HOLINESS
faith.obedience.constant meditation.desperation.
loving righteousness.hating iniquity.
"Thou hidden love of God, whose height, whose depth unfathomed, no man knows, inly I sigh for Thy repose; My heart is pained, nor can it be, at rest till it finds rest in Thee."
faith.obedience.constant meditation.desperation.
loving righteousness.hating iniquity.
Surrendering my own selfish desires, my own opinion, other peoples opinion for the sake of being more like Jesus. I have so much to say on this subject and so much that the Lord is doing in my heart - I haven't felt it in my heart to share my own words about this but that of the quotes below - I believe someone will be encouraged by this today.
“One of the main motivations for obedience is the pleasure of God. If we, in a well-intentioned effort to celebrate the unimpeachable nature of our justification, make it sound as though God no longer concerns himself with our sins, we’ll put a choke on our full-throttle drive to holiness. God is our heavenly Father. He has adopted us by his grace. He will always love his true children. But if we are his true children we will also love to please him. It will be our delight to delight in him and know that he is delighting in us.” -Desiring God
"Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears; the bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears: before the throne my surety stands, my name is written on His hands. My God is reconciled; His pardoning voice I hear: He owns me for His child; I can no longer fear: with confidence I now draw nigh, and "Father, Abba, Father," cry." -Charles Wesley
GRACE. "Grace takes its rise far back in the heart of God, in the awful and incomprehensible abyss of His holy being; but the channel through which it flows out to men is JESUS CHRIST, crucified and risen. - The apostle Paul, who beyond all others is the exponent of grace in redemption, never disassociates God's grace from God's crucified son."
"Thou hidden love of God, whose height, whose depth unfathomed, no man knows, inly I sigh for Thy repose; My heart is pained, nor can it be, at rest till it finds rest in Thee."
[ rest my heart - AWAKE MY SOUL
You make me come alive
I ask myself who You are,
who is this God that keeps pursuing
the deepest parts of my heart?
I want to KNOW Him -
no hinderances. no reservations
do what you want to do, Lord.
I want to know my groom
pierce my heart
show me how to love
release me from myself ]
