Note: You ever regret not saying something to someone? Or have you ever thought that you should try and encourage that someone because you know what their going through? Or did you want to say something kind to someone to let them know that you really appreciate them? I know I have countless times. If anything, I probably have been more of the recipient of a timely word than not. Well, the next time that you and I are in that dilemma - let's just be courageous. Say something! Who knows, you might brighten someone's day? You might give then an eternal perspective that they've never considered before. Even better, they might glorify God for your words. Consider the promises of the gospel? Isn't that the only news that truly gives anxiety-filled sinners the greatest joy?
V1 I'm on a mission with my shovel out cuz sin is deep so I'm glad that he has dug us out And its a fight everyday its like I'm in a bout, ding ding life is a ring the world shouts And everything is speaking for allegiance, competing with the God I am complete in. I need grace its like my faith is depleting so I'm on my face asking Lord am I deep in Uhnn most of my life has been a rumspringa, meology my introduction to theology Was like whoa I was offering God apologies, I want the right opinion of him orthodoxy, It takes Moxie nowadays to choose life, we should be asking what are we choosing by choosing Christ Its more than nice that theology matters, bcuz what you believe determines who you are in the hereafter.
Hook I'm trying to figure out what this life is about, I gotta see what I believe in world full of doubt, Cuz even though I know what's true to not be confused by the fake, I'll do whatever it takes
V2 If I'm honest sometimes I feel the pressure, cuz digging deep is not an option, its doctrine It is Luke 6 Christ's words I adopt them building foundations on the sand hope I'm not him cuz its easy to fall a victim to and base confidence on what's insecure that is sinking you and be deceiving yourself if you don't think it through, when the storm comes it'll wash your foundation thru And I'm telling you it don't stop hurting' unless you build what you building now as a rock person. what I mean is you putting your faith in practice, truth requires action you lay it down like a mattress. so when they ask this " what'd you build your life on" if Christ is the goal u should be headed for the Pylon so when the storms and the waves come and pile on, your foundations rock solid get your smile on.
Hook I'm trying to figure out what this life is about, I gotta see what I believe in world full of doubt, Cuz even though I know what's true to not be confused by the fake, I'll do whatever it takes
V3 I wanna touch the heart of theology and when I do it Lord help me do it properly and thinking true thoughts all the wrath that you caught, is intensified by the purchases that you bought blood shed is the reason I wanna be with him this is no moralistic, therapeutic deism, this is good news headline reads be digging, no small thoughts all thoughts be that he's risen unn so now lets make this thing practical, since I am convinced this is God's word and factual but not merely a list of facts and features they are truths that inform for all what belief is so I'll study the attributes of God and I'll dig deep even when my arms are getting tired, I wont stop until I've dug on this spot as I learn you are far but you're near you're the Rock.
The gospel is only for sinners. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (1 Tim. 1:15). Most Christians tend to think of the gospel as applicable only to unbelievers who need to be "saved." Once we trust in Christ, so the thinking goes, the gosepl doesn't apply to us anymore, except to share it with others who are still unbelievers. However, though we truly are saints in the sense of being separated unto God, all of us are still practicing sinners. All the ethical commands and exhortations addressed to believers in the New Testament assume there is still sin present in our lives that needs to be addressed. Among the four uses for which scripture is profitabale, as described in 2 Timothy 3:16, are reproof and correction. Again, these uses assume that we still have sin that needs to be reproved and corrected. Respectable Sins p.33-34
Every day of our Christian experience should be a day of relating to God on the basis of His grace alone. We are not only saved by grace, but we also live by grace every day. This grace comes through Christ, "through whom we have gained acces by faith into this grace in which we now stand (Romans 5:2)."
We need to continue to hear the gospel every day of our Christian lives. Only a continous reminder of the gospel of God's grace through Christ will keep us from falling into good-day-bad-day thinking, wherein we think our daily relationship with God is based on how good we've been. The Discipline of Grace ~ Jerry Bridges
This video is gripping. If you have 8 minutes to watch...you will get the point. This makes me meditate on who I was and what He has done for me. Next time, I pass a lonely homeless starving person on the street begging for food or money - I won't forget that was me spiritually. Thank you God for saving me!
The critical question for our generations - and for every generation- is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, COULD YOU BE SATISFIED WITH HEAVEN IF CHRIST WAS NOT THERE?