Be still and know
Be still, let go
Be still and know
That I am God.
Be still, let go
Be still and know
That I am God.
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes to climb out this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand
But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The waves, they keep telling me
Time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win. You'll never win!"
But the Voice of Truth
Tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth
Says, "Do not be afraid."
And the Voice of Truth
Says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe
The Voice of Truth.
(I find that very encouraging as I gear up to be a counselor for my first time in a couple of weeks!)
"If you have given your heart to Jesus, Jesus has already given Himself to you."
--Max Lucado
"Wear the mask until you become conformed to it."
--C. S. Lewis
"Your time with God should last long enough for you to say what you want and for God to say what He wants."
--Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus
"Obedience is the doorway into joy."
--TFM
"I will serve Thee because I love Thee."
"I need no other sunshine than the sunshine of Thy face."
"We can enter into the holiest and find ourselves, not smitten down, but at home."
--TFM
"What you say 'wow' about is a form of worship."
--NRS
"Every time we claim victory, it drive the Truth in deeper."
--Dan M.
"We should become what we are."
--John Piper
"The key to changing the world is having Christians in joint with God."
--NRS
"God uses unexpected people to use unexpected tools to see His work done."
--NRS
"We may not have the opportunity to die for Christ, but we have the opportunity to live for Christ." --Ben H.
"When we look on and see what Jesus has done for us, there's no way we can be apathetic."
--Clyde S.
"Beholding the face of God is not a future hope, it's a present reality."
--Dan P.
"There's a battle out there, but sometimes the battle is just to see that there's a battle."
--Dennis P.
"Pressing on with zeal to be a living sacrifice to Thee."
"The glory of God is man fully alive."
--Saint Irenaeus
"We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us . . ."
--Nelson Mandela
"It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons."
--William Gurnall
"If it doesn't bring freedom and it doesn't bring life, it's not Christianity. If it doesn't restore the image of God and rejoice in the heart, it's not Christianity."
--John Eldrige, Waking the Dead (the three previous quotes were in his book as well)
"I ended my first book with the words no answer. I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?"
--C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
Thou art a sea without a shore;
Awful, immense Thou art,
A sea which can contract itself
Within my narrow heart.
--Faber
"When faith becomes obedience then it is true faith indeed."
--A.W. Tozer
"It had opened her eyes to the fact that right down in the depths of her own heart she really had but one passionate desire, not for the things which the Shepherd had promised, but for Himself. All she wanted was to be allowed to follow Him forever. Other desires might clamor strongly and fiercely nearer the surface of her nature, but she knew now that down in the core of her own being she was so shaped that nothing could fit, fill, or satisfy her heart but He Himself."
--Hannah Hurnard, Hinds' Feet on High Places
"When people worship anyone or anything besides Him, they become like it. God has better intentions for His people."
--Steven C. Hawthorne, The Story of His Glory
"By wooing people into true worship, God is able to fully bestow His love upon them."
--Steven C. Hawthorne, The Story of His Glory
". . . the ultimate value of their salvation is not what they are saved from, but what they are saved for that really matters."
--Hawthorne
"God is not just loving people. He is transforming them to become people who can fully love Him." --Hawthorne
"Human enthusiasm cannot sustain apostolic passion."
--Floyd McClung, Apostolic Passion
"If you have apostolic passion, you are one of the most dangerous people on the planet. The world no longer rules your heart . . . The Father's passions have become your passions. You find your satisfaction and significance in Him . . . You are sold out to God, and you live for the Lamb."
--Floyd McClung, Apostolic Passion
"Great victory has never been possible without great sacrifice."
--Sameul Zwemer, The Glory of the Impossible
"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle."
--Bishop Phillips Brooks (?)
"There is no instance of an Apostle being driven abroad under the compulsion of a bald command. Each one went as a lover to his betrothed on his appointed errand."
--Samuel Zwemer, The Glory of the Impossible
"Look at yourself, and you are horrified,
Look at Him, and your are glorified."
--quoted in class by Dan M., but I don't know if he came up with it or someone else did.
"The Bride lets God define beauty."
--Dan M.
"To be a witness does not consist in engaging propaganda, not even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not exist."
--Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water
"Oh boy! I'm going to devour more of God's Word!"
--TFM's interpretation of Jeremiah's attitude in Jer. 15:16
"The steadfast love of Jehovah never ceases; His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
Lam. 3 something
"God loves the stupid woman."
--TFM
"When you stand your ground, the devil loses his."
"One thing is needful."
"Cling to the heart of God, even when His ways don't make sense."
--Dan M.
"The good is the enemy of the best."
--NRS
"If the Enemy reminds you of your past, you remind him of his future."
"He is good. I am His."
"Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is."
--Oswald Chambers
"God used the worst act ever committed by wicked men to accomplish the greatest good the world has ever known."
--Dan M. (he could have been quoting; my notes weren't clear)
"Faith steps out into the seeming void and finds the Rock beneath."
"Because her identification was embodied not in who she was but in who her bridegroom was--her beauty was reflected beauty."
--Jerry Benjamin, Who Has the Right to Rule?
"Religious contentment is the enemy of the spiritual life always."
--A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man
"Resisting worldliness is absolutely vital but not ultimately significant. Jesus Christ is most important. We must fight worldliness because it dulls our affections for Christ and distracts our attention from Christ. Worldliness is so serious because Christ is so glorious."
--C.J. Mahaney, Worldliness
The kind of faith it takes to climb out this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand
But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The waves, they keep telling me
Time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win. You'll never win!"
But the Voice of Truth
Tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth
Says, "Do not be afraid."
And the Voice of Truth
Says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe
The Voice of Truth.
(I find that very encouraging as I gear up to be a counselor for my first time in a couple of weeks!)
"If you have given your heart to Jesus, Jesus has already given Himself to you."
--Max Lucado
"Wear the mask until you become conformed to it."
--C. S. Lewis
"Your time with God should last long enough for you to say what you want and for God to say what He wants."
--Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus
"Obedience is the doorway into joy."
--TFM
"I will serve Thee because I love Thee."
"I need no other sunshine than the sunshine of Thy face."
"We can enter into the holiest and find ourselves, not smitten down, but at home."
--TFM
"What you say 'wow' about is a form of worship."
--NRS
"Every time we claim victory, it drive the Truth in deeper."
--Dan M.
"We should become what we are."
--John Piper
"The key to changing the world is having Christians in joint with God."
--NRS
"God uses unexpected people to use unexpected tools to see His work done."
--NRS
"We may not have the opportunity to die for Christ, but we have the opportunity to live for Christ." --Ben H.
"When we look on and see what Jesus has done for us, there's no way we can be apathetic."
--Clyde S.
"Beholding the face of God is not a future hope, it's a present reality."
--Dan P.
"There's a battle out there, but sometimes the battle is just to see that there's a battle."
--Dennis P.
"Pressing on with zeal to be a living sacrifice to Thee."
"The glory of God is man fully alive."
--Saint Irenaeus
"We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us . . ."
--Nelson Mandela
"It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons."
--William Gurnall
"If it doesn't bring freedom and it doesn't bring life, it's not Christianity. If it doesn't restore the image of God and rejoice in the heart, it's not Christianity."
--John Eldrige, Waking the Dead (the three previous quotes were in his book as well)
"I ended my first book with the words no answer. I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?"
--C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
Thou art a sea without a shore;
Awful, immense Thou art,
A sea which can contract itself
Within my narrow heart.
--Faber
"When faith becomes obedience then it is true faith indeed."
--A.W. Tozer
"It had opened her eyes to the fact that right down in the depths of her own heart she really had but one passionate desire, not for the things which the Shepherd had promised, but for Himself. All she wanted was to be allowed to follow Him forever. Other desires might clamor strongly and fiercely nearer the surface of her nature, but she knew now that down in the core of her own being she was so shaped that nothing could fit, fill, or satisfy her heart but He Himself."
--Hannah Hurnard, Hinds' Feet on High Places
"When people worship anyone or anything besides Him, they become like it. God has better intentions for His people."
--Steven C. Hawthorne, The Story of His Glory
"By wooing people into true worship, God is able to fully bestow His love upon them."
--Steven C. Hawthorne, The Story of His Glory
". . . the ultimate value of their salvation is not what they are saved from, but what they are saved for that really matters."
--Hawthorne
"God is not just loving people. He is transforming them to become people who can fully love Him." --Hawthorne
"Human enthusiasm cannot sustain apostolic passion."
--Floyd McClung, Apostolic Passion
"If you have apostolic passion, you are one of the most dangerous people on the planet. The world no longer rules your heart . . . The Father's passions have become your passions. You find your satisfaction and significance in Him . . . You are sold out to God, and you live for the Lamb."
--Floyd McClung, Apostolic Passion
"Great victory has never been possible without great sacrifice."
--Sameul Zwemer, The Glory of the Impossible
"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle."
--Bishop Phillips Brooks (?)
"There is no instance of an Apostle being driven abroad under the compulsion of a bald command. Each one went as a lover to his betrothed on his appointed errand."
--Samuel Zwemer, The Glory of the Impossible
"Look at yourself, and you are horrified,
Look at Him, and your are glorified."
--quoted in class by Dan M., but I don't know if he came up with it or someone else did.
"The Bride lets God define beauty."
--Dan M.
"To be a witness does not consist in engaging propaganda, not even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not exist."
--Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water
"Oh boy! I'm going to devour more of God's Word!"
--TFM's interpretation of Jeremiah's attitude in Jer. 15:16
"The steadfast love of Jehovah never ceases; His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
Lam. 3 something
"God loves the stupid woman."
--TFM
"When you stand your ground, the devil loses his."
"One thing is needful."
"Cling to the heart of God, even when His ways don't make sense."
--Dan M.
"The good is the enemy of the best."
--NRS
"If the Enemy reminds you of your past, you remind him of his future."
"He is good. I am His."
"Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is."
--Oswald Chambers
"God used the worst act ever committed by wicked men to accomplish the greatest good the world has ever known."
--Dan M. (he could have been quoting; my notes weren't clear)
"Faith steps out into the seeming void and finds the Rock beneath."
"Because her identification was embodied not in who she was but in who her bridegroom was--her beauty was reflected beauty."
--Jerry Benjamin, Who Has the Right to Rule?
"Religious contentment is the enemy of the spiritual life always."
--A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man
"Resisting worldliness is absolutely vital but not ultimately significant. Jesus Christ is most important. We must fight worldliness because it dulls our affections for Christ and distracts our attention from Christ. Worldliness is so serious because Christ is so glorious."
--C.J. Mahaney, Worldliness
Some of that stuff is going to be written on stickies and placed around my bedroom. :) I hope you found as much encouragement from these statements as I did!
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Yayyy! I'm so happy I "rediscovered" your blog! And this has to be the most edifying blog post ever. Thank you!
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