Jesus the Holy One is the humble one...

Jesus the Holy One is the humble one: the holiest will ever be the humblest. There is none holy but God: we have as much of holiness as we have of God. And according to what we have of God will be our real humility, because humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all. The holiest will be the humblest. ...Andrew Murray image

Trinity Sunday 2014

 

Holy Father, great Creator,

source of mercy, love, and peace,

look upon the Mediator,

clothe us with his righteousness;

heavenly Father, heavenly Father,

through the Savior hear and bless.
 

Holy Jesus, Lord of glory,

whom angelic hosts proclaim,

while we hear thy wondrous story,

meet and worship in thy Name,

dear Redeemer, dear Redeemer,

in our hearts thy peace proclaim.
 

Holy Spirit, Sanctifier,

come with unction from above,

touch our hearts to sacred fire,

fill them with the Savior's love.

Source of comfort, Source of comfort,

cheer us with the Savior's love.
 

God the Lord, through every nation

let thy wondrous mercies shine.

In the song of thy salvation

every tongue and race combine.

Great Jehovah, great Jehovah,

form our hearts and make them thine.

-Alexander V. Griswold image

“Christ is building His kingdom with earth’s broken things..."

“Christ is building His kingdom with earth’s broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but God is the God of the unsuccessful, of those who have failed. Heaven is filling with earth’s broken lives, and there is no bruised reed that Christ cannot take and restore to glorious blessedness and beauty. He can take the life crushed by pain or sorrow and make it into a harp whose music shall be all praise. He can lift earth’s saddest failure up to heaven’s glory.” ~JR Miller image

Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

I have put my Spirit upon him;

he will bring forth justice to the nations.

He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,

or make it heard in the street;

a bruised reed he will not break,

and a faintly burning wick he will not 3quench;

he will faithfully bring forth justice. 

 -Isaiah 42:1-3

Holiness comes not of blood...

Holiness comes not of blood—parents cannot give it to their children: nor yet of the will of the flesh—man cannot produce it in himself: nor yet of the will of man—ministers cannot give it you by baptism. Holiness comes from Christ. It is the result of vital union with Him. It is the fruit of being a living branch of the True Vine. ...JC Ryle image

I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost...

I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were recorded. Pentecost registered three thousand souls. It is by fire that a holy passion is kindled in the soul whereby we live the life of God. The soul's safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power. ...Samuel Chadwick image

That is what we are here for,- to do God's will...

That is what we are here for,- to do God's will. That is the object of your life and mine, - to do God's will. Any of us can tell in a moment whether our lives are right or not. Are we doing God's will? We do not mean, Are we doing God's work? - preaching, or teaching, or collecting money, - but God's will. A man may think he is doing God's work when he is not even doing God's will. And a man may be doing God's work and God's will quite as much by hewing stones, or sweeping streets, as by preaching or praying. So the question means just this, Are we working out our common every-day life on the great lines of God's will? ...Henry Drummond image