Author: Administrador

See also: Affliction; Burdens; Difficulties; Hardships; Trials; Suffering Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. The Bible, Psalm 126:5 If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small. The Bible, Proverbs 24:10 kjv Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your … Continue reading “ADVERSITY”

See also: Worship We cannot by searching find the bottom, we must sit down at the brink and adore the depths. Matthew Arnold We do better to adore the mysteries of deity than to investigate them. Philip Melanchthon Open wide the windows of our spirits and fill us full of light; open wide the door … Continue reading “ADORATION”

See also: Genders, Complementarity of The man said, “The woman you put here with me – she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” The Bible, Genesis 3:12 Eve was not taken from the feet of Adam to be his slave, nor from his head to be his lord, but from … Continue reading “ADAM
AND EVE”

Men will not attend to what we say, but examine into what we do; and will say, “First obey your own words, and then exhort others.” This is the great battle, this is the unanswerable demonstration, which is made by our acts. John Chrysostom Well-done is better than well-said. Benjamin Franklin Actions speak louder than … Continue reading “ACTION
AND WORDS”

No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor; nor has any man a right to be so immersed in active life as to neglect the contemplation of God. Augustine of Hippo To give our Lord a perfect hospitality, … Continue reading “ACTIVITY
AND PRAYER”

If you are feeling tired and therefore in need of a spiritual tonic, go to the book of Acts. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

See also: Adam and Eve For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. The Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:22

We are not made righteous by doing righteous deeds; but when we have been made righteous we do righteous deeds. Martin Luther

Love doesn’t just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. Ursula K. LeGuin Even devotion must give way to a work of love to the spiritual and to the physical man. For even should one rise in prayer higher than Peter or Paul, and … Continue reading “ACTION
AND LOVE”

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas Carlyle No one notices what is at his feet; we all gaze at the stars. Quintus Ennius Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity. Johann … Continue reading “ACTION
AND THE PRESENT MOMENT”