Edifying Backgrounds

James 3:5-6

2006-04-01T13:04:00.000-05:00

James 3:5-6

By the way, this is a good book:

War of Words, by Paul David Tripp.

2006-03-09T16:41:00.000-05:00

James 3:7-8

Jesus! What a friend for sinners!

2005-11-22T18:08:00.000-05:00

Jesus, what a friend for sinners

Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me,
He, my Savior, makes me whole.

Refrain

Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah! what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
He is with me to the end.

Jesus! what a Strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in Him.
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
He, my Strength, my victory wins.

Refrain

Jesus! what a Help in sorrow!
While the billows over me roll,
Even when my heart is breaking,
He, my Comfort, helps my soul.

Refrain

Jesus! what a Guide and Keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
Storms about me, night overtakes me,
He, my Pilot, hears my cry.

Refrain

Jesus! I do now receive Him,
[or Jesus! I do now adore Him,]
More than all in Him I find.
He hath granted me forgiveness,
I am His, and He is mine.

Refrain

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We sang this hymn and How firm a foundation at H2O this Sunday. It was especially sweet because I had been reading David Powlinson's personal reflection article with these 2 hymns all last week. The music team didn't know this, God is so graciously sovereign.

I highly recommend the article.

Mark 23:11

2005-11-17T01:03:00.000-05:00

Mark 23:11

Josh did the dishes tonight...thanks Josh

One little word shall fell him

2005-11-02T22:52:00.000-05:00

Job 17:1

2005-11-02T22:50:00.000-05:00

Job 17:1

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

A Mighty Fortress is our God, by Martin Luther.

In the midst of Job-like sufferings, God rules as the Sovereign King (Job 42:11).

O Child of God

2005-10-26T18:53:00.000-04:00

O Child of God

This is a hymn by Fanny Crosby. It comforted my poor soul.

I almost thought about putting Psalm 30:5 or Psalm 39:7 on the picture.
Both the Psalms fit well with this theme of trustfully waiting on our God.

2005-10-19T15:34:00.000-04:00

Isaiah 26:3

thanks to Jason for this great image and to God for His goodness to us

2005-10-19T01:12:00.000-04:00

Psalm 6:3

Psalm 6
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.
A Psalm of David.

O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O LORD--how long?
Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
The LORD has heard my plea;
the LORD accepts my prayer.
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

2005-10-17T02:07:00.000-04:00

Isaiah 66:2

2005-10-03T23:20:00.000-04:00

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground; (Genesis 3:18)
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

2005-10-02T21:08:00.000-04:00

Proverbs 27:15

Note: This is an odd one. It is actually a picture that I took of my ceiling using Josh's camera (thanks Josh). My ceiling had been leaking for the past few weeks. There were several times when the water would be dripping into my room, I would think of this verse from Proverbs. Hence, I made this background.

2005-09-28T00:08:00.000-04:00

Psalm 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You.
So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,
For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
But those who seek my life to destroy it, Will go into the depths of the earth.
They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes.
But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

2005-09-20T04:28:00.000-04:00

C.S. Lewis quote.
The Scriptures promise us infinite joy (Psalm 16:11). Let us not be easily pleased.

2005-09-19T20:09:00.000-04:00

Psalm 50:10-12

2005-09-06T17:39:00.000-04:00

Psalm 18:28 (also 2 Samuel 22:29)

2005-09-01T01:52:00.000-04:00

Revelation 22:2

2005-08-25T13:46:00.000-04:00

Genesis 3:1