Saturday, August 29, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Audacity Movie
Audacity Movie Synopsis
From Living Waters, creators of the award-winning TV program
“The Way of the Master” and the hit movies “180” and “Evolution vs. God,” comes
the powerful film “Audacity.” Executive produced by TV co-host and best-selling
author Ray Comfort (Hell’s Best Kept Secret, Scientific Facts in
the Bible), this film delivers an unexpected, eye-opening look at the
controversial topic of homosexuality.
“Audacity” uses a unique approach to address a very sensitive subject in contemporary society. Regardless of your views on homosexuality, you’ll gain fresh insights and a new perspective.
Watch the trailer:
What people are saying
“The metaphors in this movie about homosexuality are compelling.”
John Piper
Founder, Desiring God
“’Audacity’ will force you to examine what you really believe about
homosexuality. It will rock your assumptions…and challenge your faith in
God. If you don’t know where you stand on the issue of gay marriage,
you will after you watch this film. It’s a must-watch for everyone who
wants to know the truth!”
Alex Kendrick
Alex Kendrick
Director/Producer, Fireproof and Courageous
“Powerful, intriguing, challenging.”
Ken Ham
Founder/President, Answers In Genesis
“‘Audacity’ hits a home run!”
The Dove Foundation
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
“Audacity is entertaining and has some great comedy and dramatic
tension. Unlike most Christian films it is far from cheesy, and has a
great, well-acted script. Most of all it is not heavy-handed, showing
the Christian position on homosexuality without being intimidating or
angry. Well done!”
Michael S. Martin
Atheist
Watch the FULL MOVIE for FREE:
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Modest skirts
A dear sister in the Lord gave me a new skirt as a little congratulations gift. I was so blessed by this skirt that I ordered another one, it was a wonderful experience! It is always such a blessing to find companies that carry modest apparel. Material has gotten so expensive that I did not think the price was unreasonable at all. They carry long skirts and maternity skirts. So for any one that is interested:
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Make Me Broken by Sidewalk Prophets
Lyrics:
Make me broken
So I can be healed
'Cause I'm so calloused
And now I can't feel
I want to run to You
With heart wide open
Make me broken
Make me empty
So I can be filled
'Cause I'm still holding
Onto my will
And I'm completed
When you are with me
Make me empty
[Chorus:]
'Til You are my one desire
'Til You are my one true love
'Til You are my breath, my everything
Lord, please keep making me
Make me lonely
So I can be Yours
'Til I want no one
More than You, Lord
'Cause in the darkness
I know You will hold me
Make me lonely
[Chorus]
'Til You are my one desire
'Til You are my one true love
'Til You are my breath, my everything
Lord, please keep making,
I know You'll keep making
Lord, please keep making me
So I can be healed
'Cause I'm so calloused
And now I can't feel
I want to run to You
With heart wide open
Make me broken
Make me empty
So I can be filled
'Cause I'm still holding
Onto my will
And I'm completed
When you are with me
Make me empty
[Chorus:]
'Til You are my one desire
'Til You are my one true love
'Til You are my breath, my everything
Lord, please keep making me
Make me lonely
So I can be Yours
'Til I want no one
More than You, Lord
'Cause in the darkness
I know You will hold me
Make me lonely
[Chorus]
'Til You are my one desire
'Til You are my one true love
'Til You are my breath, my everything
Lord, please keep making,
I know You'll keep making
Lord, please keep making me
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Faith, Love, and Perfect Gifts
The Lord is so faithful to provide encouragement through His Word for every aspect of His children's lives. As I have felt very needy of His presence and aid, He has blessed me with precious passages to meditate on, promises to hold on to, and verses to give me strength and courage. I hope that these passages will be a blessing to some of you as well, in whatever the Lord is placing before you.
~Brittany
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”
James 1:2-8,12
“Be not faithless, but believing.”
John 20:27
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Special visitor this evening :-)
The children so enjoyed this special turtle that Seth spotted walking down our back lane. Apparently some other children must have enjoyed it as well, since it came with a special painted shell. :-) What fun they had observing and interacting with this turtle. Little joys of the summer.
James 1 with Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary Notes
As the Lord led me to meditate on this chapter recently I have been encouraged not only by the Scripture, but also by reading Matthew Henry's concise commentary notes on it. A little lengthy, but well worth the time. I hope this is a blessing to some of you, as it was to me.
~Brittany
James 1:1-11
“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall
into divers temptations; Knowing this,
that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that
ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
For let not that man think that he shall
receive any thing of the Lord. A double
minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let
the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because
as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning
heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace
of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his
ways.”
Christianity teaches men to be joyful under troubles: such
exercises are sent from God's love; and trials in the way of duty will brighten
our graces now, and our crown at last. Let us take care, in times of trial,
that patience, and not passion, is set to work in us: whatever is said or done,
let patience have the saying and doing of it. When the work of patience is
complete, it will furnish all that is necessary for our Christian race and
warfare. We should not pray so much for the removal of affliction, as for
wisdom to make a right use of it. And who does not want wisdom to guide him
under trials, both in regulating his own spirit, and in managing his affairs?
Here is something in answer to every discouraging turn of the mind, when we go
to God under a sense of our own weakness and folly. If, after all, any should
say, This may be the case with some, but I fear I shall not succeed, the promise
is, To any that asketh, it shall be given. A mind that has single and
prevailing regard to its spiritual and eternal interest, and that keeps steady
in its purposes for God, will grow wise by afflictions, will continue fervent
in devotion, and rise above trials and oppositions. When our faith and spirits
rise and fall with second causes, there will be unsteadiness in our words and
actions. This may not always expose men to contempt in the world, but such ways
cannot please God. No condition of life is such as to hinder rejoicing in God.
Those of low degree may rejoice, if they are exalted to be rich in faith and
heirs of the kingdom
of God; and the rich may
rejoice in humbling providences, that lead to a humble and lowly disposition of
mind. Worldly wealth is a withering thing. Then, let him that is rich rejoice
in the grace of God, which makes and keeps him humble; and in the trials and
exercises which teach him to seek happiness in and from God, not from perishing
enjoyments. - MHCC
James 1:12-18
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love him. Let no man say when he is
tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man: But every man is
tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning. Of his own
will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of
firstfruits of his creatures.”
It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who
with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty.
Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our own fault. The tried
Christian shall be a crowned one. The crown of life is promised to all who have
the love of God reigning in their hearts. Every soul that truly loves God,
shall have its trials in this world fully recompensed in that world above,
where love is made perfect. The commands of God, and the dealings of his
providence, try men's hearts, and show the dispositions which prevail in them.
But nothing sinful in the heart or conduct can be ascribed to God. He is not
the author of the dross, though his fiery trial exposes it. Those who lay the
blame of sin, either upon their constitution, or upon their condition in the
world, or pretend they cannot keep from sinning, wrong God as if he were the
author of sin. Afflictions, as sent by God, are designed to draw out our
graces, but not our corruptions. The origin of evil and temptation is in our
own hearts. Stop the beginnings of sin, or all the evils that follow must be
wholly charged upon us. God has no pleasure in the death of men, as he has no
hand in their sin; but both sin and misery are owing to themselves. As the sun
is the same in nature and influences, though the earth and clouds, often coming
between, make it seem to us to vary, so God is unchangeable, and our changes
and shadows are not from any changes or alterations in him. What the sun is in
nature, God is in grace, providence, and glory; and infinitely more. As every
good gift is from God, so particularly our being born again, and all its holy,
happy consequences come from him. A true Christian becomes as different a
person from what he was before the renewing influences of Divine grace, as if
he were formed over again. We should devote all our faculties to God's service,
that we may be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. -MHCC
James 1:19-21
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to
hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For
the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and
superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which
is able to save your souls.”
Instead of blaming God under our trials, let us open our
ears and hearts to learn what he teaches by them. And if men would govern their
tongues, they must govern their passions. The worst thing we can bring to any
dispute, is anger. Here is an exhortation to lay apart, and to cast off as a
filthy garment, all sinful practices. This must reach to sins of thought and
affection, as well as of speech and practice; to every thing corrupt and
sinful. We must yield ourselves to the word of God, with humble and teachable
minds. Being willing to hear of our faults, taking it not only patiently, but
thankfully. It is the design of the word of God to make us wise to salvation;
and those who propose any mean or low ends in attending upon it, dishonour the
gospel, and disappoint their own souls.
-MHCC
James 1:22-25
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves. For if any be
a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his
natural face in a glass: For he
beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of
man he was. But whoso looketh into the
perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
If we heard a sermon
every day of the week, and an angel from heaven were the preacher, yet, if we
rested in hearing only, it would never bring us to heaven. Mere hearers are
self-deceivers; and self-deceit will be found the worst deceit at last. If we
flatter ourselves, it is our own fault; the truth, as it is in Jesus, flatters
no man. Let the word of truth be carefully attended to, and it will set before
us the corruption of our nature, the disorders of our hearts and lives; and it
will tell us plainly what we are. Our sins are the spots the law discovers:
Christ's blood is the laver the gospel shows. But in vain do we hear God's
word, and look into the gospel glass, if we go away, and forget our spots,
instead of washing them off; and forget our remedy, instead of applying to it.
This is the case with those who do not hear the word as they ought. In hearing
the word, we look into it for counsel and direction, and when we study it, it
turns to our spiritual life. Those who keep in the law and word of God, are,
and shall be, blessed in all their ways. His gracious recompence hereafter,
would be connected with his present peace and comfort. Every part of Divine
revelation has its use, in bringing the sinner to Christ for salvation, and in
directing and encouraging him to walk at liberty, by the Spirit of adoption,
according to the holy commands of God. And mark the distinctness, it is not for
his deeds, that any man is blessed, but in his deed. It is not talking, but
walking, that will bring us to heaven. Christ will become more precious to the
believer's soul, which by his grace will become more fitted for the inheritance
of the saints in light. -MHCC
James 1:26-27
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not
his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and
the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and
to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
When men take more pains to seem religious than really to be
so, it is a sign their religion is in vain. The not bridling the tongue,
readiness to speak of the faults of others, or to lessen their wisdom and
piety, are signs of a vain religion. The man who has a slandering tongue,
cannot have a truly humble, gracious heart. False religious may be known by
their impurity and uncharitableness. True religion teaches us to do every thing
as in the presence of God. An unspotted life must go with unfeigned love and
charity. Our true religion is equal to the measure in which these things have
place in our hearts and conduct. And let us remember, that nothing avails in
Christ Jesus, but faith that worketh by love, purifies the heart, subdues
carnal lusts, and obeys God's commands.
-MHCC
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Fulfilling Our Divine Mission
"A life need not be great to be beautiful. There may be as much beauty in a tiny flower as in a majestic tree, in a little gem as in a great jewel. A life may be very lovely and yet be insignificant in the world's eyes. A beautiful life is one that fulfills its mission in this world, that is what God made it to be, and does what God made it to do. Those with only commonplace gifts are in danger of thinking that they cannot live a beautiful life - cannot be a blessing in this world. But the smallest life that fills its place well is far lovelier in God's sight than the largest and most splendidly gifted - yet fails in its divine mission."
Far better in its place the lowliest bird
Should sing aright to Him the lowliest song,
Than that a seraph strayed should take the word
And sing His glory wrong. - Selected.
-Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
taken from Streams in the Desert, Vol. 2, August 6th
~Brittany
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
All Things for Good
“We know that all things work together for good to them that
love God.”
- Romans 8:28 -
Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows,
for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it rocks
most. He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world’s tiller, and
that wherever providence may drift, Jehovah steers it. That re-assuring
knowledge prepares him for everything. He looks over the raging waters and sees
the spirit of Jesus treading the billows, and he hears a voice saying, “It is
I, be not afraid.” He knows too that God is always wise, and, knowing this, he
is confident that there can be no accidents, no mistakes; that nothing can
occur which ought not to arise. He can say, “If I should lose all I have, it is
better that I should lose than have, if God so wills: the worst calamity is the
wisest and the kindest thing that could befall to me if God ordains it.” “We
know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” The
Christian does not merely hold this as a theory, but he knows it as a matter of
fact. Everything has worked for good as yet; the poisonous drugs mixed in fit
proportions have worked the cure; the sharp cuts of the lancet have cleansed
out the proud flesh and facilitated the healing. Every event as yet has worked
out the most divinely blessed results; and so, believing that God rules all,
that he governs wisely, that he brings good out of evil, the believer’s heart
is assured, and he is enabled calmly to meet each trial as it comes. The
believer can in the spirit of true resignation pray, “Send me what thou wilt,
my God, so long as it comes from thee; never came there an ill portion from thy
table to any of thy children.”
“Say not my soul,
‘From whence can God relieve my care?’
Remember that
Omnipotence has servants everywhere.
His method is sublime,
his heart profoundly kind,
God never is before
his time, and never is behind.”
-Charles Spurgeon's Morning Meditation for August 5th
~Brittany
Monday, August 3, 2015
Old Quotes, Fresh Encouragement :-)
Don't you love going back through old prayer and Bible journals. I am have very blessed reading through Teri Maxwell's book Sweet Journey as she is seeking to give counsel in beginning a Bible journal, prayer notebook and to memorize scripture on a daily based. Her encouragement is helping me to be more purposeful, once again, in my personal quiet time with the Lord. While seeking to begin afresh with a prayer notebook, I was looking through some of my prayer and Bible journals that I have done in the past and was once again blessed by a few quotes that I found in one of my journals. I hope they will be an encouragement to you as well. Also, if you need some fresh encouragement in making your time with the Lord more purposeful and meaningful, I would highly recommend Sweet Journey. ~Karen
Culture is religion externalized - Henry Van Til
When we feel God's plow going into our hearts, remember that God does not plow without purposing a crop. - Thomas Watson
This last one is a quote from the book Beloved Bride by Bill Potter
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson wrote in a letter to his sister after the loss of his first wife and child, who was stillborn at birth and also the time in which his wife also died:
Culture is religion externalized - Henry Van Til
When we feel God's plow going into our hearts, remember that God does not plow without purposing a crop. - Thomas Watson
This last one is a quote from the book Beloved Bride by Bill Potter
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson wrote in a letter to his sister after the loss of his first wife and child, who was stillborn at birth and also the time in which his wife also died:
"I have been called to pass through the deep waters of affliction, but all has been satisfied. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. It is his will that my dearest wife and child should no longer abide with me, and as it is His holy will, I am perfectly reconciled to the sad bereavement, though I deeply mourn my loss. Oh! the consolations of religion! I can willingly submit to anything if God strengthens me. I have joy in knowing that God withholds no good things from them that love and keep his commandments. And he will overrule this sad, sad bereavement for good."
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