When I see the darkness in me,
Brighter the light you shine.
When I search for darkness in you,
Dimmer the light that’s mine.
Posts Tagged ‘sin’
Shine
Posted: December 29, 2016 in UncategorizedTags: bright, compassion, darkness, dim, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, light, love, peace, sin, understanding
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Correct
Posted: May 31, 2016 in UncategorizedTags: always forgiving, atonement, corrct, God, hate, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, misunderstood, pay, price, sin, standing
Jesus came to correct our misunderstanding of God. Not to make our standing with God correct.
Go and sin no more.
Posted: July 30, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: death, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, judge, judgment, life, love, patience, peace, sin
Is it ironic, paradoxical or just outright diabolical that we use this verse to justify judging others? Isn’t it what Jesus said to the woman right after he told the religious people not to judge her? Is it possible this statement indicates that her sin is between her and God? And isn’t it comfortingly amazing that just a few verses later He tells us “I judge no one.”?
Life or Death
Posted: April 7, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: death, different, God, hate, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, love, religion, sin
A life focused on sin, especially other people’s, is a life eclipsed by death. A life focused on love, especially to those that are different, is a life lived to its fullest.
Superior
Posted: May 7, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: better, career, church, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, job, philosophy, self, sin, superior, wrong
Whatever you believe makes you, your church, your philosophy, your career or anything else for that matter superior to others… is just wrong.
Marginal Values
Posted: April 24, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: deliverance, dominant, forgiveness, freedom, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, marginal values, sin, solid, trivail pursuit
With Jesus solidly at the center of our lives, we not only gain freedom from guilt and forgiveness of sin but we have Him there to push out the marginal values that have a way of sneaking in and becoming dominant. Deliverance from the trivial.
Transgression
Posted: April 6, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: care, evil, faith, fault, forgiveness, God, grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, peace, sin, transgression, trust
Sin, offense, failing, wrong doing, evil doing… Jesus’ teachings on these are intended to help us find our own faults, not aid us in becoming the authority over others’.
Unlike Him
Posted: March 20, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: abide, God, good, goodness, Holy Spirit, humble, Jesus, less, selfless, sin, unlike jesus
We’ve been talking about being like Jesus lately and today I came across a thought from E. Stanley Jones, Mr. Jones contends that if our standard of goodness is Jesus (and it should be), then any departure from that goodness is sin or in other words anything that is un-Jesuslike is sin. Which brings us back to abiding; He’s in us we just have to get better at less us.
The Plan
Posted: February 6, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: evryone, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, patience, peace, salvation, save, sin, the plan
1Timothy 1:15, 16
This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.
Thank you for your patience with me Lord, help me share it with others today.
Excuses
Posted: February 2, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: act out, bad choice, evil, excuse, excuses, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, poor decision, sin, wrong
Someone else’s poor decision, bad behavior or mistake is not an excuse for you to make a bad choice, do the wrong thing or act out.
The Better Thing 