbucks to get drinks before boarding the barges...another tradition over the past few years. We all got cold drinks though...it just wasn't cold enough for hot drinks this time!
Here are some pictures from our visit downtown tonight! We didn't make it to the Christmas tree by the Alamo tonight, but we will probably do so in a couple of weeks when relatives are in town visiting!
I also have a lot of other pictures to post and stories to tell...hope to get to back-tracking and posting a lot of fun things on this blog and my other blog at: www.tiwacademy.wordpress.com
Ok, it takes forever to upload a lot of pictures! So, the rest are in the fun slideshow below! Enjoy!
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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....
Monday, October 20, 2008
This Side Up...band leads worship this week!
My daughter is in a Praise Band put together by moms in our homeschool group, SHINE.
They have done several performances before our co-op classes on Fridays, but they had their first "public" 'performance' yesterday. They were asked to do the music for a special worship service that is held at Brooke Army Medical Center. A church brought food and the band provided the music, shared scriptures, etc.
It was a great experience for all the kids and the parents involved! The kids did great and everyone seemed to enjoy the music! They have been working on Christian Contemporary/Rock Praise and Worship songs.
I was able to video some clips of their songs using my camera. The quality isn't that great, but it will give you an idea of what the songs sounded like and how they did!
They were playing in an outside courtyard, so that was also a new situation for them to deal with...especially when the birds started coming at dusk! :)
Hope you enjoy!
Be My Escape by Reliant K
Meant to Live by Switchfoot
They also finally decided on a name which one of the Band Director explains a bit about in one of the clips. It didn't get the whole description, but gives some idea of what is behind the name. She refers to 2 Chronicles 5:11-14. It is an awesome passage about worship..and ushering in the presence of the Lord through singing praise and playing instruments!!
Hosanna
From the Inside Out
How Great is Our God
Beauty of Simplicity by Telecast
Shine by Newsboys
They have done several performances before our co-op classes on Fridays, but they had their first "public" 'performance' yesterday. They were asked to do the music for a special worship service that is held at Brooke Army Medical Center. A church brought food and the band provided the music, shared scriptures, etc.
It was a great experience for all the kids and the parents involved! The kids did great and everyone seemed to enjoy the music! They have been working on Christian Contemporary/Rock Praise and Worship songs.
I was able to video some clips of their songs using my camera. The quality isn't that great, but it will give you an idea of what the songs sounded like and how they did!
They were playing in an outside courtyard, so that was also a new situation for them to deal with...especially when the birds started coming at dusk! :)
Hope you enjoy!
Be My Escape by Reliant K
Meant to Live by Switchfoot
They also finally decided on a name which one of the Band Director explains a bit about in one of the clips. It didn't get the whole description, but gives some idea of what is behind the name. She refers to 2 Chronicles 5:11-14. It is an awesome passage about worship..and ushering in the presence of the Lord through singing praise and playing instruments!!
Hosanna
From the Inside Out
How Great is Our God
Beauty of Simplicity by Telecast
Shine by Newsboys
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Neat Video and Awesome Song!
This was passed on from a friend and I thought I would post it on my blog also! I have a ton of pictures to get uploaded and info to share....just haven't had the time the past couple of weeks due to various homeschool related activities, work and life!
I love this song and this is such a neat presentation done by a church. Performed by the Oslo UPC Youth Group.
The song is Who Am I by Casting Crowns.
I love this song and this is such a neat presentation done by a church. Performed by the Oslo UPC Youth Group.
The song is Who Am I by Casting Crowns.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Paul Washer--interesting message
My husband came across this today. It is amazing how God places multiple things in your path to reaffirm what He is trying to teach you. I will explain more later if I can about all the "things" that I have been being taught lately.
This is long message, but worth listening to. I haven't fully researched his ministry yet--so watch/listen and do with what you would like. He shares so much truth that no one wants to hear now in this time!!
This is long message, but worth listening to. I haven't fully researched his ministry yet--so watch/listen and do with what you would like. He shares so much truth that no one wants to hear now in this time!!
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