My eyes are dry …
Thirty years or so ago when I was wearing out Keith Green cassettes, I used to enjoy this song. Looking back, I really did not get it, really. After living the faith much longer it means a lot more to me. I hope it is your prayer and draws you closer to His love.
My eyes are dry,
My faith is old,
My heart is hard,
My prayers are cold.
And I know how I ought to be:
Alive to You and dead to me.
Oh, what can be done
For an old heart like mine?
Soften it up
With oil and wine.
The oil is You,
Your spirit of love.
Please wash me anew
In the wine of Your blood!
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Please Help Update
Hi Y’all,
The last eight months have been hard. I want to thank all the friends and family that have helped us pay our rent and bills. It is time for a new chapter.
We have decided to give up our apartment and move in with a friend until things get better and we can provide for ourselves again. This will greatly reduce our expenses. God has provided funds to store our stuff and lots of strong backs to move our stuff into storage. I have done what I can to pack our stuff but have mostly relied on friends and family as I wear out very quickly.
My cardiologist tells me that I have a rare condition known as Diastolic Heart Failure. What this means is that my heart does not relax enough to fill up very much, even though it is pumping out about 50% of what is in it. I can do some walking or light work for a short time but I get winded very soon and have to rest about half an hour before I can do much again.
The stroke I had was mostly reversed by the TPA I received in time. The multiple mini strokes I had before the major stroke continue to make me weaker on the left side and affect my speech sporadically. Sometimes I sound almost normal. Often I stutter badly and cannot say certain words and have to come up with another way to say something. Thankfully I can still write fairly fluently. The intense pain and coldness in my hands and feet has gotten somewhat better, so I can type a little longer now.
We still have a long way to go and may never get back to normal. If you can help we would appreciate it. Below is a PayPal link. If you would rather send a check our new address is:
Thompson
PO Box 770681
Coral Springs, Fl 33077
Thanks a lot,
Brad and Julie Thompson
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Darwin’s Bizarre Cult
“The BBC teased religious…… leaders by asking them if they believed in the literal truth of the great Bible stories. I would like to ask BBC chiefs and the rest of our secular establishment if they believe in the literal truth of evolution. Evolution is an unproven theory. If what its fundamentalist supporters believe is true, fishes decided to grow lungs and legs and walk up the beach. The idea is so comically daft that only one thing explains its survival—that lonely, frightened people wanted to expel God from the Universe because they found the idea that He exists profoundly uncomfortable.” – Peter Hitchens
from the feature page of the International Express (UK), on 5 January 2000:
Peter Hitchens is right “that lonely, frightened people wanted to expel God from the Universe because they found the idea that He exists profoundly uncomfortable.” And the eternal consequence of such folly is really tragic.
The news that we bring condemnation to ourselves by violating the perfect law of God is offensive. But once we sully righteousness, it is no longer righteous. We cannot clean ourselves up, or restore our own righteousness.
There is good news, though. And that, too, is equally uncomfortable. It is that God Himself has provided a Way to enter into His very presence. It is via imputation… a propitiation… a heavenly exchange… wherein our unrighteousness is taken and nailed, once and for all time to that shameful tree. And Jesus’ righteousness covers us for all time.
I realize that some here cannot understand this, and tragically, will choose to remain in that frightened, lonely place… and are bolstered by sheer numbers of companions. To those… destined for tragedy, we labor on… praying that God’s grace is received. But when crossing to eternity, knowing the same did not repent (even if our own close relations…) we will look upon hell and proclaim “hallelujah and amen!”
But there may be one that, by God’s grace, can hear and responds! And when that happens on this side of eternity, we too, exclaim “hallelujah and amen!”
Jesus still proclaims… Whosoever will… Come!
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PLEASE HELP US
Hi y’all,
I know everybody is having a hard time these days, but I have no choice but to reach out and ask for help.
My heart gave out in February and I had to have open heart surgery. This meant being out of work for four months. Three days after getting out of the hospital my boss fired me for being too sick to do free work after hours.
A couple of weeks after I got home I went back in for treatment of Dressler’s syndrome, basically, inflammation of the lining around the heart. They treated me for that but it is going away slowly. A bit after that I had a really bad day, ended up in the hospital dehydrated with a gall bladder that needed to be removed. That set me back about 10 days
My heart cardiac arteries have been repaired but the echo-cardiogram shows my heart muscles are barely working, which is why I am still fatigued easily and short of breath. I saw m cardiologist June 10th. He did not release me for work. I cannot collect unemployment because I cannot work and the job market is not terriffic right now anyhow, sooooo…. well, you get the picture.
If you can, please help. Whether you can help or not, please pray that nothing else breaks or needs surgery.
Thanks a lot,
Brad and Julie Thompson
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World’s Largest Atom Smasher May Have Detected ‘God Particle’
Oooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This should really be interesting!
World’s Largest Atom Smasher May Have Detected ‘God Particle’ – FoxNews.com
Okay… basically, they are saying, “Nothing to see here. Move along, people!”
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Grace Gone Wild
Relativism has gone too far! Watch as a church copies porn to portray the grace of God.
Grace Gone Wild from Rich Wilkerson on Vimeo.
Church! How silly are you willing to get?
How carnal are you willing to become?
This is just using the name of Christ for vanity.
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A Church Unique Snapshot of Potential Church
Hmmm… is church where you go to learn about Jesus and what He has done for you?
I didn’t know it was supposed to be about kingdom concept, vision and strategy.
Where does Jesus fit into this?
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious – Jeremiah 6:14
MegaPink MegaChurch: A Church Unique Snapshot of Potential Church – Will Mancini
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What To Preach To Yourself Everyday
Thank God for Tullian Tchividjian! His experience has taught me so much,
Even though I do not attend his church, mine is about 2 miles or so away. I have met Tullian once or twice. His experience with the gospel has been the impetus for my growth of late.
I agree… whatever reprehensible thing someone has done to you is not unforgiveable… if you preach the gospel to yourself everyday!
What To Preach To Yourself Everyday – Tullian Tchividjian
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A Recently Discovered Letter of Critique Written to the Apostle Paul
A Recently Discovered Letter of Critique Written to the Apostle Paul.
Be careful… it is highly worthy satire!
Exclusive: In an exciting example of scholarly cross-collaboration and interdisciplinary research, textual critics and archaeologists have just published a translation of a recently discovered first-century letter, apparently authentic, written to the Apostle Paul himself. Scholars believe it was likely written in the late AD 40s or early 50s. The parchment was remarkably well preserved in a jar buried in a cave on the island of Satiricus. It is surmised that the author of the letter, Parodios, was an elder who had met Paul on one of his missionary journeys.
Read the letter found at TheGospelCoalition.
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Religious Trojan Horse: Fabian Socialism, Tony Blair, and Rick Warren
Religious Trojan Horse: Fabian Socialism, Tony Blair, and Rick Warren
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