Cristian @Crisd@dingdash.com

1 John 5:14-15 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

Psalms 119:130 (ESV) The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Romans 12:12 (ESV) Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

“Yes,” said the Lord Digory, “Its inside is bigger than its outside.”
“Yes,” said Queen Lucy. “In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”

― C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

"Christ will lead you into many situations that will seem impossible, but don't try to avoid them. Stay in the middle of them, for that is where you will experience God."

Henry Blackaby
(via sermonindex.com)

Luke 3:7-9 (ESV) He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father. ' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "

1. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.

2. It makes the wounded spirit whole
and calms the troubled breast;
'tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary, rest.

3. Dear Name! the Rock on which I build,
My Shield and Hiding Place,
My never-failing Treas’ry filled
With boundless stores of grace!

4. O Jesus, shepherd, guardian, friend,
my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
accept the praise I bring.

5. How weak the effort of my heart,
how cold my warmest thought;
but when I see You as You are,
I'll praise You as I ought.

6. Till then I would Your love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of Your name
refresh my soul in death.

John Newton