Psalm 8

O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
² From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

³ When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
⁴ What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
⁵ Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
⁶ You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
⁷ All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
⁸ The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

⁹ O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Be A Missionary

"Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor" - Spurgeon

Psalm 100 - The Message

^1-2 On your feet now—applaud God!
Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.

³ Know this: God is God, and God, God.
He made us; we didn’t make him.
We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.

⁴ Enter with the password: “Thank you!”
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.

⁵ For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever.

Movement

Human life as a whole is one vast ambiguity lived out in an equally immense unknown. - Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim, The Permanent Revolution

Get This! The Symbol!

 

Psalm 139

Outpouring Of The Spirit

What the strivings of men cannot achieve is but the work of a moment to the outpoured Spirit. - Winkie Pratney, Revival

Surprise

God is in the business of surprising us by using those who are weak, broken, outcast, questionable and ordinary to accomplish his extraordinary plans in this world. - Frazee, The Story, Adult Guide

Psalm 8

¹ O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory
above the heavens.
² From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

³ When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
⁴ what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
⁵ You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
    and crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶ You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
⁷ all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,
⁸ the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Devo Reading For This Morn.

Our job is to be faithful. His (God) job is to accomplish results.

The Ress

If the Church had contemplated the Empty Tomb as much as the Cross of it's Lord, its life would have been more exhilarating and its contribution to the world more positive than has been the case. - Geore Beasley-Murray

The Road

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
until it joins some larger way.
J.R.R. Tolkien

Innovation

Church Leaders - Innovation

A Morning Resolve

I will try this day to live a simple, sincere, and serene life, repelling promptly every thought of discontent, anxiety, discouragement, impurity, and self-seeking; cultivating cheerfulness, magnanimity, charity, and the habit of holy silence; exercising economy in expenditure, generosity'in giving, carefulness in conversation, diligence in appointed service, fidelity to every trust, and a childlike faith in God.

In particular I will try to be faithful in those habits of prayer, work, study, physical exercise, eating, and sleep which I believe the Holy Spirit has shown me to be right.

And as I cannot in my own strength do this, nor even with a hope of success attempt it, I look to thee, O Lord God my Father, in Jesus my Savior, and ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

People Matter To God

People are the pinnacle of God's creative work, and he is in relentless pursuit of a relationship with each of us.  Randy Frazee, The Story-Study Guide

Everliving God, whose will it is that all should come to you through your Son Jesus Christ: Inspire our witness to him, that all may know the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. - Book of Common Prayer

The Church

"The essence of the church is relationships forged around the risen Christ for the purpose of spreading the good news." Under The Radar, Easum and Tenny-Brittian

 

This Is The Symbol of Christianity

O God...

O God,
Give me strength to live another day; Let me not turn coward before its difficulties or prove recreant to its duties;
Let me not lose faith in other people; 
Keep me sweet and sound of heart, in spite of ingratitude, treachery, or meanness;
Preserve me from minding little stings or giving them; 
Help me to keep my heart clean, and to live so honestly and fearlessly that no outward failure can dishearten me or take away the joy of conscious integrity;
Open wide the eyes of my soul that I may see good in all things;
Grant me this day some new vision of thy truth; Inspire me with the spirit of joy and gladness; and make me the cup of strength to suffering souls; in the name of the strong Deliverer, our only Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.