Sometimes a song just reaches out, slaps you, and challenges you to engage in some serious self examination. This powerful song has inspired me to not be so wishy-washy with my walk in Christ. I hope it does the same for anyone else who reads this who, like me, sometimes struggles with a spiritual identity crisis.
--Newsboys - Born again
Despite our best intentions, all of us blow it sometimes. It's what comes with being human and not God. Yet God has given us a way to go beyond our failures, to rise above our circumstances and live the life He has planned for us. This gift is called faith, and with it we can see the mistakes we make as lessons to make us stronger, and all the hurdles that once seemed insurmountable as stepping stones to a brighter future in Him. This song is about finding that faith we so desperately need.
--Kutless - What Faith Can Do
Starting kids out with prayer at a young age is important. It can also be cute beyond measure. Enjoy.
Relationships take work, but part of our job on earth is to work at them and not simply endure them. The result of some time, effort and prayer is the enrichment of your marriage or friendship. God didn't call us to isolation, so may each of us seek His counsel as to just how best to minister to those whom He has given us to love.
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Enjoy this celebration of Mommyhood. The ending really brings it all home and reflects the mother's heart.
Do we make the most of every moment while here on Earth? Of course not. But if we truly had an understanding of how important it was to live out our lives as an effective witness for Christ on a daily basis (while we still have time to do so), would it change our time management in such a way that we would make more of the moments count?
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Have a box of tissues handy when you watch this video. The song is pretty good, as well. Like all GodTube videos, you may have to wait a minute for it to load.
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The Skit Guys shed some uncomfortable light on our misconceptions about worship.
So many lives are flickering out like untrimmed candles in our cities. Maybe we can't always be there because of distance or time to show them the love of Christ in a tangible way, but what is to stop us from praying fervently for them right now and wherever or whenever else God lays them on our hearts?
--Tait - Altars
It is surprisingly easy for our lives to veer out of control. Fear and uncertainty can swallow us whole in these times if we let them. Yet if we let go of our death grip on our lives and instead let God be in charge of them completely, we can know His incredible peace even in the midst of the chaos surrounding us.
--Tait - Lose This Life
--from Sacred Poems and Hymns by James Montgomery
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All of the wonders of nature are an expression of God's love for us. So, too, was Christ's death on the cross as a way to bring mankind back to Him. Now God wants to express His love again, but this time using us to touch the world we live in. Are we willing to be his works of living art?
--Rebecca St. James - Expressions of Love
We must give all of ourselves to God, not keeping back one iota of our will or being, to truly know our purpose in this life. Total trust is what He asks of you and me, not to take advantage of us as an imperfect person would, but to transform us into all we were meant to be when He created us in the first place. This, as scary as it might seem for all of us who feel we must remain in control, is the only path to true joy and fulfillment.
--Aaron Shust - To God Alone
We care about so many things that are unimportant in the long run. May we this Easter arise from our short-term outlook and prepare our hearts and lives for Christ's return, applying an eternal, God-oriented perspective to our present actions and attitudes.
--Shane & Shane - Arise
If we take an honest look at ourselves, our thought lives, and our actions, we can see better than anyone else just how utterly sinful we are. Yet despite all of this God still loves us and wants a relationship with us. As we confess our sins to Him he is faithful to forgive us. What a glorious feeling it is to be forgiven.
--Sanctus Real - Forgiven
How easy it is to leave the sanctuary on a Sunday morning and immediately slip back into our self-absorbed mode of thought and behavior. We seem to forget, often from the moment the last prayer ends, that we are not alone in this world and have a purpose, a destiny to fulfill in Christ. May all of us be more aware today and from now on of who we truly are in Him.
--Salvador - Aware
After Christ saves us He doesn't just leave us like we were. Instead, He sends his Spirit to transform us into his image. He breaks through the barriers we erect in order to fill us with his life-changing love and purpose. Aren't you glad?
--Nate Sallie - Breakthrough
What a wonder it is that God loves us! No matter how messed-up we are, He still cares enough to come to us with comfort and healing when we turn to Him.
--Rush of Fools - Wonder of the World
There is a desire on the enemy's part to first crush us and then mold us into the warped and defeated image that suits him and this world the best. Yet if we hold fast to Christ and stand our ground we can beat the system set in place to conquer us.
--Petra - Beat the System
Most of us have a healthy self-image, but is it healthy by the world's standards or in God's eyes? True understanding of who we are comes in understanding who we are in Christ, and that self-image is both humbling and invigorating. With Him we are something loved and treasured, but without Him, what are we really?
--Twila Paris - What Am I Without You
As Christians we should long for a closer walk with God, a deeper relationship that plunges us, if need be, into a desert where we willingly surrender everything we hold dear to draw that much closer to Him.
--Twila Paris - Cry For The Desert
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