But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit...my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
Turn, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Showing posts with label Verses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verses. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Monday, December 19, 2011
Love in Song of Solomon
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. -6:4
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. -4:12
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. -5:2
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. -8:5-6
So intense.
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. -4:12
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. -5:2
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. -8:5-6
So intense.
Friday, December 2, 2011
December Truth
When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Wisdom
Interesting that this chapter only mentions a few practical things you need to do to get wisdom. so I guess they are important. Like...
-Be willing to sacrifice. Line 7 says, "though it cost all you have, get wisdom."
-Stay away from evildoers.
-Guard your heart (not as an afterthought. "Above all else...")
-Don't talk perversely.
-Look ahead at what's in front of you (not at what other people are doing or what happened in the past).
-Think through a step before you take it.
Proverbs 4
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[a] wisdom.
Though it cost all you have,[b] get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[c] paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
-Be willing to sacrifice. Line 7 says, "though it cost all you have, get wisdom."
-Stay away from evildoers.
-Guard your heart (not as an afterthought. "Above all else...")
-Don't talk perversely.
-Look ahead at what's in front of you (not at what other people are doing or what happened in the past).
-Think through a step before you take it.
Proverbs 4
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[a] wisdom.
Though it cost all you have,[b] get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[c] paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Two Verses
"The hand of the diligent will rule."
"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes."
"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes."
Monday, August 8, 2011
Knowing God
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love,
I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love,
I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
I feel most at home in empty auditoriums. Something about the stillness, the barren deadness after a show, the anticipation for the next show, the oddness of it being vacant after being filled with so much life...it draws me into a transcendent peace and contentment. Laying on the floor of a dark stage after hours, I feel as if I'm every age I'll ever be all at once.
"All the world's a stage," Shakespeare put it, and he's right. Sitting alone in an empty theatre is humbling. You remove yourself from the normal functionality of the thing (action, excitement, adventure) and reflect on it. When the curtain's down and the people are gone, things look really different.
Same with life. When you draw away from the activity and let yourself be still--look long out a window--embrace the quiet--invite back all the memories you suppressed--you see it all from a different angle.
Today I was thinking about the whirlwind of the past three years I've lived in New York. New Yorkers look at people from the country like they're stupid because they don't "know things."
What is knowledge? My head grew large in New York, but my heart and spirit might have suffered. Maybe they weren't fed well enough--ironically--in all of the excess information about ideas, concepts, God, politics, religion, the world. I thought thinking about those things brought me closer to the truth (and they can), but none of it matters if I don't know God. Know as in love.
God is love. Knowing him is knowing love, and without it, there's no meaning.
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love,
I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love,
I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
I feel most at home in empty auditoriums. Something about the stillness, the barren deadness after a show, the anticipation for the next show, the oddness of it being vacant after being filled with so much life...it draws me into a transcendent peace and contentment. Laying on the floor of a dark stage after hours, I feel as if I'm every age I'll ever be all at once.
"All the world's a stage," Shakespeare put it, and he's right. Sitting alone in an empty theatre is humbling. You remove yourself from the normal functionality of the thing (action, excitement, adventure) and reflect on it. When the curtain's down and the people are gone, things look really different.
Same with life. When you draw away from the activity and let yourself be still--look long out a window--embrace the quiet--invite back all the memories you suppressed--you see it all from a different angle.
Today I was thinking about the whirlwind of the past three years I've lived in New York. New Yorkers look at people from the country like they're stupid because they don't "know things."
What is knowledge? My head grew large in New York, but my heart and spirit might have suffered. Maybe they weren't fed well enough--ironically--in all of the excess information about ideas, concepts, God, politics, religion, the world. I thought thinking about those things brought me closer to the truth (and they can), but none of it matters if I don't know God. Know as in love.
God is love. Knowing him is knowing love, and without it, there's no meaning.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Attitudes
Philippians 3:8
But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead.
I press on toward the goal or the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;
But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead.
I press on toward the goal or the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
January
Wednesday January 26
Matthew 6
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Sunday January 23
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."
Saturday January 22
Philippians 2:12-13
"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."
Monday, January 22, 2011
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Matthew 6
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Sunday January 23
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."
Saturday January 22
Philippians 2:12-13
"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."
Monday, January 22, 2011
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Monday, October 25, 2010
Love.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Encouragement.
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, cringing, and fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power, love, and a sound mind." 2 Tim 1:7
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3
"God wants all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth." I Timothy 2:4
He works all things together for the good of those who love Him.
His power is made perfect in our areas of weakness.
You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.
"Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you."
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, cringing, and fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power, love, and a sound mind." 2 Tim 1:7
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3
"God wants all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth." I Timothy 2:4
He works all things together for the good of those who love Him.
His power is made perfect in our areas of weakness.
You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.
"Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you."
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
God is a fan of union: friendship, family, and marriage
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
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