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Jun 08, 2007 at 02:57 PM |
Hi Everyone,
I'm currently studying a book called "Desiring God" by John Piper. Last Saturday, just before the service, I came across a quote from C. S. Lewis that so moved me that I shared it immediately in the service and have been thinking about it all week. C. S. Lewis wrote, "all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise..." He goes on to write, "The world rings with praise --- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game.... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation."Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Last Updated ( Oct 03, 2007 at 02:50 PM )
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Jun 04, 2007 at 03:30 AM |
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Hi Everyone, We've been talking the last couple weeks about "sacred living", about experiencing God's presence and His Kingdom in our everyday lives. Often when we think about such things we are "seeing" ourselves ministering to others or performing special acts of kindness or receiving a "word" for another person. But God inhabits even more "ordinary" moments than these, and we often miss Him in our day to day lives because we are looking for those "special" moments. I had an experience that I would like to share with you that I hope will illustrate how God inhabits our smallest, most ordinary moments of life waiting for us to find and experience Him. I hope it will encourage you to live a "sacred life" and help you to be more diligent in looking for Him throughout your day. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Last Updated ( Oct 03, 2007 at 02:58 PM )
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Written by Bruce Blagg
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Jun 04, 2007 at 03:24 AM |
Hi Everyone,
I didn't get an email out last week. Pam and I took some time off, and went away to spend some time together. When I first started sending these emails out they were used to share what was going on at LifeQuest. But I felt like that made them to much about serving my needs and not representative of our desire to serve you. You know what I mean. It's all about what I want you to do, and not about what may help you. So I started adding something that God may have placed on my heart in order to help brighten your day, or encourage your spiritual walk, or perhaps challenge you to change and grow. Now they've become more devotional, and less informational. Oh well, I hope you'll take the time to read both. It's my way of trying to make it mutually beneficial, and part of an on-going dialog.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Last Updated ( Jun 04, 2007 at 03:25 AM )
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May 02, 2007 at 10:30 PM |
Hi Everyone,
I lost my temper today, and used a word that I immediately regretted using. It's a long story. Suffice it to say, I'm working with contractors on remodeling my pool and lanai, and things aren't going well. Part of me wants to tell you the story so you won't think I lost my temper over nothing. But the size of the problem doesn't really matter. There was no justification. There was no excuse.
I immediately apologized. The contractor laughed and said that he understood. We then finished our business and I hung up. But it still bothered me. I didn't want the incident to define my character or my image. So after a half hour I called him back. I think he was hesitant to take the call, but when I told him that the only reason for my call was to make sure that he understood the regret and the sincerity of my apology, he was pleasantly surprised. As anyone would, he said that the call wasn't necessary, that he understood the situation. But when I would allow no excuses and conveyed my remorse (for what I felt in my heart was deeper than regret), he became silent and then he quietly told me that he appreciated the call, that it doesn't happen often, and that he accepted my apology. It didn't fix the problem with the remodeling, but it did help repair the dent in my reputation, and the hole in my spirit.
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Apr 23, 2007 at 12:34 AM |
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Hi Everyone,
Some of you noticed that I failed to get an email out last week.
I'm
sorry, but I was traveling last week on business and was not able to
send out an email.
The unbelievable tragedy at Virginia Tech is on all of our hearts. It
is almost unimaginable the horror, fear, and sorrow that was unleashed
in just a few moments of time. Events like this always cause us to
pause and think about life and loved ones. For me, I have made it a
habit to try to get to know the victims in news events like this. I
fear that there is so much death and bad news in our multi-media world
that soon people just become numbers or statistics. 33 people were
killed. That's one level of knowledge. A 79 year-old professor that
was a survivor of the Holocaust, a 4.0 GPA band member, a biker and
hiker, a future doctor, a researcher in motor skills for cerebral palsy,
a husband, a son, a daughter, a friend, ... ... ... This level of
knowledge is much deeper, and keeps alive that what died that morning
were not simply numbers, or anonymous bodies, but real, live people that
God loved, others loved, and so should I.
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