James 4:13-17

Now listen, you who say,
"Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city,
spend a year there, carry on business
and make money."
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life?
You are a mist that appears for a little while
and then vanishes.
Instead you ought to say,
"If it is the LORD's will, we will live and do this or that."
As it is, you boast and brag.
Anyone then who knows the good he ought to do
and doesn't do it, sins.


Psalm 85:4-7

Restore us again, O God our savior,
and put away your displeasure toward us.
Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger
through all generations?
Will you not revive us again,
that your people may rejoice?

Show us your unfailing love, O LORD,
and grant us your salvation.

Psalm 84

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
My soul yearns even faints,
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh cry out
for the living God...

Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 81:11-14

But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
If my people would but listen to me,
if Israel would follow my ways,
how quickly would I subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.

James 1:25-27

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,
and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard,
but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not
keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself
and his religion is worthless.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

A glorious day

He is risen. He is not dead. He has victory over death.

"Jesus is the same yesterday and today and forever." - Hebrews 13:8

Hebrews 12

"Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."

A really good verse that so many know. It's referring to all of the people of faith from the previous chapter. Focus on the race of life. But oh it gets much better if we keep going...

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."

That focus we are suppose to have is to be on Jesus. He didn't just face the cross, along with the same that accompanied it (after all being hung on a tree is akin to being cursed), but he did so with joy! He endured this to finish God's perfect plan. To conquer death, and make the unattainable righteousness, available to us, sinners undeserving, yet loved by God.

Then the writer of Hebrews goes on to encourage us, that God will discipline us. Not pleasant you say? But as our earthly fathers discipline us, "and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!"

"Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but god disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time , but painful. Later on , however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."

Find Rest in God

Faith. Lord I desire faith. True and perfect faith in you, in all circumstances. I desire faith in you, my Rock, my Fortress, and my Portion forever.

Psalm 62
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken...Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock,, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge...One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.

Procession Wed Night fo Semana Santa

Waiting for the Procession

Draw me close to you

Draw me close to you
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear you say that I'm your friend

Help me find a way to bring me back to you

Chorus:
You're all I want, You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want,
Help me know you are near

You are my desire
No one else will do
Cause no one else
Can take you place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace

Help me find a way to bring me back to you

Chorus:
You're all I want, You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want,
Help me know you are near

2 Corinthians 12:39
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness.

Psalm 61:2-3
From the ends of the earth I will call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock
that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.