Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, peaceable, to live for thee and not for self, to copy thy words, acts, spirit, to be transformed into thy likeness, to be consecrated wholly to thee, to live entirely to thy glory. from Valley of Vision Continue reading purification
Life comes at you fast. It hit me like a ton of bricks. — Both describe the way I feel right now. All happening within a 24 hour period. I am not going to use this as an opportunity to complain, because I know I am not experiencing half of the difficulties some people are undergoing at this moment. But I would like to use this as an opportunity to vent/get it out of my system/etc. I would also like to realign my focus. I know I can ultimately trust Christ to strengthen me to perseverance through these trials. At … Continue reading Life comes at you fast.
With the Thanksgiving holiday coming up, I thought it would be appropriate to post this prayer from The Valley of Vision. I can honestly say, to my shame, that I don’t thank God enough in my prayers. This prayer shows many different areas of thanksgiving…if I could just take one area each time I prayed…sit down and truly count the blessings God has given me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Praise and Thanksgiving, p.27 ~~~ O My God, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I … Continue reading Something to ponder…
The definition of consecrate is to be set apart, sanctified; elsewhere, it is the devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God. In the New Testament, Christians are considered consecrated to the Lord: ~~~ “But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light….” 1 Peter 2:9 ~~~ Would it be that my life, every day, would be one that is consecrated to the Lord…not just on … Continue reading Consecration
Here is a recent post I made on a blog I contribute to – it is titled, “Self-Reliance: A Catastrophic Deception.” The other day I was perusing through a book of Puritan prayers & devotions, called The Valley of Vision. I would highly recommend the owning of this book. The prayers are so deep and the language used is incomparable! I came across the following prayer, dealing with penitence and deprecation: Reliance, p. 176 “My Father, When thou art angry towards me for my wrongs I try to pacify thee by abstaining from future sin; But teach me that I … Continue reading Recent post from safeguard4u…
J. Michael Hansen 