Archive for January 15th, 2009

Still non-believing, this obstinate generation clamours for a sign; but no sign will be granted other than the sign that was given to the prophet Jonah.

January 15, 2009

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The Words of Jesus of Nazareth by Lee Cantelon

This Generation

 

Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in these days of sin and non-belief of that person, the Son of Man will be ashamed when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

 

Still non-believing, this obstinate generation clamours for a sign; but no sign will be granted other than the sign that was given to the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was in the great deep for three days and nights, so the Son of Man will be three days and nights entombed in the earth.

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Lord God, Abba Father, thankful and humble, I seek the heart of Jesus and His oneness with You to limit my joy of any moment from becoming another regret of the past due to disobedience or sin – that which is not according to Your ways and nature. I pray that in each moment of obedience somehow You will use me for some good and put me in that path of someone needed reassurance under the sun as You know I do too. In the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen.

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No mother could snatch her child from a burning building more swiftly than God is constrained to succor a penitent soul.

— St. Henry Suso

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Hebrews 3:7-14

7  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, when you hear his voice,  8  do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,  9  where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.  10  Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, `They always go astray in their hearts; they have not known my ways.’  11  As I swore in my wrath, `They shall never enter my rest.’"  12  Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.  13  But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today, " that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  14  For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end, 
Psalm 95:6-11

6  O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!  7  For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would hearken to his voice!  8  Harden not your hearts, as at Mer’ibah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,  9  when your fathers tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.  10  For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who err in heart, and they do not regard my ways."  11  Therefore I swore in my anger that they should not enter my rest.
Mark 1:40-45

40  And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."  41  Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I will; be clean."  42  And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.  43  And he sternly charged him, and sent him away at once,  44  and said to him, "See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to the people."  45  But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter. 

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Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

When Heaven Invades Earth Unabridged By Bill Johnson Narrated by Tim Lundeen – When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave the Church challenges us and makes us responsible to rise up to this supreme supernatural calling. Johnson explains how we are called to dominion in the earth through the divine rule of God.

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment Unabridged By Zhi Gang Sha Narrated by Marilyn Smith Do you want to communicate with your own soul? Do you want to communicate with your spiritual guides and angels? Do you want to communicate directly with the Divine? You can! In Soul Communication, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha reveals secret Soul Power techniques to develop the four major spiritual communication channels: Soul Language, Direct Soul Communication, Third Eye, and Direct Knowing. While the soul wisdom is profound, Dr. Sha also gives you remarkably simple and practical tools for applying it. This book empowers you to transform every aspect of your life, from health to relationships and finances. Receive guidance from the Divine, your spiritual guides, and your own soul. Empower yourself to fulfill your physical life and your spiritual life.

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