AW Tozer Gems

"How desperately the church at this moment needs men of courage is too well known to need repetition. Fear broods over the church like some ancient curse. Fear for our living, fear of our jobs. fear of losing popularity, fear of each other: these are the ghosts that haunt the men who stand today in church leadership. Many of them, however, win a reputation for courage by repeating safe and daring things with comical daring. Yet self-concious courage is not the cure. To cultivate the habit of "calling a spade a spade" may merely result in our making a nuisance of ourselves and doing a lot of damage in the process. The ideal seems to be a quiet courage that is not aware of its own presence. It draws its strength each moment from the indwelling Spirit and is hardly aware of self at all. Such a courage will be patient also and well-balanced and safe from extremes. May God send a baptism of such courage upon us."


"When God's sheep are in danger, the shephard must not gaze at the stars and meditate on "inspirational" themes. He is morally obliged to grab his weapon and run to their defense. When the circumstances call for it, love can use the sword, though by her nature she would rather bind up the broken heart and minister to the wounded. It is time for the prophet and the seer to make themselves heard and felt again. For the last three decades timidity disguised as humility has crouched in her corner while the spiritual quality of evangelical Christainity has become progressively worse year by year. How long, O Lord, how long?"

King Jesus

I'm a sucker for songs that talks about Jesus as King. About His Kingdom. About His Majesty. About His coming in full glory.
Do not know why... ( except for maybe the songs are always musically pleasing to my ears or just that maybe deep inside me is a kid wanting to be a knight ..and a knight in God's kingdom isn't such a bad deal )

Fight the good fight of faith.... 2 Tim 6:12


" Here is our King" David Crowder Band

Here is our king
Here is our love
Here is our God whos come to bring us back to him
He is the one He is Jesus
He is our King
He is our love
He is our God whos come to bring us back to him
He is the one He is Jesus, Jesus

From wherever spring arrived to heal the ground
From wherever searching comes the look itself
a trace of what we're looking for so be quiet now and wait

The ocean is growing
The tide is coming in here it is

Here is our king
Here is our love
Here is our God whos come to bring us back to him
He is the one He is Jesus
He is our King
He is our love
He is our God whos come to bring us back to Him
He is the one He is Jesus, Jesus


And What was said to the rose to make it unfold
was said to me here in my heart so be quiet and rest
so be quiet and rest

The ocean is growing
The tide is coming in here it is

Here is our King
Here is our Love
Here is our God whos come to bring us back to him
He is the one He is Jesus
He is our King
He is our Love
He is our God whos come to bring us back to him
He is the one He is Jesus, Jesus

Majesty
Finally(Here)

Soverign and Holy is our Lord

" You are still Holy " Rita Springer

Holy, You are still holy
Even when the darkness surrounds my life
Sovereign, You are still sovereign
Even when confusion has blinded my eyes
Lord, I don’t deserve Your kind affection
When my belief has kept me from Your touch
I want my life to be a pure reflection
Of Your love ...


So I come into Your chambers
And I dance at Your feet, Lord
You are my Saviour
And I’m at Your mercy
All that has been in my life up to now
Belongs to You
For You are still holy

Necessary preparation for heaven

" The story of greatness is not the story of a man or woman or family who runs and never stumbles or falls; rather, it is the story of those who DARE to run and stumble and fall, and who by the grace of God pick themselves up again and again and again. The story of a victory is not one without pain or sacrifice or disappointments, but one of holding on, of standing fast on the promises of God's Word, of knowing that while we may never understand the "whys" someday we shall see Him face to face, and it will be worth it all! "
Marilee Pierce Dunker, daughter of Bob Pierce ( Founder of World Vision International )

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1:2-3

Amen

" Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake."
Psalm 115:1


" Not to us " Chris Tomlin

The cross before me the world behind
no turning back
raise the banner high
it's not for me
it's all for YOU
let the heavens shake and split the sky
let the people clap their hands and cry
it's not for us
it's all for YOU
CHORUS:
not to us
but to YOUR name be the glory
not to us
but to YOUR name be the glory
our hearts unfold before YOUR throne
the only place for those who know
it's not for us
it's all for YOU
send YOUR holy fire on this offering
let our worship burn for the world to see
it's not for us
it's all for YOU
for YOU
CHORUS
the earth is shaking
the mountains shouting
it's all for YOU
the waves are crashing
the sun is raging
it's all for YOU
the universe is spinning and singing
it's all for YOU
YOUR children dancing
dancing
dancing
it's all for YOU
it's all for YOU
my all for YOU
my all for YOU
CHORUS