I pray to God for a fire in my soul which burns eternallike the blessed burning of that grandest ball of celestialand everlasting flame, exalted and lifted up likethe one who upholds its very atoms, upon whose willits energy depends and who has found fit to makeit as a strong man running a race;And I …
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Elohim
God of strength, all sovereign and powerful;God of truth, straight and without error;God of sufficiency, completer and sustainer;God of eternity, holder of all life, I AM:to Thy great name belongeth all glory!may every living thing ascribe to Thee, whattrue depth of mercy is Thine and Thine alone,what true strength lies within Thy Sanctuary;what delicate rest …
A Prayer to God
I cry out to God,for the blazing radiance of God's eternal Sonto burn within my bones,to burn within my heart,to burn within my bowels, within my mind,to create a tongue of eternal fire;a pillar of God's consuming heat resting on my head andI ache for the bliss of His presence,the bliss of His words, i …
Forgiveness Brings Knowledge
Because Jesus has died for our sins, resurrected, and given us the ability to be forgiven through faith, we can know The LORD. Though one might think they can know God through reading about Him or meditating upon spiritual matters: true knowledge of God comes only through Jesus and faith in Him. Intimate knowledge of …
“Repaying” The Lord
Of course we cannot repay The Lord for what He has done for us, and Jesus doesn't expect us to: He didn't save us so that we could repay Him. Paul says that what Jesus has accomplished for us through salvation is God's "unspeakable gift." As Jacob said in Genesis, truly, "[we are] not worthy …
The LORD Delights in Our Hope
It can be tempting to feel discouraged because we have "failed" God or to get down on ourselves when we don't perform, but I think that God has a very different view of us in these moments. After all, The Lord chose us for Himself before the foundation of the world, which means He already …
Two Sides of the Sun
Jesus is a Sun; The Sun! And if we come to Him before The Day of Judgment, "The Day of Vengeance of our God," we will not be smitten of Him. But to those who refuse Jesus, to give up their lives and follow Him, they will be scorched by the judgment of God. Though …
Faithful to Hear
God is a wonderful Father. He is never too busy for us, and is always welcoming us to pray to Him. In fact, this is one quality of God's faithfulness toward us and His righteousness. David says, "Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy …
Walking in Truth
What does it mean to walk in truth? We find the phrase in several places in the Bible, but what exactly does it mean; why is it important; and what can we change in our lives to more perfectly, "walk in truth?" King David certainly thought it was important. For on his deathbed he speaks …