10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name in having ministered to the saints and in ministering still.
11 But we desire earnestly that each of you show the same diligence unto the full assurance of our hope until the end,
12 That you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering are inheriting the promises
18 In order that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us,
19 Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and which enters within the veil
20 here the Forerunner, Jesus, has entered for us, having become forever a High Priest according to the border of Melchisedec.
Those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come have already laid the foundation, at the time they believed. If they fall away and turn back, there is no need for them to lay the foundation again (v. 1); there is only the need to go on, to be brought on to perfection, to maturity. There is no need for them to repeat repentance, for it is impossible for them to renew themselves unto repentance. Verse 1 indicates that it is not needed; v. 4 says that it is not possible; and vv. 7-8 show that it is not right.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
oneness of the body
Ephesian 4:3-6 [Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace; One Body and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism; One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.]
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Favourite maxims :)
日子是拿来过的，而不是拿来算的。
别为了过去而放弃现在。：）
什么都可以输，就是不可以输掉信心。
要摸清它，自然就会仲意它!
Discouragement will not be allowed to taint my positive self-image, my desire to succeed or my capacity to love.
Beginning today, I will open my mind and my heart. I will welcome new experience. I will meet new people. I will not expect perfection from myself nor anyone else. Perfection does not exist in an imperfect world. But i will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.
Beginning today, I will be responsible for my own happiness and I will do things that make me happy... admire the beautiful wonder of nature, listen to my favourite music, soak in a bubble bath, lay down on the grass, walk by the lake....
Pleasure can be found in the most simple of gestures.
Beginning today, I will learn something different. I will savour all the various flavours life has to offer. I will change what I can and the rest I will let go.
Hebrews 1:9 [You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy above Your partners]
Hebrews 2:1 [Therefore we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we drift away]
Perfect through sufferings~~
Running water does not flow back. So is life, make it happy. :)
Let the doctors handle your body, let God handles your life, but be in charge of your own moods.
Before middle age, DO NOT FEAR. After middle age, DO NOT REGRET.
If worry can cure your sickness, go ahead and worry;
If worry can prolong your life, go ahead and worry;
If worry can exchange for happiness, go ahead and worry.
Matthew 11:22-24 ["Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours]
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
Lord, be with me in whatever I am doing now. Thanks for being so available to me that I can simply take you in by a simple turn to the Spirit. :)
别为了过去而放弃现在。：）
什么都可以输，就是不可以输掉信心。
要摸清它，自然就会仲意它!
Discouragement will not be allowed to taint my positive self-image, my desire to succeed or my capacity to love.
Beginning today, I will open my mind and my heart. I will welcome new experience. I will meet new people. I will not expect perfection from myself nor anyone else. Perfection does not exist in an imperfect world. But i will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.
Beginning today, I will be responsible for my own happiness and I will do things that make me happy... admire the beautiful wonder of nature, listen to my favourite music, soak in a bubble bath, lay down on the grass, walk by the lake....
Pleasure can be found in the most simple of gestures.
Beginning today, I will learn something different. I will savour all the various flavours life has to offer. I will change what I can and the rest I will let go.
Hebrews 1:9 [You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy above Your partners]
Hebrews 2:1 [Therefore we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we drift away]
Perfect through sufferings~~
Running water does not flow back. So is life, make it happy. :)
Let the doctors handle your body, let God handles your life, but be in charge of your own moods.
Before middle age, DO NOT FEAR. After middle age, DO NOT REGRET.
If worry can cure your sickness, go ahead and worry;
If worry can prolong your life, go ahead and worry;
If worry can exchange for happiness, go ahead and worry.
Matthew 11:22-24 ["Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours]
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
Lord, be with me in whatever I am doing now. Thanks for being so available to me that I can simply take you in by a simple turn to the Spirit. :)
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