Word of the Day - Affection

Affection

 

Affection - 2. Passion of any kind. 3. Love; kindness; good-will to some person; often with to, or towrads, before the person. 4. Good-will to any object; zeal; passionate regard.  - Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Romans 1:25-32 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Colossians 3:5-6 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

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Evening Song - Is Thy Heart Right with God?

Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

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Creatures Great and Small - Flutter-by on Texas Sage

A Beautifully Set Table

 
A comparison of God's word and a well set table.

Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

We like to see a well provided table - plenty to go around, food that will be filling and flavorful.

Many of us appreciate an attractively set table - dishes, food, flowers, tablecloth, etc. all in a pleasant arrangement.

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The Lord has set beautiful table for us in His word.

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Evening Song - Prepare to Meet Thy God

Amos 4:12-13 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.  

Hebrews 9:27-28 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 

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The Thousand Word Project - God's Watercolor

Psalm 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 

Orchid

Worth Repeating - The Heaviest Cross - by Annie Johnson Flint

 

The Heaviest Cross

It is not His cross that is heavy;

It is those that our hands have made

That hinder us on our journey,

On our aching shoulders laid;

There is strength for the load He gives us,

And balm for the thorn He sends,

But none for the needless burdens

And none for our selfish ends.

We bear a burden of sorrow;

We carry a weight of gold;

We cling to some treasured idol,

And will not loose our hold:

We bend beneath trouble and worries;

We drag a load of wrong;

And we cry that the cross is heavy,

And sigh that the way is long.

Let us drop the sin that besets us;

Let us cast aside our fears;

Let us give our grief to Jesus;

And break our pitcher of tears;

Let us learn of the meek and lowly

Who giveth the weary rest;

Let us take His yoke upon us,

And walk with Him abreast;

For His yoke is easy to carry,

And His burden is light in weight;

He will do His share of the labor,

For He is a true yoke-mate.

Are we weary and heavy-laden?

Are we anxious and full of care?

That is not the cross of His giving,

But the one that we make and bear.

Annie Johnson Flint

Evening Song - Rescue the Perishing

 
1 Corinthians 1:17-19 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 

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The Thousand Word Project - Pink Pompoms

Carnations

Evening Song - Matthew 6:9-13 - Our Father

 

Matthew 6:9-13 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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The Thousand Word Project - Pink and Yellow

Lantana

Poem - A Debtor to Mercy Alone

A Debtor to Mercy Alone

A debtor to mercy alone,

Of covenant mercy I sing;

Nor fear, with His righteousness on,

My person and offering to bring.

The terrors of law and of God

With me can have nothing to do;

My Saviour's obedience and blood

Hide all my transgressions from view.

The work which His goodness began,

The arm of His strength will complete;

His promise is yea and amen,

And never was forfeited yet.

Things future, nor things that are now,

Nor all things below or above,

Can make Him His purpose forgo,

Or sever my soul from His love.

My name from the palms of His hands,

Eternity cannot erase;

Impressed on His heart it remains,

In marks of indelible grace.

Yes, I to the end shall endure,

As sure as the earnest is given;

More happy, but not more secure,

The glorified spirits in heaven.

Augustus M. Toplady

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Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Colossians 3:3-4 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 

Evening Song - Is It Nothing to You?

Lamentations 1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 

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