Worship Wednesdays 4-17-16

Well here we are worshiping once again on a Wednesday. This post is one of seven weekly posts dedicated to spreading the worship of Jesus Christ across the blogosphere.

Here are two other blogs that also do worship Wednesday posts

ANOTHER RED LETTER DAY Actually Worship Wednesdays was Ben’s idea.

DEB BE STILL AND LISTEN

Check these blogs out when you have finished here.

Now you can add your own praise in the comments section below.

Find out more about the worship movement, JESUS CULTURE HERE

Tehillah Tuesdays 4-19-16

A Tehillah is a song of praise. Today I am praising God because He sent His Son Jesus to pay the penalty for my sin. Through Christ’s life, death and resurrection I now have a personal relationship with God.

This song pretty much sums up my feelings about it all.

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Add your own Tehillah in the comments section below.

 

 

Pastor Wrinkles Quips & Quotes 4-17-16

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Pastor Wrinkle’s Quips & Quotes is a Sunday Challenge to all my readers. Post your own favorite quote in the comments section below or write a whole post about your favortie quote of the week.

HERE’S MINE:

“Plain and simple: Mean people need Jesus.” – Carrie Underwood

Couldn’t agree more!

And here is a song from the lady quoted. You choose which you like better.

The Road Through Romans: Without Excuse

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The Road Through Romans is a discussion that is taking a look at every verse in the Book Of Romans. To be honest I am not sure this epoch of time has enough left in it for us to finish the discussion, but we will plod along until the age changes or the end of the book comes… whichever comes first.

If you have missed any of our previous discussions (and they are legion) you can find them on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE

We have been discussing verse 20 of Romans chapter 1 which says,

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

We have spent the better part of the last twenty posts on TRTR discussing those invisible attributes. I think I was actually taking so long getting through those qualities of God because I didn’t want to face the last four words of the verse.

People are without excuse!

We finished with the final invisible quality of God over a week ago and I have been unable to face writing what has to come next because this part of the good news is hard to take in.

People are without excuse!

There is a power in the world working overtime to convince us that there is no God or that if there is a God, He is some distant far away being who set the world to spinning and then walked away. Yet the creation itself tells us, if we will look at it, that not only is there a God but He knows us and desires relationship with us.

At the end of time no one will be able to excuse themselves for not knowing God by saying “There was no way I could have known about God.”

To them God will say,

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

In other words the problem is not that nothing in life points people to God. It is that in spite of the fact that creation screams out about God, people would rather believe anything else.

 

Mid Afternoon Meditation 4-15-16

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 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. I Cor. 3: 10-15

This verse speaks about a judgment believers will go through in Heaven.

What does it say to you about the importance of our work here on Earth?

Morning Direction From Scripture 4-15-16

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Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? 1 Cor. 3: 1-4

What mindset do you think Paul is encouraging the church towards in this passage?

How close are you to that mindset on a scale of 1-10, 1 being not at all close and 10 being perfect in that mindset?

What changes have to take place to help you move up to the next number on the scale?

Faithful Fridays 4-15-16

It’s time once again for Faithful Fridays, the weekly post where we talk about the faithfulness of God. God is bringing His people into greater and greater light. Share your own post about the faithfulness of God and link to this post in the comments section below.

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