Basic Training Journey: Crisis
“Read, Memorize and regurgitate the Word, it is a daily reassurance of God’s faithfulness.” — John Mattingly My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Psalms 89:24 When crisis happens in your life, your marriage, your finances, your family, your work, your church… you have […]
June 2013 Living Stones Newsletter
The GRIFFIN Family – Your Missionaries in Northern Illinois Pastor Jeremiah & Tancy; Noah, Cami, Chloe & Jonah www.LivingStonesRockford.com or email [email protected] June 2013 Greetings to all our prayer partners around the globe! We hold your prayer more valuable than any other gift we receive as we labor together with you on the Mission field […]
Life in Death
Psalm 116:15 “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints” There is nothing in life quite like sitting watching a good friend die. Not pass away, or kick the bucket, or any other way to word it… just to die. Actually he is still alive while I write this but […]
Simple prayer
It was stressful, the day was crazy, time was short lots to do before eye surgery. We ran around town and got things taken care of and as we pulled up to the hospital I asked, “Would you like me to pray with you?” The answer “Yes” I dove into a prayer that had been […]
Word of the Day: Malediction
Thank you for yet another Word of the Day from RC Sproul Malediction: A magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse. Jesus became a curse and experienced the supreme malediction http://www.ligonier.org/blog/supreme-malediction-jesus-became-curse/ When on the cross, not only was the Father’s justice satisfied by the atoning work […]
Bart Millard – Victory in Jesus
The baptist national anthem 🙂
Verse – Romans 5:1
..since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 Can you say you have peace with God? I look out on my friends and this world around me and I have to say I don’t see the peace that they claim they have. Our lives […]
Verse – Psalm 51:6-7
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:6-7 We KNOW that our hearts are deceitful & incurable (Jer 17:9) but what is this “secret heart”? […]
Verse: Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through […]
Witnessing : Faith in power of God
1 Corinthians 2:2-6 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith […]