Bull's Eye

The Bull's Eye

by Zac Poonen

 

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:26 that he had a very definite aim in what he was doing. He didn’t fight or run aimlessly. He ran towards a definite goal. He fired at a definite target.

I remember the days when we cadets were being taught to shoot with rifles in the military academy. We had to lie down on the ground, a few feet apart from each other, with rifles in our hands. Each of us had a target-board some yards in front of us, marked with a number of concentric circles, with a point in the centre called the “bull’s eye”. When we first began shooting, our aim was highly inaccurate. Some of us would be hitting the next person’s target and not our own!! After a while we learnt to hit our own targets.

That’s how it often is with many Christians too. They hit other people’s targets and not their own. They are busybodies in other people’s matters. But if they work out their own salvation, they will gradually learn to hit their own target and finally hit the bull’s eye. Then their aim would have become perfect. Paul’s aim was perfect. He didn’t judge others. He judged himself and subdued his own body. And so he fought a good fight and finished his course (2 Tim.4:7).

Our eyes and our tongue are the two members of our body that we need to discipline the most.

We invite unbelievers to give their hearts to Christ. But the Lord asks us to give Him our bodies (Rom.12:1) - and He asks especially for our eyes and our tongues. If we don’t give Him these, all the time, we cannot expect to be bondslaves or spokesmen of Christ, or to stand approved by God in the final day.

If we don’t keep our eyes under control - at home, in the bus, on the road and in our place of work - we will find that even if we preach like angels, we will be disqualified by God in the final day. Many servants of God through the centuries have fallen because they were not careful with their eyes. They allowed their eyes to wander and look at pretty girls, and soon one thing led to another, and they fell into sin. It is not enough to say that we don’t lust after women. The Bible warns us not even to admire a woman’s BEAUTY, lest it bring us to spiritual poverty (Prov.6:25,26). How careful we must be then.

We have to be careful in the same way with our tongues. God will not use the tongue of a man to preach His Word, if that man allows his tongue to be used by Satan at other times. The Lord told Jeremiah, “If you separate the precious from the worthless (in your conversation), then you will become My spokesman” (Jer.15:19). We must never speak anything that does not come from a heart of goodness. That’s not easy to do, because we are so weak in this area. We have to be ruthless if we are to discipline our tongues.

I am sure there must have been many young people in our land whom God had called in past days to His service, whom He had planned to make His prophets in India. But they did not become prophets, because they were not careful to discipline their eyes and their tongues. They did not subdue their bodies.

We are called members of the Body of Christ, because that expresses an intimate, inward relationship with Christ the Head, just like our bodily members have with our brains in our physical bodies.

Jesus was faithful to keep every part of His body available exclusively for His Father (His Head). It is written in Romans 15:3 that He never pleased Himself. He never sought His own pleasure in the way He used His eyes or His tongue. He did not look at what He wanted to. Nor did He speak what He wanted to. He always sought to do what pleased His Father. Thus He presented His body without any blemish to His Father and became the perfect spokesman of His Father to the world (Heb.9:14). That is how we are to live too, as members of His spiritual Body now.

To be a wholehearted disciple of Jesus is to have a burning desire to present ourselves to God without any blemish.

If we want to build the church as the Body of Christ, we must gather together all those who are eager to present their bodies to God thus, and who are really keen to make their bodies their slaves.

Each time we miss the bull’s eye, we must mourn for our failure. We must mourn when our eyes are not absolutely pure. We must mourn when our tongues have spoken something that was not spoken in absolute goodness.

 

(I found this to be quite a convicting and encouraging challenge! ~Marcia)

Thanksgiving on Thursday

Today, I bless the Lord for faithful friends who heed the prompting of the Holy Spirit to send a message of love and hope to someone they may or may not even know is struggling.

I was the happy recipient of such an experience recently when a package came in the mail for me. Imagine my utter joy and gratitude to God when upon opening it, I found a beautiful journal (yes, I'm a sucker for journals!) and a card with a beautiful message in it from a faraway sister whose heart beats in accord with mine~loving Him who first loved us.

The Scripture on the journal was a perfect fit for the mountain I had just crested. I was still standing there, in victory, wind whipping about my face, breathing hard from the climb when that package came, sealing my newfound delight in my Father God who was broadening my horizon from a new vantage post at the top of a mountain where I have never been before.

 

 

It read:

 

 I sing in the shadow of your wings.

 

Psalm 63:7

 

 

 

 

So thanks to my lovely friend who sent this gift of love.

I will treasure each line I write upon in this journal,

AND

I will treasure that verse!

 

Truly I do sing in the shadow of His wing.

Life is very disappointing sometimes

but to sing in the shadow of His wing

means that we have faith in One

who is greater than us and

who knows all things.

 

To have that kind of faith means that we are

free to be His vessels,

faithful servants wherever we are called,

despite the heartaches,

despite the cold winds,

and the high waves that beat against our ship.

 

He is there.

That is what matters.

 

Just this very morning I read 1 Cor. 13.

Verse 12 fits this subject very well and I am still

pondering it:

 

"For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection

 [of reality as in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes]

we shall see in reality and face to face!

Now I know in part (imperfectly),

 but then I shall know and understand fully and clearly,

 even in the same manner as I have been

 fully and clearly known and understood [by God]."

 

That thought really, really comforts me. I do not need to understand

all things now. I just need to stay close to Jesus, walking in step with Him,

and learning what He wants me to learn.

 

Be strong and of a good courage, friends.

In due season, we shall reap if we faint not!

 

Go lift up the hands that hang down and strengthen the feeble knees!

Foundations for Making Right Decisions

Upon what do you base your decisions? Popular thought? Personal preference? God's Word? This sermon really blessed me recently. May we choose God's Way every time.

God bless Brother David Cooper for sharing this message.

Loving Him who first loved me,
Marcia

The Vineyard...

"Go...and make disciples...teaching them to observe whatever I have commanded you." The words of the Great Commission have been ringing through my heart the past few months as I've pondered how God wants me to use my life.

If we have come to the Cross in repentant faith that the blood of Jesus Christ is what we need to wash away the sinstains, this makes us part of His body, and we are welcomed in and given new life to walk in. This makes us disciples (followers) of Jesus Christ. Followers (disciples) go out and make other disciples.

This is our life long work while on earth. We are His witnesses that He lives. Our lives and lips express the Life He came to give, the good news of the Gospel that Jesus came to save us FROM our sins and make us new (consistently living in His life and purity).

We are not here to make money, get glory and die. We are here for His glory, to witness of His life, to reach out our hands of compassion to those for whom Jesus died. We are here to believe that the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to as many as believe.

Sometimes the vineyard we are placed in for service is not the lush, vibrant one where we envisioned we would serve. Perhaps the Lord has set you in a vineyard that is overgrown with thistles and briars, its grape vines tangled and unpruned, with little to no fruit being produced. The Master of the Vineyard sees the potential of this vineyard. He sees the end beauty and has called workers (maybe you) to this vineyard to tend it with care. Perhaps you feel like a newly pruned but small vine yourself. Never fear. If your vine is vibrantly growing with the Life of the Main Vine, God has not made a mistake in putting you in the part of His vineyard that He has, even if it looks like a daunting task to work in an overgrown vineyard with little production of fruit at present. You just go on growing up the side of that post, surrendering to the discipline of being tied/trained to be somewhere your natural man resists (being changed from glory to glory), receiving daily Life and sustainenance from the Main Vine; you be witnesses of His life and power by living an extraordinary life by the power of His Spirit; you go out into the disappointing vineyard with weeping, in faith and prayer , even if it is small like a mustard seed and stand back and see what the Master Gardener will do!

God gave me this picture awhile ago as I pondered a situation. It blessed and encouraged my heart greatly and so I want to pass it along to you, my friends.

Above all, glorify God. Because you have been bought with a price. Your life is not your own.

"Go...and preach the Gospel"

 

 

 

 



The Pure Word...

Now may the

 God of hope

fill you with all joy

and peace in

 believing,

so that you will

abound in hope

by the power

of the

Holy Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

 



And the God of peace shall sanctify

your hearts and minds

through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

 

 



Doing Good...

Do

 

good

 

and

 

quietly

 

 walk

 

 away

 

 

This quote, although I know not its author, really struck me with it's simple but profound meaning. And then I pondered awhile...

 

~doing good is best when done in a way that 'the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing', without a lot of hoopla and fanfare, for the glory of God and not the praise of men

 

~doing good means I will obey the Holy Spirit's prompting and warn or admonish someone, in love as Christ does, even if it means I may be gossiped about or slandered in the process; the quietly walking away part is harder on the flesh in such situations, as we want to defend ourselves and try to make others understand how right we are. I am finding that if I have obeyed the Lord, quietly walking away means I get to release the one in question to the One whose Spirit has all the power needed to bring them to repentance and understanding what He feels they need to know; quietly walking away means I get to rest in the security that I am under the direction of my Father and need not the approval of men to make it alright.

 

~doing good comes in many ways and in many forms. I don't get to pick and choose how I will do good when I am being called of the Father and gifted of the Spirit as He sees fit for me. Sometimes it may even require stretching me 'way beyond my comfort zone to doing something I thought not  possible for me to do!

 

 

For example:

I am not an animal person. A whiff of cow manure can send me running for cover; kittens or dogs on my lap are certainly not my idea of peaceful pastimes; and jogging up the lane (quite out of shape at the time and out of breath!) being surrounded by hungry goats, who have gotten out while the Farmer is away as I gingerly hold a pail of feed (think: dirty, smelly animals chasing this gardening type country girl holding a bucket that has been licked by animals and set in who knows what type of enviroment!) to bribe them into their pasture!...ahem, you get the picture...

 

One day, when my oldest daughter was in first grade, she wanted to bring a goat kid to school for show and tell day. The Farmer was working at a woodworking shop at the time, having goats on the side to keep him in touch with his farming roots. He thought that her idea was  brilliant one and elected me to be the chauffer for this event. I was a bit disconcerted at the thought, but having newly repented of my wicked insubmission to my husband's leadership, I decided that I had better starve the flesh and walk in the Spirit on this one.

 

 

 

SO...I took that kid in a pet carrier in my van to school on the appointed day, and am none the worse for having done so! The children loved it and my daughter has blessed memories of taking a kid to school for show and tell (AND delivered by her unappreciative-of-animals mother to boot!)

 

And I am happy that I chose to do good in this way, blessing both my husband and my daughter. 

 

 

"As we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men,

especially those who are of the household of faith"

 

"To do good and to communicate, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased"

 

"To him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin"



True Baptism of the Spirit...

“Today it is considered sadistic if you even say that people have to take up their cross. “Don’t tell young people about the cross—they’ll be discouraged.”

 Are you suggesting that Jesus wasn’t smart?

 “If you’re going to be my disciple, kiss the world goodbye.” You see, when people are born again these days, they don’t get separated from the world. Most likely their pastor is the most worldly guy around! But if you’re going to get what He wants to give, if you’re going to get the true baptism of the Spirit, you have to drink of that cup.”

 

Leonard Ravenhill

 

my question remains:

If people are born again, why are they not changed?



Thanksgiving on Thursday

photo credit: Angela Zimmerman (taken in my back yard)

Today I rejoice that

 

Jesus

 

is the same

 

as He was yesterday,

 

as He is today,

 

and that He will

 

be the same

 

forever...

 

He always was and always will be.

 

His Spirit is the same as

He always has been, too.

 

Man changes.

Man quenches the Spirit.

Man puts others into oppression

and is used of the devil to

hinder hearts from seeking Christ.

 

But Jesus never changes.

 

His love never fails.

The compassion that He had for the blind, poor and maimed

is still the same as it was when He walked the dusty highways of earth.

 

His commandments have not changed.

What He required of the early church

remains His design for the church of today as well.

 

I am comforted in knowing this unchanging One.

I am secure in His love and know what He desires for me

and from me.

His freedom is for me today, too, as it was for

all who sought Him with their whole heart over the

centuries of time.

 

Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift:

Jesus.

 

 



Becoming Like Him...

Virtue becomes a garden from which other desirable qualities bloom and grow. Virtue is not trying to be like someone else, but it is allowing the indwelling Christ to take control and make us like Him from the inside.   

The Pure Word...

What's for Supper?

Rip Esselstyn, son of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn inspired me awhile ago with his video titled:

Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue. I appreciated his gentle but important teaching of how to weed out the disease producing foods from our diets, replacing them with the foods that produce good health and wellness.

 

I love eating this way because:

 

*it has helped me to get well in so many, many ways

*it is kind to my husband's wallet

*I don't need to spend hard earned money on supplements and vitamins

*The food tastes great

*I can live much more productively than when I'm resting half the day

and unable to do much of my own work each day...

 

While I'm still learning and changing, I know so much more than I did when I started this lifestyle change 6 years ago. My tastebuds have changed, my energy has returned and I am choosing less and less to eat the foods that compromise health.

 

~Marcia

Why Does Revival Tarry?

“As I said, there are two great reasons we don’t have revival.

We’re content

 to live

 without it,
It’s too costly.
We don’t want God to disrupt our status quo.
The Christian life can only be lived one way,

and that’s God’s way.

And God’s way is that I leave all and follow Him.
God’s way is that, in that hour when I think I am going to have joy or something, suddenly that cup turns into a cup of bitterness. When I think I’ve “arrived” at something,

the Lord shutters that.
We think, “If I had the privileges of Mrs. So-and-so,

I’d be a real saint.”

 

Leonard Ravenhill

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

May we let God break us of anything that would allow ourselves to remain

on the throne of our hearts, instead of living in Jesus' new life.

If we are to be His witnesses, then we must forsake all...

and follow Him.

 

I am repeatedly awed at a Father God who knows just how to keep

me on track with Him, and who honors the heart that desires

to forsake all and follow Him by making sure that that heart

has every opportunity to abide in Him and experience the

abundant life that Jesus came to give.

 

Glory to God on high!

Lovers of the Truth...

Lovers of the Truth

This sermon is another one I dusted from the archives, one that really ministered to me as a young woman in desperate search of finding meaning in life.

 

I thank the Lord that He used the 'preaching of the Cross'

to minister to my needy soul effectively and in ways that only

the Spirit knew how to do.



On Modesty...

When a

woman

veils

her body in

 modest

clothing,

 she is not hiding herself

from men.

 

On the

 contrary,

she is revealing

 her dignity to them.

 

author unknown

The Pure Word...

What's For Supper?

 

Lentils...

as ancient as Biblical times, these wonderful little legumes

pack a punch when it comes to plant sources of protein.

One cup of these blessings includes 18 grams of protein!

Lentils also are a good source of fiber, amounting to about 15 grams per cup.

They also are high in iron and calcium, as well as providing an

excellent plant source of folate

(pregnant moms need this and can get it best from plant foods),

Vitamin C and Vitamin K.

 

We enjoy lentils in various ways, from

Italian "Sausage"
to a thickner for stews and soups
to plant based burgers.

 

 

I made them recently in the following delightful dish, and served them over "Chicken Flavored Rice".

Talk about an awesome experience made from

simple foods!

 

This one is a keeper, for sure!

 

Red Curry Lentils

Author and photo credits:

 Pinch of Yum

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 45 mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1½ cups lentils, rinsed and picked over
• ½ large onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons red curry paste
• ½ tablespoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• a few good shakes of cayenne pepper
• 1-14 ounce can tomato puree
• ¼ cup coconut milk or cream
• cilantro for garnishing
• rice for serving

Instructions

1. Cook the lentils according to directions. Drain and set aside.
2. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute for a few minutes until fragrant and golden. Add all the spices (curry paste, garam masala, curry powder, turmeric, cayenne, sugar, garlic, ginger) and stir fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the tomato sauce; stir and simmer until smooth.
3. Add the lentils and the cream. Stir to combine and simmer for another 15-20 minutes (the longer, the better)! Serve over rice and garnish with cilantro.

Notes

Even better the next day! For a vegan option, sub oil for butter.

 

PS

For faster, more convenient results, you can find bottled

'masala' or curry sauce at your local grocery store.

Make sure you find kinds without any MSG or yeast extracts

for kindest regard to your health.

When my Life's Work is Ended...

 

Paul never glamorized the gospel. It is not success, but sacrifice. It’s not a glamorous gospel, but a bloody one–a gory gospel, and a sacrificial gospel. Five minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more, wept more, grieved more, loved and prayed more, and given more.

 

~Leonard Ravenhill

 

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,

and preach the gospel to every creature.

(Mark 16:15)

Thanksgiving on Thursday...

What a blessed woman I am! Several years into a walk of repentance from loving and accumulating the things of earth in an inordinate way, I have desired to purge my house of excess. As God moves me into a deeper sense of the responsibilities He has placed on my life, I have had this deep desire to remove the things that sit collecting dust and distract me from my work. With homeschooling and other duties, it seemed this huge project kept being pushed to the back burner...

Until this week when a very dear friend, a sweet little sister to me, came to my house. What a huge mountain is being lifted as she helps me get this old house emptied of its excess! I am astounded at what a woman with youthful zeal (and without distractions!) can get accomplished in so short a time!

My heart fills with gratitude at the blessing of the Lord to send me this sweet one!

~The view from my window~

 

I am also blessed

by clean windows

(thanks to my daughter, Angela).

What a joy

to look out the

sparkling panes

to enjoy the beauty of spring in my yard.

For these, and more,

I thank you Lord!

 

 

"If my people, which are called by my name,

shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,

and turn from their wicked ways;

then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

 

(1 Chronicles 7:14)


PS:
I know I'm a day late in posting this Thanksgiving on Thursday post
but I was waiting on a final picture/working computer to download it
to. :-) I decided to go ahead and post today from yesterday.

"With thanksgiving I'll be a living missionary for You, LORD".

~Marcia

The Spirit of Grace and of Power

Sinning and repenting, sinning and repenting, being forgiven over and over for the same sins does not sound like the kind of Good News I know from God's Word and personal experience.

Do I ever stumble and fall into sin? Yes, to my deep regret and sorrow. But to live a consistently changed life that does not repeat the same sins over and over again, then getting forgiveness (what a merciful God we serve who is merciful and has provided that Advocate for me if I sin) spells the Good News that Jesus coming provides: salvation FROM my sin, not just IN my sin and FOR my sin.

Hallelujah!

This sermon is one I heard 12 years ago, while in my religious but unsaved state, and it was the best news I had ever heard! So I want to bless the Brother who taught it and I want to share it with you today. It really does work. I am so glad to know it and live it and love Him for it!

The Spirit of Grace and of Power

Zac Poonen

Love and blessings,
Marcia

The Details in His Story...

All this school year as my son has read his Bible-based reading stories to me (I really do recommend EMP's 2nd grade reading!), and as I have worked on reading through the Bible this year, I have been impressed with the details that God has taken care of.

Details that would seem like He is not present, or would not allow such things...

Consider the following:

Jacob walked 400 miles to his mother's homeland, as he fled from his brother from whom he had taken his birthright both by subtle bribery (a pot of lentils for a hungry man), and by dishonesty (lying to his blind father). What did he eat all those 400 miles? Did he ever find any shelter, apart from caves and under trees? What dangers did he encounter along the way? I wonder how his mother felt, having helped him to lie, and then needing to live the consequences of unknowns...where was her boy tonight? Is he still alive? She went to her grave not knowing, as far as we are told.

Then when Jacob gets to his uncle Laban's hometown, he actually meets his future wife right off and soon finds a warm welcome to their house. I wonder...how did he not know he married Leah instead of Rachel? Did Laban get him drunk at the feast beforehand or what? Imagine how Jacob felt after working hard for 7 years that seemed to fly by because of his love for Rachel, only to discover that he had been given her older sister?! Details...

Then came more years of working for a shrewd father-in-law/uncle...until one day Jacob's sly ways got back at him and there were some disgruntled relatives.

What Austin (my son) read this morning is the details I am pondering presently:

Jacob called his two wives to the field to have a secret meeting with them about leaving Laban on the sly. Their agreement with their husband blessed me greatly. So while Laban was off over the hills shearing sheep, Jacob somehow kept this mass exodus a secret as he rounded up (didn't it make alot of dust and noise?!) his camels, donkeys, sheep, goats, oxen, calves, kids and then his 12 children and 2 wives and left that town. In fact, Laban did not learn of it for three whole days!

I sit and marvel at that. And I ask HOW is this possible?! But I already know the answer: G.O.D.

I again am quieted with the fact that when God is for something, nothing and no one can stand in the way, no matter how much they try. So I don't need to worry, stew, fret or live in fear if I am walking with Him and obeying His slightest whisper because I am where I belong. And He will keep me here.

I am enjoying the story of Joseph right now in my own reading, but those details that I'm marveling at will wait for another blog post, Lord willing.

Virtue...

Virtue becomes a garden from which other desirable qualities bloom and grow. Virtue is not trying to be like someone else, but it is allowing the indwelling Christ to take control and make us like Him from the inside. 

 

Author Unknown

(but I was really blessed)



Strong in Spirit...

Let us not be surprised

 when we have to face difficulties.

 When the wind blows hard on a tree,

the roots stretch and grow the stronger;

Let it be so with us.

Let us not be weaklings,

 yielding to every wind that blows,

 but strong in spirit to resist.

Amy Carmichael

 

These difficulties have no feeling of glamour or glory in them! But they surely keep us close to our Jesus' side, if we choose to use them for that. When these things come, we are to rejoice because then we are suffering with our Savior, whose sufferings will never be on the same level as ours, His being the greater. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.



The Pure Word...



...it

is the gift of God

 

 

"And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you;

that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:

(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad;

 he hath given to the poor:

 his righteousness

remaineth for ever.

Now he that

 ministereth seed to the sower

both minister bread for [your] food,

and multiply your seed sown,

and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Being enriched in every thing

to all bountifulness,

which causeth through us

thanksgiving to God. "

 

2 Cor. 9:8-10

What's For Supper?

Here is a favorite recipe that my daughter enjoyed making recently

on her night to cook:
 

 Chicken Flavored Rice

 

Into a casserole dish place:

 

2 cups dry b

brown rice

4 cups chicken broth

(I can my own)

2 t sea salt

1 t black pepper

1 T dried onion

1 T parsley flakes

small dash ground chipotle pepper

1 t garlic powder or a few cloves garlic, pressed

1 T olive oil or butter

 

Stir together. Cover and bake at 350* for 1 hour.

 

She served this with a tossed Garden Salad that included:

 

romaine and mixed greens

tomatoes

carrots

peppers

cauliflower

broccoli

 

She also served:

 

Dark Chocolate Cherry Energy Bites
(copy cat version of Cherry Pie Larabars)

• 1 cup whole raw almonds
• 120 grams pitted Medjool (not honey) dates (about 8)
• 1/2 cup dried sweetened cherries
• 3 tbsp dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used Camino brand)
• 1/4 cup raw pecans
• Kosher or sea salt, to taste

Instructions

• 1. In a food processor, process the almonds until finely chopped. It’s ok if some bigger pieces remain. Just be sure not to pulverize it into a flour as you want some texture.
• 2. Remove 1/3 cup of the processed almonds and set aside for the final step.
• 3. Now, add the pitted dates in (along with the almonds already in the processor) and process until finely chopped and sticky. A dough will start to form. Add cherries and process again until combined. The mixture will likely form into a large ball. If this happens, break it up with a spoon and process more if necessary.
• 4. Add in the chocolate chips and pecans and process until they are just chopped. Add salt to taste. Pulse in the reserved 1/3 cup almonds for texture being careful not to process them too much. Roll into small balls. Place in a container or baggie and store in the fridge or freezer. Oh yea, don’t forget to pop a few in your purse!
• Nutritional info (makes 15 small balls, per ball): 108 cals, 7 grams fat (1 g sat fat), 40 mg sodium, 13 grams carbs, 3 grams fibre, 9 grams sugar, 3 grams protein.
• Note: if for some reason your mixture isn't sticking together, try processing it a bit longer. If that doesn't work, you can add a tiny bit of water to help it come together. It shouldn't be necessary though.

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Give me Jesus...

 

“I want

the presence of

 God Himself,

or I don’t want anything

 at all to do with religion…

 

I want all

that God has

 or I don’t want any.”

 

 

A. W. Tozer

This is so my heart cry. It echoes Jesus' words in His prayer for us in John 17:3

 

""This is eternal life, that they may know You,

the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."

 

I don't want anything that doesn't help me know eternal life.

End of story.

Always.

I don't want religion that is focused on alot of manmade do's and don'ts.

I don't want religion that is riddled with counterfeits whether it be

worshiping outward practices, or mixing religions and creating an

abominable concoction that poisons the mind and draws me away from

the simplicity which is in Christ.

I want Jesus.

Simple, child-like faith in that Redeemer who also is my Shepherd,

my Master and my Guide.

 

 

 

 

 



What Determines Your Decision Making?

A Heart for God or Popular Opinion?

by David Cooper

 

I was so blessed and encouraged by this sermon that I recently heard.

Oh that we may be brave soldiers of the Cross of Jesus Christ,

cautiously and carefully moving forward in the complete confidence

of the One who is able to keep us from falling.

 

God bless you.

~Marcia