you cut me down to size and opened up my eyes.

the right answer

- you really do love him, don't you?
- very much.

we are, none of us, nearly as holy as we'd like to be.

but, by His grace and power and promise, we will be.

praise be.

for this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven't stopped praying for you. we are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. may you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 

my colours are clear

there is controversy about who wrote this, but i really like it nonetheless.


i am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. 

the die has been cast.  

the decision has been made. 

i am a disciple of jesus.

therefore, I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

my past is redeemed. my present is empowered. my future is secure. 

i’m done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals.

i no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, praise, or popularity. 

i don’t have to win, be first, be right, recognised, regarded or rewarded. 

i now live by faith, lean on His presence, love with patience, live by prayer, and labor with power.

my goal is God's glory. 

my face is set. 

my pace is fast. 

my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable and my mission is clear.

i cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed.

i will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

i won’t give up, shut up, let up or slow up until i have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and spoken up for the cause of Christ.

i must go until he comes, give until I drop, preach until all know, and work until He stops me.

Christ has qualified to become a part of the fellowship of the unashamed.

i am His and He is mine. 

oh, how much larger your life would be if you would become smaller in it.

-g.k. chesterton

jesus+nothing=everything

'the only people who really get better are those people who understand that if they never get better God will still love them.

legalism says "God will love us if we change."
the gospel says "God will change us because in Christ He has infinitely loved us."

so, become increasingly who you already are.'

- tullian tchividjian

nothing is loosed

there are no small things.

for where your treasure is, there you heart will be also.

no one can serve two masters.

and so it is.

seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.

(even when i'm just doing my laundry.
or making a sandwich for work that day.)

i don't have answers for much except to pray ephesians three.
and trust jesus' words.

'and surely i am with you always, to the very end of the age.'

i can't take my eyes off of you.

i can't take my mind off of you.

everything is tied up.

seek first.

simple and certain.