worship

Worship is worth-ship, giving worth to something. (I like this quote also b/c it reminds me that it's ok that I do not sing well =P )

"God is worthy of our highest, purest, and strongest emotions."

"The question is not, "Do you have a voice?" The question is, "Do you have a song?" If you're redeemed by Christ's cross then you do have a song." - Bob Kauflin

http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/ConferenceMessages/ByConference/41/3260_Words_of_Wonder_What_Happens_When_We_Sing/

my time is not mine, it is the Lord's

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Paul here is speaking of purity, but it applies also to how we are whether it involves in this context sexual sins or not. Our time is not ours, it is His.

A great series CJ Mahaney had on his website.

webcam fun

Love

Valley of Vision

LORD JESUS,

Give me to love thee, to embrace thee,

though I once took lust and sin in my arms

Thou didst love me before I loved thee,

an enemy, a sinner, a loathsome worm.

Thou didst own me when I disclaimed myself;

Thou dost love me as a son,

and weep over me as over Jerusalem.

Love brought thee from heaven to earth

from earth to the cross,

from the cross to the grave.

Love caused thee to be weary, hungry, tempted,

scorned, scourged, buffeted, spat upon, crucified, and pierced.

Love led thee to bow thy head in death.

My salvation is the point where perfect created love

and the most perfect uncreated love meet together;

For thou dost welcome me, not like Joseph and his brothers,

loving and sorrowing, but loving and rejoicing.

Thy love is not intermittent, cold, changeable;

it does not cease or abate for all my enmity.

Holiness is a spark from thy love

kindled to a flame in my heart by thy Spirit

and so it ever turns to the place from which it comes.

Let me see thy love everywhere, not only in the cross,

but in the fellowship of believers and in the world around me.

When I feel the warmth of the sun may I praise thee

who art the Sun of righteousness with healing power.

When I feel the tender rain

may I think of the gospel showers that water my soul.

When I walk by the river side

may I praise thee for that stream that makes the eternal city glad,

and washes white my robes that I may have the right to the tree of life.

Thy infinite love is a mystery of mysteries,

and my eternal rest lies in the eternal enjoyment of it.

Psalm 23

"The Lord is my shepherd": that's relationship.

"I shall not want": that's supply.

"He makes me to lie down in green pastures": that's rest.

"He leads me beside still waters": that's refreshment.

"He guides me in the paths of righteousness": that's guidance.

"For his name's sake": that's purpose.

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death": that's testing.

"I will fear no evil": that's protection.

"For you are with me": that's faithfulness.

"Your rod and your staff, they comfort me": that's discipline.

"You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies": that's hope.

"You anoint my head with oil": that's consecration.

"My cup overflows": that's abundance.

"Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life": that's blessing.

"And I will dwell in the house of the Lord": that's security.

"Forever": that's eternity.

i forgot what source this is from. but i didn't write it

Yosemite