spine labels
noun (plural) - a collection of odds and ends that are as random as reading spine labels in a bookstore
Kate Spade New York Undated Desktop Folio
Vintage World Globe
Pendleton Yakima Camp Thick Warm Wool Throw Blanket
Porcelain Pasta Bowls
Roses Hand-painted mug
Star Trek Captains Lego Minifigures
Green Forest Note Cards
Vintage Maps
Apollo 11 pin
Pocket Bookbinding Kit
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Grow in Grace
"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen."
(2 Peter 3:18 NKJV)
Peter has been writing this letter to his fellow followers of Jesus (note that he phrases it "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"). So for those of us who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ, what does it mean to grow in grace? It means that we need to become more and more dependent on God's grace. We need to know why we need God's grace, and that comes with an understanding of who we are before God. We cannot live righteously in our own efforts. Living righteously happens only by God's gracious enabling. We need the Holy Spirit to produce the fruit of the Spirit within us.
Plants can't make it rain nor can they cause themselves to grow, but they still need to take in nourishment. In the same way, we can't produce the fruit of the Spirit by our own efforts. However, we do need to take in spiritual nourishment as it were. We need to spend time reading God's word and thinking about it and asking God to use it in our lives. We need to spend time with other Christians who will encourage us to make God's word a priority and an authority in our lives.
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(2 Peter 3:18 NKJV)
Peter has been writing this letter to his fellow followers of Jesus (note that he phrases it "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"). So for those of us who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ, what does it mean to grow in grace? It means that we need to become more and more dependent on God's grace. We need to know why we need God's grace, and that comes with an understanding of who we are before God. We cannot live righteously in our own efforts. Living righteously happens only by God's gracious enabling. We need the Holy Spirit to produce the fruit of the Spirit within us.
Plants can't make it rain nor can they cause themselves to grow, but they still need to take in nourishment. In the same way, we can't produce the fruit of the Spirit by our own efforts. However, we do need to take in spiritual nourishment as it were. We need to spend time reading God's word and thinking about it and asking God to use it in our lives. We need to spend time with other Christians who will encourage us to make God's word a priority and an authority in our lives.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
A Follower of the Crucified
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020
The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney
I recently finished reading The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney.
Here are some quotes that stood out to me.
"What’s more, a supreme and full love for God does not negate our love for other people. The Great Commandment (Love God fully) leads straight into the second greatest: love your neighbor as yourself. Much more can be said, but for the moment it’s enough to note that according to Jesus, love for neighbor is not at odds with full love for God. In fact, love for neighbor is what love for God looks like when it meets neighbors."
(Kindle edition, page 91)
"God is not honored by a duty-driven approach to the Christian life, unless we include the duty to delight in God."
(Kindle edition, page 117)
"In short, there is a way of losing your life that looks like finding your life, because it is finding your life. There is a way of denying yourself that brings out your true self, your full self, your glad self. There is a way of embracing sacrifice and hardship and inconvenience (however great or small) that will be identified by some as a kind of enjoyment. You will look like you are having too much of a good time. You will spend yourself and be spent, and you will do so with a twinkle in your eye and laughter in your heart."
(Kindle edition, page 183)
"In short, wealth has to do with resources broadly speaking, and a narrow fixation on dollars and cents can obscure and distort more than it can help illuminate."
(Kindle edition, page 186)
"As good as wealth is, it can keep us from entering the kingdom. It can easily become a rival to God, the kind that makes us despise him. And Paul tells us that if you see an evil walking around in the world, there’s a good bet that the love of money is lurking somewhere underneath it."
(Kindle edition, page 188)
"Having gratefully received provision for our needs from God’s hand, we are called to use what we’ve been given to bless others—to meet their physical needs, their emotional needs, and, most importantly, their spiritual need for the gospel."
(Kindle edition, page 189)
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Here are some quotes that stood out to me.
"What’s more, a supreme and full love for God does not negate our love for other people. The Great Commandment (Love God fully) leads straight into the second greatest: love your neighbor as yourself. Much more can be said, but for the moment it’s enough to note that according to Jesus, love for neighbor is not at odds with full love for God. In fact, love for neighbor is what love for God looks like when it meets neighbors."
(Kindle edition, page 91)
"God is not honored by a duty-driven approach to the Christian life, unless we include the duty to delight in God."
(Kindle edition, page 117)
"In short, there is a way of losing your life that looks like finding your life, because it is finding your life. There is a way of denying yourself that brings out your true self, your full self, your glad self. There is a way of embracing sacrifice and hardship and inconvenience (however great or small) that will be identified by some as a kind of enjoyment. You will look like you are having too much of a good time. You will spend yourself and be spent, and you will do so with a twinkle in your eye and laughter in your heart."
(Kindle edition, page 183)
"In short, wealth has to do with resources broadly speaking, and a narrow fixation on dollars and cents can obscure and distort more than it can help illuminate."
(Kindle edition, page 186)
"As good as wealth is, it can keep us from entering the kingdom. It can easily become a rival to God, the kind that makes us despise him. And Paul tells us that if you see an evil walking around in the world, there’s a good bet that the love of money is lurking somewhere underneath it."
(Kindle edition, page 188)
"Having gratefully received provision for our needs from God’s hand, we are called to use what we’ve been given to bless others—to meet their physical needs, their emotional needs, and, most importantly, their spiritual need for the gospel."
(Kindle edition, page 189)
You have just finished reading The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney.
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