God’s sovereign in the mountain tops and sovereign in the valleys. In Both places, we are his servants.
When we are blessed…bless
As a believer in Christ, my role is His renown
When you feel forgettable or difficult to love, look away from the shifting verdicts of others and toward the Beloved Son.
"How do I stay conscious enough to recognize beauty before it becomes memory?"
I’ve got a theory. When people don’t create music art ideas anything… they start creating problems instead. Unused energy gets weird.
I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am. - Charles Horton Cooley
cosmos : not just a synonym for universe, but a beautiful universe (cosmetic) sophistry : rhetorical masters without a compass, from ancient Greece
paragon : the perfect example of something. slipshod (adj) : a sloppy lack of precision. concordance : an alphabetical list of all usages of a wo
Avoiding “very…” A: Very accurate - exact Very afraid - fearful Very angry - furious Very annoying - exasperating B: Very bad - atrocious Very beautif
Paracosm A paracosm is an imaginary world. A world we create beside the real world. Thought generally to originate in childhood.
F.A.I.L.U.R.E. Fall - Take the risk away Acknowledge - Own it, fast Investigate - Get the truth, not the excuses Learn - Take the lesson, Leave the eg
Plenty of bosses open doors, but only a few have the guts to open their minds and actually listen.
The three biggest factors that determine your resourcefulness are: The questions you ask. The people you know. Your willingness to stretch into the un
Take These Words to Prayer I abandon myself entirely to you; enlighten me, lead me, uphold me, take possession of me. —Abandonment to Divine Providenc
Father, I want to know Thee, but my coward heart fears to give up its toys. I cannot part with them without inward bleeding, and I do not try to hide
You alone, my God, can inspire me with holy resolutions and give me the grace to fight against my will, my senses, and my passions. Above all, O Lord,
Such moments are more than “flashes of insight.” They are, as the apostle John explains, communion with God himself.7 In those moments the Spirit is m
Because God wills for you to be a doer of His Word, you may be confident that He wants you to find an application whenever you come to the Scriptures.
The Spirit is the Spirit and does what the Spirit wishes. Sometimes it is present in spectacular and dramatic form; at other times it breathes the sil
Holy Spirit, all divine, Dwell within this heart of mine; Cast down every idol throne; Reign supreme—and reign alone.
“A good idea is not of any use if you can’t find it.” —Logan Heftel
Make rediscovering ideas effortless. If your system buries notes instead of surfacing them at the right moment, it’s broken. Your best insights come f
To make effective use of information, we need to package it up and make it accessible for our future self.
Keep what resonates (Capture) Save for actionability (Organize) Find the essence (Distill) Show your work (Express)
Through sixty-six separate books, 1,189 chapters, and hundreds of thousands of words, the Bible shares one extraordinary message: God loves you.
The reason for our confusion is that we usually read the Bible as a series of disconnected stories, each with a “moral” for how we should live our liv