I NEED MERCY ! How Much Mercy Do You Need?

How Much Mercy Do You Need?

Just in case you were concerned that all this talk of mercy and justice was only an Old Testament concept; today I share the words of Jesus.  Matthew records Jesus’ scolding words in Matthew 23.  If you are afraid to come to Jesus because of some sin you carry, if you have never accepted the amazing gift of God’s grace and mercy that Jesus embodies, if you think becoming a follower of Christ is all about following rules, keep in mind the words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 23 are not for the “sinner.”  Jesus never spoke harshly to a sinner.  God didn’t sacrifice His only Son to lord your sin over you or simply for the pleasure of reminding you how wrong you are.

Too Weary to Love

Jesus’ words in this passage are for those who claim His name.  Jesus’ words do sting, only because God wants His followers to be HIS ambassadors, not free agents who claim His name.  The call of the Christian is not to make our own rules.  The call of Jesus is not to disregard the rules.  The call of Jesus is to give the rules the proper weight.

A few days ago, in the post, Accept No Substitutions I shared my real-life experience with the concept Jesus was trying to get across.  As I read this passage, it stings my heart because I’m content to do my best at what I’m good at doing.  I will, in essence, give a tithe of my spices; for me that’s easy.  Jesus is saying that isn’t enough.

When I look at the call to be merciful, just and loyal, it’s then I realize I underestimate my need for God’s mercy.  How can I possibly be merciful to others, if I don’t completely understand the magnitude of God’s mercy to me?    How can I act justly if I see others as different from me in our need for a Savior?

Seeking God’s Mercy

This month as I’ve read about and pondered the notion of justice and mercy I’ve come to realize how my heart harnesses and stifles God’s goodness.  I’ll admit, I need salvation.  I’ll admit, I need grace.  I’m reluctant to admit I need mercy. Remember, mercy is not getting the punishment you deserve.  If I’m reluctant to admit I need mercy, I’m not very likely to act in mercy toward others.

Have you asked God for His mercy?  How much do you think you need?  A few weeks ago, I would have shrugged at both of those questions.  I’ve come to realize I need an infinite supply of His mercy.  I can follow the rules good enough to be accepted by those around me, but I need a huge, daily shot of God’s mercy; more than I ever realized, to be truly obedient.  I need God’s mercy not only to be obedient in my motives and actions, but also to make sense of the world around me.

Lamentations 3 is one of my favorite chapters.  I looked at it differently today.  Life is a constant barrage of consequences, inconvenience, suffering and in some cases pain.  In the middle of all of that, regardless of the situation, God offers new mercy each morning.

For what?  To make it through the day.  Each day, I need to rely on God’s mercy for the events of the day.  I need God’s mercy; not for some Herculean task but simply to make it through the day.  I need mercy.

How about you?

Father, thank you for your infinite mercy.  Thank you for giving it freely.  Help me truly understand your desire, not for robotic obedience, to act in justice and mercy and to seek a deeper relationship with You.

By Rachel Stephenson • February 14, 2014 

Reblogged from http://blog.febc.org/faith/much-mercy-need

PRIORITATI SI VALORI-de Emi Zarnescu

Priorități și valori

Avem oare nevoie să ne cunoaștem prioritățile în viață? Dacă da, ar trebuie să ni le definim sau ele sunt implicite? Dacă ar fi să facem o listă a valorilor și priorităților pe care le avem, cum ar arăta ea?

Iată un tip de întrebări pe care cred că ar trebui să ni le punem la acest început de an 2014. M-am regăsit de multe ori în anul care tocmai a trecut dând prioritate unor lucruri care nu reprezentau priorități esențiale, făcând de multe ori ceea ce mi-a plăcut în loc să fac ceea ce a trebuit. M-am luptat mult cu disciplina personală și am eșuat de multe ori. Este o luptă pe care uneori o căștig, și mă bucur pentru asta dar de mult prea multe ori am pierdut-o. Disciplina personală nu este ceva ușor pentru mine. Poate că pentru alții lucrurile sunt mai ușoare, însă pentru mine lupta pare uneori imposibilă de dus.

Am discutat de curând, în grupul nostru de părtășie, despre valorile și prioritățile pe care ar trebui să le aibe un creștin în viață, și am rămas plăcut surprins să văd că, prin harului lui Dumnezeu, împărtășim în general aceleași valori spirituale care ne leagă împreună. Dar sunt și lucruri personale pe care fiecare și le cunoaște. Fiecare se cunoaște pe sine, își cunoaște părțile tari și cele slabe, suișuri și coborâșuri, și de aceea este nevoie și de o cercetare personală, de o stabilire a unor priorități personale în funcție de starea fiecăruia, de problemele prin care trece, de planurile fiecăruia, ș.a.m.d.  Dar  trebuie să înțelegem că există niște priorități și valori universale spirituale de care nu ne putem ascunde sau fugi pentru că ele reprezintă caracteristica vieții creștine.  Și cred că o trecere  în revistă a prioritățile și valorile pe care le avem și care ne ghidează viața ar trebui să fie un proces serios și periodoic în decursul vieții noastre. Iar acest proces, confruntat cu Biblia, ar putea să aibe cel puțin doua efecte: 1. să ne arate că valorile și prioritățile noastre sunt greșite, și 2. să ne corecteze unele dintre ele.

De aceea, ca și creștini, dacă vrem să avem o viață echilibrată spiritual trebuie să știm și să ne conștientizăm valorile și prioritățile și apoi să le comparăm cu prioritățile lui Dumnezeu, iar apoi… să trecem la treabă. Aici cred că poate fi cheia echilibrului spiritual.

Însă ca să nu lungesc textul prea mult, am făcut mai jos o listă  generală/universală de priorități biblice pe care le consider de bază în viața unui credincios. O evaluare personală nu cred că face rău nimănui.

1. Dumnezeu și relația personală cu El.

Ce loc ocupă Dumnezeu în programul nostru? Nu mă refer aici la lucrare, la studiu pentru predică, sau la discuții despre Dumnezeu. Ci mă refer la acel timp petrecut cu Dumnezeu, singur, în care cauți pur și simplu prezența lui Dumnezeu, hrana Cuvântului și acea stare de rugăciune în care comunci efectiv cu Dumnezeu, nu doar bălmăjești o rugăciune standard sau te lupți să nu adormi. Avem nevoie să ne analizăm disciplina spirituală pentru a putea să ne dăm un răspuns sincer și să putem face schimbările necesare în acest domeniu esențial.

2. Familia. Ce loc ocupă responsabilitățile noastre familiale în viața noastră.

Când mă refer la familie mă refer atât la responsabilitățile material, spirituale, cât și cele emoționale și psihologice, și asta pentru că pentru mulți familia reprezintă doar o responsabilitate materială. Să avem ce să punem pe masă, cât mai mult dacă se poate, să avem cu ce ne îmbrăca, cele necesare traiului, etc. În familiile cu copii mulți lucrurile sunt și mai complicate în acestă privință, dar familia nu înseamnă doar cele materiale. Familia este celula societății dar și a bisericii. În familie se formează deprinderile sociale și spiritual, dar și profilul moral și psihologic al viitorului adult. Familia este cheia unei societăți sănătoase dar și a unei biserici sănătoase. Așa dar, avem datoria biblică de a forma persoane care să fie de folos societății dar să fie de folos mai ales lui Dumnezeu. De aceea ne numim creștini, pentru că îl urmăm pe Cristos. Și să nu uităm cel mai important lucru – familia trebuie să fie cadrul unde copilul aude Evanghelia și pașii lui sunt îndreptați către Dumnezeu.

Știați că până prin anii 90, bisericile evanghelice din SUA erau populate în cea mai mare parte (cam 80%) cu copiii credincioșilor? Însă pe măsură ce familiile au devenit tot mai slabe d.p.d.v. moral și spiritual, copiii credincioșilor au părăsit bisericile pentru că nu exista o corelare între mesajul Bisericii și viața practică pe care o vedeau acasă. Și în mod natural au ales lumea nu biserica. Iată un exemplu despre cum  prioritățile părinților influnețează atât viața lor cât și a generațiilor următoare.

3. Părtășia creștină.

Ce loc ocupă părtășia creștină în prioritățile mele?  Cine sunt prietenii mei cei mai buni? Sunt ei creștini serioși sau sunt vecinii de bloc?  Simți libertate în a mă ruga cu alții, în a studia Cuvântul împreună? Dacă nu, ce ne ține?

4. Serviciul.

Consider că fiecare dintre noi ar trebui să ne facem o analiză a modului în care ne îndeplinim atribuțiile de serviciu. Și asta pentru că ține de mărturia și caracaterul creștin să fim buni profesioniși, serioși și oameni care își dau interesul în a face o treabă cât mai bună.  Dar desigur că trebuie să analizăm și cealaltă parte a problemei: nu cumva serviciul meu sau afacerea mea este dumnezeul meu? Nu cumva serviciul meu este mai important decât Dumnezeu sau familia?

5. Administrarea resurselor.

Cum imi administrez banii?  Sunt serios în a da Domnului procentul pe care l-am hotărât în inima mea?  Este nevoie să decid ceva în această privință la începutul acestui an?  Am datorii? De ce? Și dacă am datorii, mi le plătesc la timp? Sunt la zi cu plata facturilor?  Sunt un bun ispravnic al bogățiilor nedrepte, pe care mi le-a dat Dumnezeu?  Există și aici cealaltă parte a paharului: sunt unii care dau pe la biserici bani crezând că așa o să îi ajute  Dumnezeu să câștige mai mult sau să le meargă afacerile. Se păcălesc singuri. Cuvântul spune că prin chibzuință se zidește o casă, și prin înțelepciune i se umple cămările. Deci .. la disciplină și la făcut planuri realiste care se pot duce la îndeplinire.

Ar mai fi multe alte lucruri de scris însă fiecare dintre noi avem problemele noastre și ocupațiile noastre. Avem vârste diferite și priorități diferite, și chiar valori diferite. Fiecare trebuie să își facă propria listă și să o compare cu valorile biblice, și așa să lupte pentru creșterea lui spirituală și a celor din jurul lui.

By Emi Zarnescu on 06/01/2014 on  
http://emizarnescu.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/prioritati-si-valori

GOSPEL HYMNS FOR DALY STRENGHT–LIFT HIM UP !

 GOSPEL HYMNS FOR DALY STRENGHT

LIFT HIM UP!

“If I be lifted up from the earth, [I] will draw all men unto Me.” John 12:32

Oh! the world is hungry for the Living Bread,

Lift the Savior up for them to see; Trust Him,

and do not doubt the words that He said,

“I’ll draw all men unto Me.”

Don’t exalt the preacher, don’t exalt the pew,

Preach the Gospel simple, full and free;

Prove Him and you will find that promise is true,

“I’ll draw all men unto Me.”

Lift Him up by living as a Christian ought,

Let the world in you the Savior see;

Then men will gladly follow Him who once taught

“I’ll draw all men unto Me.” -LIFT HIM UP
Words: John­son Oat­man, Jr., 1903.
Music: Ben­ja­min B. Beall

FAN OR FOLLOWER ? ALL COMES DOWN TO LOVE!I AM NOT A FAN !

FAN OR FOLLOWER ?

ALL COMES DOWN TO LOVE!
 I AM NOT A FAN !

Fan: an enthusiastic admirer.
In the Gospels, Jesus never seemed too interested in fans. Is that how you define your relationship with Him? An “enthusiastic admirer”? Close enough to Jesus to get the benefits but not so close to require sacrifice?
He was looking for followers. Not just any follower though, but a…
completely. committed. follower.
How would things change if you lived as Jesus lived, and loved the way He loved?
Maybe you’re ready to join the hundreds of people who have stepped across a line and said:
I am not a fan.

http://www.notafan.com/

Completely Committed Followers

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TELL IT OVER AGAIN-Gospel Hymns For Daily Strength-YES MAM OVER AND OVER !

 

Gospel Hymns For Daily Strength

It is new, it is new every moment,

Half its marvels have never been told;

This glad message of hope and redemption,

This sweet Gospel that never grows old.

’Tis a message of bounty and mercy,
Full of heart-throbs of love from the throne;
They who quaff at its fountain of promise
Make the glories of Heaven their own.

It has balm for the wounds of life’s battle,
For the great Healer left it below;
And it tells how the heart, sin makes crimson,
Grows, by faith in His blood, white as snow.

Happy souls, happy souls that receive it,
They have only to learn and believe;
Just to turn from earth-idols to Jesus,
Keep His word, and salvation receive.

Tell it over and over,
Tell it over again;
Tell of mercy and love and salvation,
Till all earth shall reply, Amen!

-TELL IT OVER AGAIN
Words: A. Ro­sal­the Car­ey, 1896.
Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick

THE NAME OF JESUS

 

 The names of Jesus, Freddy Hayler

TRUE FREEDOM- Days of Praise

True Freedom via Days of Praise

“As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.” (1 Peter 2:16)

We who live in what the song writer called the “sweet land of liberty” have a great responsibility to preserve that freedom which our forefathers obtained for us at great cost over two centuries ago. At the same time, we must not turn liberty into license. It would surely hurt those brave and godly men if they could see how we now use “freedom of choice” to justify murdering multitudes of innocent children before they are born, and how we use “freedom of speech” to warrant fouling the eyes and ears of our children with widespread pornography and to promote all kinds of immoral behavior in our society in general. No nation can remain free very long after such practices become widely accepted by its citizens. We need to pray for revival!

The same warning applies to the abuse of our spiritual freedom in Christ. As the apostle Paul said and repeated: “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient”(1 Corinthians 6:12; also 1 Corinthians10:23,where he added that “all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not”).

As Peter says in our text, even though we are “free” and have real “liberty,” we are nevertheless “servants of God,” where the Greek worddoulos actually connotes “bond servants,” or even “slaves.” Our liberty in Christ is not freedom to sin whenever we so choose, but rather freedom from our former bondage to sin. “Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness” (Romans 6:18).

Although our nation is rapidly becoming anti-Christian in belief and practice, we Christians can still best serve our nation and our Savior by practicing and proclaiming Christ’s wonderful saving gospel of free salvation from sin and regeneration unto righteousness. HMM

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“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.” (Isaiah 54:7-8) More…

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WALK A LITTLE SLOWER DADDY……

WALK A LITTLE SLOWER DADDY……

” Walk a little slower daddy.”

Said a child so small.

“I’m following in your footsteps and

I don’t want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,

Sometimes they’re hard to see;

So walk a little slower, Daddy,

For you are leading me.

Someday when I’m all grown up,

You’re what I want to be;

Then I will have a little child,

Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,

And know that I was true;

So, walk a little slower, DADDY,

For I must follow you” ”

I want to be like Jesus, because my son wants to be like me.”

 

HAVEN TODAY-HOW THE GOSPEL CHANGE MOTHERS-JUST LISTEN !

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TEN INDICTMENTS AGAINST MODERN CHURCH{A Historical 21st Century Message} (Paul Washer)

Ten Indictments {A Historical 21st Century Message} (Paul Washer)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X7wzfvYkCW0

Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church

In DEUTSCH hier!

Paul Washer’s sermon The Ten Indictments against the Modern Church addresses the issues of our day. In it, Paul takes up why some of our churches are suffering and unfruitful. He draws our minds to the fact that

1. First, there is a denial of the sufficiency of Scripture.

2. Second, there is an ignorance of who God is.

3. Third, there is a failure to address man’s desperate condition.

4. Fourth, there is an ignorance concerning the Gospel of Christ.

5. Fifth, there is an unbiblical invitation system.

6. Sixth, there is an ignorance regarding the nature of the church.

7. Seventh, there is a lack of loving and compassionate church discipline.

8. Eighth, there is a silence on separation from the world.

9. Ninth, there is a replacement of Scripture with Psychology regarding the family.

10. Tenth, there are pastors who are malnourished in the Word.

Watch and listen to the sermon – and be aware that this sermon is no “fast food”, but that it will need two full hours of your time — two hours which will be very well invested!)

Or get the sermon as a free booklet (download link at the end).

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ALISTAIR BEGG:MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS- (1) Biola University

Alistair Begg: My times are in Your hands (1) Biola University

Biola Chapel from April 22, 2013 - “One of the distinguishing marks of a Christian, of a Christian worldview is to be found in the way in which  he or she views the passing of time and the ordering of the events of life.”

Psalm 31: 

A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.

1In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness deliver me.
² Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be to me a rock of strength,
A stronghold to save me.
³ For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
⁴ You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
⁵ Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

⁶ I hate those who regard vain idols,
But I trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
⁸ And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And my body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

Alistair Begg:

Gauguin, the post impressionist painter, painted large and very graphic pictures, particularly of women from the islands. He led a dissolute life, although brought up as a Roman Catholic and catechized, and he was not known for writing on his paintings, apart from signing them. But, on one of his most famous paintings, depicting the journey of man form birth to the grave, he wrote on the top corner, he wrote 3 questions: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Unfortunately, he had no answer for those questions. He died in his fifties, as a result, really, of a life that was lived in excess, without finding answers to those questions.

In contrast, the catechism, the Heidelberg (corrupted a little), asks the question: What is our only hope in life and death? And it provides an answer: That we are not our own, but belong, body and soul, both in life and death to God and to our Savior, Jesus Christ. You see, one of the distinguishing marks of a Christian, of a Christian worldview is to be found in the way in which  he or she views the passing of time and the ordering of the events of life. To think Christianly is to have a radical shift in the way in which we view all of these issues and to be able to affirm, “My times, o God is in your hands,” is a Christian thing to do. And so, I want to say just 3 things on the strength of that this morning

 

Alistair Begg: Never Forgotten – Biola University Chapel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I39OdPpI2RU
Reblogged from by rodi http://rodiagnusdei.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/alistair-begg-my-times-are-in-your-hand-biola-university/

BLESSED RESURRECTION DAY! JESUS IS ALIVE! JESUS LIVES!Have A Wonderful Time Rejoicing In The Resurrection !

BLESSED RESURRECTION DAY! JESUS IS ALIVE! JESUS LIVES!Have A Wonderful Time Rejoicing In The Resurrection

 

DEAR BELOVED CHRISTIAN FAMILY ,FRIENDS ,AND VISITORS

We are wishing you and your family a wonderfully blessed Easter surrounded in the Unending, Unconditional Love our Lord and Savior!

What an amazing celebration this weekend brings!  Easter….

The THIRD DAY changed everything!  When Jesus rose from the grave it validated that He was the Son of God! 

His miracles were explained and His teachings became TRUTH.  The Savior of the world had arrived and those who believe will have eternal life!

We pray that you will receive this Easter Truth as Never-Ending Hope.  Jesus promised us eternity with Him in paradise and His promises will ALWAYS be fulfilled!

God bless and may the Peace of Jesus be with you today, tomorrow and for eternity!

Have A Wonderful Time Rejoicing In The Resurrection!!

FORGIVE THEM, O MY FATHER-They know not what they do.

FORGIVE THEM, O MY FATHER-

They know not what they do.

Forgive them, O my Father,
They know not what they do.

The Savior spoke in anguish,

As sharp iron nails went through.

No word of anger spoke He

To them that shed His blood,

But prayer and tenderest pity

Large as the love of God.

For me was that compassion,

For me that tender care;

I need His wide forgiveness

As much as any there.

It was my pride and hardness

That hung Him on the tree;

Those cruel nails, O Savior,

Were driven in by me.

And often I have slighted

Thy gentle voice that said:

Forgive me too, Lord Jesus,

I knew not what I did.

O depth of sweet compassion!

O love divine and true!

Save Thou the souls that slight Thee,

And know not what they do.

Words: Ce­cil F. Al­ex­an­der,

in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1875, alt.

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/f/o/r/forgivet.htm