Posts Tagged ‘stuart townend’

Words Are Forever

Posted: July 18, 2012 in bible, blogging, friendship, life, music, religion, words
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Matthew 24:35 NIV

Theses words from Matthew’s Gospel follow on very nicely from my thoughts in yesterday’s blog post Words Can Be Dangerous, where I talked about how it only takes one angry word to hurt and upset others.

Yes our words cam be said in haste and can be remembered for a while, but not forever, other words can be said in earnest and can be instantly forgotten. However all God‘s words and deeds are everlasting. Here we are thousands of years after God created the world and over 2 thousand years since His Son came to earth, yet we are still talking about Him, His words and His deeds…who else is there like that!

Wisdom To Accept

Posted: July 9, 2012 in life, music, pray, prayer, religion
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I’m sure you’ve probably heard the following prayer many times before:

God let me accept the things I can’t change, courage to change things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

It can be difficult to accept some things that happen in life can’t it? However, if there’s nothing we can do to change the situation or event, why is it that we can often spend so much time complaining about things, or showing our frustration about current circumstances?

The answer to that question is of course…because we’re human!

It’s be because we are human, and therefore sinners, that we must continue to ask God to help us to accept the things of life which we cannot change.

The Most Important Event

Posted: April 4, 2012 in cross, Easter, friendship, life, love, music, news, prayer, religion
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John 11:25 (NLT)

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

Maybe I’ve read it somewhere, or someone has told me, but I seem to think I’ve heard that the resurrection of Jesus has been investigated and examined more times that many other events in history.

To me that tells me that people are either more desperate to prove Christ’s resurrection actually happened, or conversely, there are more skeptics who are willing to try to prove it all a huge hoax.

Either way, it gives the events of that first Easter more air-time and surely as Christians we should be happy for the opportunity to discuss and convince others who do not believe in Christ, that He did die at Calvary just so we could be forgiven.

Hank Hanegraaff said:

You see, without resurrection there is no hope. Indeed, without resurrection, there is no Christianity.

How true is that!

If Jesus hadn’t been born; if Jesus hadn’t been crucified; if Jesus hadn’t risen from the grave…just think what sort of state this world would be in!

Promises Promises

Posted: January 31, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, religion
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How many times have you promised to do something for someone, but had no intention of fulfilling that promise?

How many times has someone promised to do something for you but they haven’t done so?

We shouldn’t make promises we’re not going to keep, as failure to keep them can often hurt or upset the person we made the promise to. God didn’t make promises He didn’t intend to keep, so why should we?!

We can always be confident that God will fulfill His promises to us, so make sure others can be confident that you will keep every promise you make.

The Best Thing

Posted: January 9, 2011 in family, friendship, life, love, music, religion
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I read somewhere recently that Audrey Hepburn once said:

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Do you agree with this statement?

In some ways this ties in a bit with my blog post from yesterday called Hugs where I talked about how good it can be to get a hug from someone when you need it most. However, while it can be good to hold or hug a friend, it is not, in my opinion, the best thing we can do in our life.

The best thing we can do is give our lives to Jesus, because He will never let us down. Sometimes when we need them most, friends (and/or family) can let us down, but you can always rely on God to be with you no matter what.

Psalm 109:30 (The Message)

My mouth’s full of great praise for God, I’m singing his hallelujahs surrounded by crowds, For he’s always at hand to take the side of the needy, to rescue a life from the unjust judge.

So for me, the best thing in my life is God – I hope the same applies for you.

Love Revealed

Posted: June 29, 2010 in love, religion
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Do you remember how God first showed you how much He loves you?

Do you remember how God showed the world just how much He loves us all?

Here’s a nice poem which reminds us all just how much we mean to God – enjoy!

Love Revealed

I saw them hang Love on a tree.
I saw them brutalize and hurt Him badly.
I saw them slap, curse, and spit in His face.
But, Love remained Love and never did He retaliate.

Love stood as a lamb. He stood gentle, humble, and calm.
Love stayed silent, Love stayed still, even when His blood was about to be spilled.

Love did not think evil when He was wrongfully chastised.
Instead, Love expressed more love and humiliated Pride.

Why did Love do all of this for such a wretched people?
And why did He suffer such trouble?
why did Love send Love to die on a tree?
The answer is simple. Love had a deep affectionate Love for you and me.

Now before I break off, and before I end, let me reveal the name of Love, my friend.
His name is Jesus; God’s Revelation of Love to men.