Tremble
(Lyrics and music by Nichole Nordeman) (Listen here) Have I come too casually? Because it seems to me There’s something I’ve neglected How does one approach a deity with informality And still protect the sacred? ‘Cause you came and chose to wear the skin of all of us And it’s easy to forget You left…
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Eveyone has a spiritual thirst. We may try to ignore the thirst but deep down inside we know we are thirsty. We thirst for something more. Chris Rice captures the concept of spiritual thirst in his song Thirsty. I’m so thirsty, I can feel itBurning through the furthest corners of my soulDeep desire, can’t describe…
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Even as I speak of others who tickle itching ears I am aware of the subtleties of the devil. How might I fall into the mistake of saying the things that people around me want to hear rather than the life giving words of Jesus? Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me…
Continue readingNo One Believes In Me Anymore
No One Believes In Me Anymore (Satan’s Boast)(Keith and Melody Green) Oh, my job keeps getting easierAs time keeps slipping awayI can imitate the brightest light And make your night look just like dayI put some truth in every lieTo tickle itching earsYou know I’m drawing people just like flies‘Cause they like what they hear…
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For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear.2 Timothy 4:3 (New Living Translation). I have had a week where I have experienced itching ears and…
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