Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
|
|
|
Apr 20, 2010 - 07:13pm PT
|
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine,
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine,
Every time she starts to lovin'
She brings eyesight to the blind.
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks.
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks.
Everytime we start shakin'
The dumb begin to talk.
She's got the power to heal you never fear
She's got the power to heal you never fear
Just a word from her lips
And the deaf begin to hear.
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 21, 2010 - 12:35am PT
|
dfrost7, WOW, thanks for sharing your faith and Graham's story, I know the longer those go undetected the worse it can be and that the test came back benign!
Jesus said your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
cintune, Nice lyrics!
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 21, 2010 - 07:35am PT
|
Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 22, 2010 - 08:40am PT
|
Proverbs 22:4, The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
Isaiah 57:15, For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Luke 12:23, For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
John 6:40, For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 23, 2010 - 08:36am PT
|
Proverbs 23:17-18, Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
18 Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
O God, Do Not Keep Silence
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
Psalm 83, O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Asshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves
of the pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,
like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
18 that they may know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.
|
|
TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
|
|
|
Apr 25, 2010 - 02:26am PT
|
"I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me!" Philippians 4:13
|
|
TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
|
|
|
Apr 25, 2010 - 09:15pm PT
|
"If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world." 1 John 2:1-2
|
|
Lost Arrow
Trad climber
The North Ridge of the San Fernando
|
|
|
Apr 25, 2010 - 10:33pm PT
|
I tried
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 26, 2010 - 11:29am PT
|
Proverbs 26:20-26, For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.
24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26 though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Traditions and Commandments
Mark 7:1-13, Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. ) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to s the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God) — 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
What Defiles a Person
Mark 7:14-23, And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Great Is Your Steadfast Love
A Prayer of David.
Psalm 86, Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my life, for I am godly;
save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.
3 Be gracious to me, O Lord,
for to you do I cry all the day.
4 Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
listen to my plea for grace.
7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you,
for you answer me.
8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
9 All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
10 For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God.
11 Teach me your way, O Lord,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name.
12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.
13 For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
14 O God, insolent men have risen up against me;
a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
and they do not set you before them.
15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me;
give your strength to your servant,
and save the son of your maidservant.
17 Show me a sign of your favor,
that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
|
|
WandaFuca
Social climber
From the gettin place
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2010 - 03:19pm PT
|
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 28, 2010 - 09:02am PT
|
Proverbs 28:10, Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,
but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
14 Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always,
but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother
and says, “That is no transgression,”
is a companion to a man who destroys.
26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,
but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
I Cry Out Day and Night Before You
A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
Psalm 88, O Lord, God of my salvation;
I cry out day and night before you.
2 Let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
6 You have put me in the depths of the pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your wonders known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O Lord, cry to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?
Why do you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long;
they close in on me together.
18 You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness.
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
|
Apr 28, 2010 - 11:11am PT
|
Deuteronomy 4:16 (American Standard Version)
"Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,"
Pope Leo III cited this in his edict of 726 when he ordered the removal of all icons and representations of Jesus and Mary from churches. All murals, frescoes, and mosaics were to be plastered over.
Boy, we've kinda gotten over that, eh?
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 29, 2010 - 11:38am PT
|
Psalm 89,
2 “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
29 I will establish his offspring forever
and his throne as the days of the heavens.
35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His offspring shall endure forever,
his throne as long as the sun before me.
37 Like the moon it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
The Supremacy of God's Son
Hebrews 1:1-12, Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?
6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God's angels worship him.”
7 Of the angels he says,
“He makes his angels winds,
and his ministers a flame of fire.”
8 But of the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
10 And,
“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
like a garment they will be changed.
But you are the same,
and your years will have no end.”
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
|
Apr 30, 2010 - 10:22am PT
|
Proverbs 30:5, Every word of God proves true;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Proverbs 31:10-11, An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
31:25-26, Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Psalm 90, Lord, you have been our dwelling place
in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return man to dust
and say, “Return, O children of man!”
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
or as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.
7 For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be shown to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!
|
|
go-B
climber
|
|
Revelation 3:17-22, ...For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
|
|
TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
|
|
"The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me by quit waters. He restores my soul..." Psalm 23
|
|
illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
|
|
That's a very convincing photograph WandaFuca for it is beyond amazing that the universe is larger then our imaginations can even fathom; the order in which it is all able to exist in perfect synchronicity; our earth to be in the perfect position from our sun for it to sustain life and then to conclude that it all came about after a random "big bang"...now that's "hubris"! And more importantly, to me, there's the question, "What if there IS a God that cares about your "piddly little life" and you choose not to believe? If you think life here on earth is bad, choose not to believe. I'm not willing to take that chance! I, and all the angels in heaven, will rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, and I, sincerely, hope one day that will be you WandaFuca. It is what we "ought" to do (the least we can do) for look what He did for us.
To elaborate on that picture view these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ya12I036lg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQELxMFBpY4&NR=1
Glory to God!
|
|
illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
|
|
Just to clarify, just because I/We believers choose to come out and Glorify God doesn't make me/us sinless, or saints, or heavenly angels. It just makes us "sinning saints"! I continue to struggle with an addiction to pornography that destroyed my life as I knew it. I'll be accountable at the judgement seat of God one day as everyone will be, you too WandaFuca. Nobody is really sure what my, as a saved sinner, consequences will be that day in the presence of God but what I do know is that I'll ultimately will spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus Christ. Eternity isn't a long time, it isn't a very long time, it's forever!
|
|
WandaFuca
Social climber
From the gettin place
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2010 - 09:49am PT
|
That's a very convincing photograph WandaFuca for it is beyond amazing that the universe is larger then our imaginations can even fathom; the order in which it is all able to exist in perfect synchronicity; our earth to be in the perfect position from our sun for it to sustain life and then to conclude that it all came about after a random "big bang"...now that's "hubris"!
No. There are many, many more stars that are not in the perfect position to sustain life. This is the kind of thinking that leads people to say, "god answered my prayers" when they get what they wish for; but there are many, many more unanswered prayers/wishes.
Do you think the other intelligent beings that must exist in such a vast universe believe in your god?
To conclude that this vast universe revolves around us, that it is just the background for our human dramas, and that it was created for us by a personal god "who gave his only begotten son" is the epitome of pride and folly.
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!