tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post115781100080315738..comments2024-03-24T03:21:03.154-04:00Comments on CAMPONTHIS: BECAUSE HE IS GOD...recovering a reverence for God in the churchSJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-58885634990713923712009-05-06T16:03:00.000-04:002009-05-06T16:03:00.000-04:00I needed this. Thanks...I needed this. Thanks...Puritan Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240560332777968090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-11778525919603779122009-04-30T03:21:00.000-04:002009-04-30T03:21:00.000-04:00audio link is:
www.honeycombmusic.co.uk/audio/TheG...audio link is:<br />www.honeycombmusic.co.uk/audio/TheGraceOfMyGod_mastered.mp3vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308787712065255319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-54919632728696706542009-04-30T03:18:00.000-04:002009-04-30T03:18:00.000-04:00Hi Steve
I followed you here from twitter ( www.t...Hi Steve<br /><br />I followed you here from twitter ( www.twitter.com/vince_honeycomb ). This is a great blog and an excellent post. I love the contrasts in your writing of what God brings to us in promise and experience because of our salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. It’s reminiscent of the structure of some of the puritan prayers. Are you familiar with the book The Valley of Vision published by Banner Of Truth Trust? There is a prayer called Privileges contained within it’s pages. It inspired my son Matt to write a song called The Grace Of My God, which you can read below and hear at www.honeycombmusic.co.uk/audio/TheGraceOfMyGod_mastered.mp3<br /><br /><br /><br />1. The grace of my God, an unbreakable chain,<br />for those He redeems, He in grace will sustain.<br />I will treasure the cross and rejoice in the Prize,<br />This unspeakable Gift! This the gospel of Christ!<br /><br />2. Without Him my eyes would be downcast in guilt,<br />And in trembling shame would my lips have been sealed.<br />Yet my mouth fills with praise, when I call on His name<br />And my eyes may delight in the wonders of Christ!<br /><br />Yes, wave upon wave of grace reaches me,<br />He deals with my sin and He washes me clean.<br />And each accusation is drowned by His blood,<br />For Jesus has paid with immeasurable love!<br /><br />3. Without Him is hell, where His wrath will consume,<br />In perpetual fire; an eternity doomed.<br />Yet in Him is all love, and my soul is at rest,<br />For hell's gates have been barred through His glorious death!<br /><br />4. Without Him the darkness is all I can see,<br />And the terror of sin would abound within me.<br />Yet a boundless horizon of glory is mine,<br />When Christ in the depths of my heart is all light!<br /><br />5. By grace my affection is drawn to the Lord,<br />And by grace I'm renewed by the power of His word.<br />It is grace that will strengthen my will and resolve<br />To live for my Christ 'til I kneel at His throne!<br /><br />Matt Giles © 2008 Honeycomb Music Publishing Ltd<br /><br />With every blessing, Vince.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308787712065255319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-62654028752363936462009-04-29T11:51:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:51:00.000-04:00"Because He is God, I have no right to myself. Bec..."Because He is God, I have no right to myself. Because He is God, I must walk in love, and love others, as Christ loved me and gave Himself for me." I'm so far from the mark here! I'm so thankful for His grace that teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness. Grace has nothing to do with license. Grace teaches us obedience and brings glory to God. But I am digressing a bit. <br /><br />Because He is God! Praise the Lord!The Blainemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157965154638461280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1157833949616745102006-09-09T16:32:00.000-04:002006-09-09T16:32:00.000-04:00I so appreciate your posts, Steve.I so appreciate your posts, Steve.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601718675860240867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1157821477386866692006-09-09T13:04:00.000-04:002006-09-09T13:04:00.000-04:00Oh how true, but how difficult... To strive toward...Oh how true, but how difficult... To strive towards these divine standards is like trying to reach the stars...<BR/>And in spite of the obvious and real imperfectness this is exactly what every Christian is supposed to do.<BR/><BR/>Interesting You should post this very text today. Only yesterday I read in my local newspaper, on occasion of three new pastors coming to a church in town, what they were proclaiming about their pastoral program: <BR/>"...Those pastors have plenty of ideas on how to revive their church. The most essential thing they speak about is NOT BURDENING (emphasis mine) people with speeches about morals and rules - what should come forth is the heart of faith." <BR/>/This is about a lutheran church, somewhere in southern Sweden./<BR/><BR/>How in the world can one present the heart of faith without the basics? What we deal with here is typical customers' church, where God is hardly ever mentioned other than as the Good Father of all people. Any other picture of God would be BURDENING.<BR/><BR/>A lesson in humbliness. A daily fight with this big ego that sits inside and demands our undivided attention. This is a really narrow road described by You, and the only right one. I was thinking about the meaning of "narrow". Because it does not mean that it is limiting the numbers to come on it, does it? <BR/>When the road is narrow, you cannot walk with crowds all at once. You follow in a line, rather than marching four and four. That means you walk alone at a given time and space, but you still see others, before and after you, and you are still able to give and to get a helping hand. This helping hand is necessary, both to give and to get, to constantly be a part of a whole, a part of Christ's Church.<BR/><BR/>2Co 9:13 <I>Because of the proof that this service of yours brings, you will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and because of your generosity in sharing with them and everyone else.</I>annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669872553144304889noreply@blogger.com