Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • Where do I Find Myself? +

    All I Can Do Is Be Me -Whoever That IsBob Dylan Who are we? Do we follow the motivations of Read More
  • Forgiveness: Desmond Tutu +

    Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu explains how love and forgiveness kept post-apartheid South Africa from tumbling into anarchy. Read More
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SylviaI am writing you today to let you know I am thinking of you. Actually, I am always thinking of you, because you are the apple of my eye. I created you unique and special.

There has never been anyone else in the history of the world like you, and there never will be again. You are perfectly accepted in my beloved Son. You are never alone. You are hidden under the shadow of my wings. As you start your day today, I want to remind you that you are who you are because of who I am.

You are secure.
Deut 33:12 Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long...
I am your defender and defense.
Zech 9:15 NKJV The LORD of hosts will defend them.

Your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:3 ... your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
I am your hiding place.
P. 32:7 You are my hiding place...

You are lifted out of the depths.
Ps 30:1 You lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
I am your burden-bearer.
Matt 11:30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

You are clean.
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
The blood of the Lamb cleanses you from sin.
1 John 1:7b The blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

You are refined by fire.
1 Peter 1:6-7 ... your faith is of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire...
I am your God, a consuming fire.
Heb 12:29 Our God is a consuming fire.

You are my handiwork.
Eph 2:10 We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus...
I am your Creator.
Ecc 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth...

You are encouraged.
2 Thes 2:16-17 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts...
I am your comforter.
Is 51:12 I, even I, am he who comforts you.

You have a place prepared.
John 14:2-3 In my Father's house are many rooms... I am going there to prepare a place for you.
I am your dwelling place through all generations.
Ps 90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

You are a friend of God.
John 15:15 I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
I am your friend.
John 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command.

You have rest in me.
Mat 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ... you will find rest for your souls."
I am God of stillness.
Ps 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God.

You know all things work for good.
Rom. 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God...
I am good.
Ps 100:5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever...

You abide in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
2 Cor 13:14 May the...fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
I am the Holy Spirit.
Eph 2:13 You were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.

You are mine.
Is 43:1 Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
I am the I AM.
Ex 3:14 "I AM WHO I AM ... say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

You are an heir of all things.
Gal 4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
I am your inheritance.
Eph 1:11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance...

You are not lacking wisdom.
James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally... and it will be given to him.
I am your teacher.
Ps 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go...

Your days are ordained by me.
Ps 139:16 Every day ordained for me were recorded in your book before one of them came to be.
I am the keeper of your times.
Ps 31:15 My times are in your hands...
With love from your Abba

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

  • River of Love

    There's a river of love that runs through all timeBut there's a river of grief that floods through our livesIt Read More
  • I Am Nothing

    I stutter when I tryTo speak the language of lifeI want to shout out loudBut I just cry insideSometimes it Read More
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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Transforming this World: The Hope of Glory by NT Wright +

    Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows Read More
  • What is Good in a World that Defies Hope: a talk by NT Wright +

    This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic Read More
  • The Stream, the Lake and the River: NT Wright +

      Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the Read More
  • Jesus in the Perfect Storm by NT Wright +

    Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Christ is a Great Savior: a review of the movie Amazing Grace +

    Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21 Read More
  • Wilberforce, Hollywood's Amazing Grace, Charlotte Allen +

    William Wilberforce's relentless campaign eventually led the British Parliament to ban the slave trade, in 1807, and to pass a Read More
  • Making Beauty out of Ugly Things: Grace by U2 +

    Grace, she takes the blame She covers the shame Removes the stain It could be her name Grace, she carries Read More
  • The True Nature of Grace and Love: a movie review of the Soloist +

    The 2009 movie The Soloist is based on a book by the same name, written by Los Angeles Times columnist Read More
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