This was the confession of sin reading that we had at church today and was something I enjoyed. It is adapted from Augustine's Confession, I. v-vi; VII, iv.
Our soul is like a house, small for You to enter, but we pray that You will enlarge it. It is in ruins, but we ask You to remake it. It contains much that You will not be pleased to see; this we know and do no hide. But, to whom can we cry except to You? Forgive us, O Lord. Cleanse us from our sins, O Lord, and our secret sins. What wretches we are! In your mercy, Lord our God, tell us what You are to us. "Say you our souls, I am your salvation" (Ps. 35:3). Come, O Lord, and stir our hearts. Call us back to Yourself. Kindle Your fire in us and carry us away. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love You and hasten to Your side. In Jesus name, Amen.
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Let Us Reason Together
"It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be too hasty and miss the way. A man's own folly ruins his life yet his heart rages against the Lord." Proverbs 19:2-3
"Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God." Isaiah 8:21
"Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come? Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins? Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord." Lamentations 3:39
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 1:18
"Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God." Isaiah 8:21
"Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come? Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins? Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord." Lamentations 3:39
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 1:18
Monday, July 18, 2011
Hungry
"Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger. Well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in the world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity
For reading at some point if it is fruitful:
http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/desire.htm
C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity
For reading at some point if it is fruitful:
http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/desire.htm
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