My Refuge Is In God ...

“I see more clearly, I think, the necessity … which God is under of allowing us to be afflicted – so few of us will really rest all on Him if He leaves us any other support.”

C. S. Lewis

How're You and Your Conscience Getting Along?

How’re you getting along with your conscience?

Do you ever find you’re somewhat irritated with it?

The truth is you don’t really want to be on adversarial terms with it. Jesus told His Friends that His Spirit, when He came to be with them, would guide and convict them. Sounds a lot like what your conscience does wouldn’t you say?

When you find conviction increasing in volume, and you’ve chosen to follow Christ, don’t let it irritate you. The growing sensitivity, especially to things which haven’t been such a big deal before, is evidence that Our Lord is getting closer and more involved in your life. The conviction and direction are the very things you need to make choices like Jesus would make if He were you.

Abandoning Outcomes ...

“As a Christian, you do not know what the future holds, but you do know who holds your hand. If you get ready to put your foot down in the wrong place, God will stop you and nudge you in another direction. He will shift your direction often, and as you look back on the way He has led, you will find that He has never guided you into a dead-end street or into a destructive situation...The essence of being a Christian is putting your hand in the hand of Christ and turning your back on any rights to the direction of your life. Your future becomes His, and He leads you for your “good and for His glory.’”

Dr. Dennis Kinlaw

What God Says ...

• What God says is truer than anything I feel.
• What God says is truer than anything I experience.
• What God says is truer than any circumstance I will ever face.

Ney Bailey

# 1: The Person Enjoying God's Well-being

Does Not …	“consort with people who ignore God … even deny He exists, and claim their ways are best”
	“laugh at, admire, approve, nor justify evil or those who practice it …”
	“spend time with people who mock others; speak in hurtfully critical tones; nor hang out with smart mouths”
Does …	“delight in whatever God says”
	“contemplate ‘every word that comes from the mouth of God’ day and night”
	Sometimes pray, “deny me those gratifying invitations; those highly interesting contacts; that participation in the brilliant movements of our age …
	“prosper”

Playin' on the "Black Keys" ...

"Son! If the mountain was smooth you couldn't climb it!"

Wintley Phipps

In Concert at Carnegie Hall

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