“Avec la foi, on ne fait pas grand chose; sans la foi, rien.
With faith, we don't do much; without faith, we do nothing.”
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed...
Isaiah 53:4–5
“Avec la foi, on ne fait pas grand chose; sans la foi, rien.
6 months ago, the Lord gave me a vision. He showed me a beautiful white wall, spanning metres across, further than I could see. And on it were the books of the Bible, neatly laid out across the entire surface.
“Young man, sit down: When God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine.”
“I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third places and teaching the fourth”
“If you do not stand up for anything, then you'll end up falling for everything...”
“I believe in God like I believe in the sun rise. Not because I can see it, but because I can see all that it touches...”
“This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ - who experienced hell, and harrowed hell. Thus the church will not preach hell - “the gospel at gunpoint” - it will preach the overwhelming power of grace and the weakness of human wickedness in the face of it.”
Why did Jesus Christ sit down at the right hand of God?
“Christians ought not to be smothered in fear. There is a spiritual readiness, where we return to having the peace of God stand guard over our hearts and minds. What an incredible witness it is to a lost and fearful society when the Christian acts like a child of God, living under the loving sovereignty of the Heavenly Father. The Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world.”
Downhere - A Better Way
Whenever I look up into the night sky, it reminds me how finite we all are and how infinite the universe really is. It is like God painted the heavens above to remind us of our place; that He is BIG and we're actually really really small... ^_^
“If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped.”
There are 2 kinds of bible zealous people in this world...
This is a nice revelation I received in the middle of work today...
“Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's fingernails, a puppy's tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite's call, and a young girl's giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that.”
I've finally finished typing out 1 Timothy... Praise God!
The Epistle to Philemon was written around 61-63 AD, during one of Paul's imprisonments. This book can be summed up rather simply - Paul edifies and praises Philemon and company for their love and faith towards Christ Jesus and the saints. Paul then appeals to Philemon to take back Onesimus, not as his slave but rather like a brother, in Christ.
I've started hand-typing the books of the bible into Ropheka. They can be found just below the verse and quotes of the day. It's really no surprise that I begun with the book of Philemon as it’s the shortest book in the bible ^_^
Welcome to Ropheka @ blogspot... The place where I hope you'll find answers to anything Jesus Christ. This project has been on my mind and in my heart for months now and I've finally come round to doing it ^_^