Kenny Yeh in Nagoya, Japan and his testimony. Blessed by this brother.
Just when you think the internet didn’t have anything else more awesome around!
A skeptical student encounters Jesus
The insider and the outcast encounter Jesus
Two grieving sisters encounter Jesus
A wedding party encounters Jesus
Tim Keller responds to Oxford’s questions
Nobody stood and applauded them
So they knew from the start
This road would not lead to fame
All they really knew for sure was Jesus had called to them
He said “Come follow me” and they came
With reckless abandon they came
Empty nets lying there at the waters edge
Told a story that few could believe and none could explain
How some crazy fishermen agreed to go where Jesus lead
With no thought for what they would gain
For Jesus had called them by name and they answered
CHORUS
We will abandon it all for the sake of the call
No other reason at all but the sake of the call
Wholly devoted to live and to die
For the sake of the call
Drawn like the rivers are drawn to the sea
No turning back for the water cannot help but flow
Once we hear the Savior’s call we’ll follow wherever he leads
Because of the love He has shown
And because he has called us to go we will answer
We will abandon it all for the sake of the call
No other reason at all but the sake of the call
Wholly devoted to live and to die
BRIDGE
Not for the sake of a creed or a cause
Not for a dream or a promise
Simply because it is Jesus who calls
And if we believe we’ll obey
Dr Rick Griffith teaches at Singapore Bible College, where he has served for more than 20 years. Dr Rick Griffith trained at Dallas Theological Seminary where he received in Th.M and PhD.
Wish I were there.
Source:
Albrecht Dürer, The Revelation of St John: The Four Riders of the Apocalypse, 1497-98, Woodcut, 39 x 28 cmThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by Moonbot Studios.
Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, “Morris Lessmore” is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) award winning author/ illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a new narrative experience that harkens back to silent films and M-G-M Technicolor musicals. “Morris Lessmore” is old fashioned and cutting edge at the same time.
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is one of five animated short films that will be considered for outstanding film achievements of 2011 in the 84th Academy Awards ®.
Tonight as I sat in the carpark after hearing this sermon, I prayed a prayer of thanksgiving, reminded of how gracious and good God is to a sinner like me. These 7 truths showed me afresh the truth that God makes much of me BY freeing me to make much of God. In other words, by being God-centered in how He loves me, God is loving me most. Loving God is the highest joy there is, and God loves me most when He guards His own glory and the source of my joy. While this may sound complicated and philosophical, it was a fresh blessing to my soul to taste this truth from Scripture again.
In addition God also makes much of me in Christ. Piper preached magnificently on this topic too, showing that the truth that God makes much of Himself and that He makes much of me are two compatible and complementary, if not, mutual-affirming truths, when one understands that the second is fulfilled IN the first. These 7 truths blew my mind, and brought me to tears as I was so amazed by how much God has in store for me.
Helpfully, Piper referenced John Newton’s analogy of the man going to receive a million dollar inheritance but suffered a punctured tyre in his chariot. Muttering the whole way, “I have a puncture in my tyre. I have a puncture in my tyre,” the man acts like a fool failing to anticipate his joy and great inheritance. That’s how we live our lives, most of the time! Look forward to the great inheritance, the great reward that is in Christ Jesus. These are the 7 things that God used to soothe my soul and demonstrate His love for me in Christ:
1.) God makes much of us by being pleased with us and commending our lives.
2.) God makes much of us by making fellow heirs with His son who owns everything.
3.) God makes much of us by having us sit at the table when Jesus returns and he serves us as if He was the slave and we were the masters.
4.) God makes much of us by appointing us to carry out the judgement of angels.
5.) God makes much of by ascribing value to us and rejoicing over us as his treasured possession.
6.) God makes much of us by giving us a glorious body like Jesus’ resurrection body.
7.) God makes much of you by granting you to sit with Christ on His throne.
Source: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/getting-to-the-bottom-of-your-joy
@3 months agoWish I were there.
Just when you think the internet didn’t have anything else more awesome around!
A skeptical student encounters Jesus
The insider and the outcast encounter Jesus
Two grieving sisters encounter Jesus
A wedding party encounters Jesus
Tim Keller responds to Oxford’s questions
Source:
Albrecht Dürer, The Revelation of St John: The Four Riders of the Apocalypse, 1497-98, Woodcut, 39 x 28 cmTonight as I sat in the carpark after hearing this sermon, I prayed a prayer of thanksgiving, reminded of how gracious and good God is to a sinner like me. These 7 truths showed me afresh the truth that God makes much of me BY freeing me to make much of God. In other words, by being God-centered in how He loves me, God is loving me most. Loving God is the highest joy there is, and God loves me most when He guards His own glory and the source of my joy. While this may sound complicated and philosophical, it was a fresh blessing to my soul to taste this truth from Scripture again.
In addition God also makes much of me in Christ. Piper preached magnificently on this topic too, showing that the truth that God makes much of Himself and that He makes much of me are two compatible and complementary, if not, mutual-affirming truths, when one understands that the second is fulfilled IN the first. These 7 truths blew my mind, and brought me to tears as I was so amazed by how much God has in store for me.
Helpfully, Piper referenced John Newton’s analogy of the man going to receive a million dollar inheritance but suffered a punctured tyre in his chariot. Muttering the whole way, “I have a puncture in my tyre. I have a puncture in my tyre,” the man acts like a fool failing to anticipate his joy and great inheritance. That’s how we live our lives, most of the time! Look forward to the great inheritance, the great reward that is in Christ Jesus. These are the 7 things that God used to soothe my soul and demonstrate His love for me in Christ:
1.) God makes much of us by being pleased with us and commending our lives.
2.) God makes much of us by making fellow heirs with His son who owns everything.
3.) God makes much of us by having us sit at the table when Jesus returns and he serves us as if He was the slave and we were the masters.
4.) God makes much of us by appointing us to carry out the judgement of angels.
5.) God makes much of by ascribing value to us and rejoicing over us as his treasured possession.
6.) God makes much of us by giving us a glorious body like Jesus’ resurrection body.
7.) God makes much of you by granting you to sit with Christ on His throne.
Source: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/getting-to-the-bottom-of-your-joy
Dr Rick Griffith teaches at Singapore Bible College, where he has served for more than 20 years. Dr Rick Griffith trained at Dallas Theological Seminary where he received in Th.M and PhD.
