It is good for me to draw near to God. — PSA. 73:28.

It is good for me to draw near to God. — PSA. 73:28.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. — A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door‑keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. — Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. — Therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us: ... let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.

Psa. 26:8. ‑Psa. 84:10. ‑Psa. 65:4. Lam. 3:25. ‑Isa. 30:18. Heb. 10:19,20,22.

- Anonymous From Daily Light on the Daily Path

Being Justified by faith

“Just, and the justifier of him which believeth.”

Romans 3:26

Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Conscience accuses no longer. Judgment now decides for the sinner instead of against him. Memory looks back upon past sins, with deep sorrow for the sin, but yet with no dread of any penalty to come; for Christ has paid the debt of his people to the last jot and tittle, and received the divine receipt; and unless God can be so unjust as to demand double payment for one debt, no soul for whom Jesus died as a substitute can ever be cast into hell. It seems to be one of the very principles of our enlightened nature to believe that God is just; we feel that it must be so, and this gives us our terror at first; but is it not marvellous that this very same belief that God is just, becomes afterwards the pillar of our confidence and peace! If God be just, I, a sinner, alone and without a substitute, must be punished; but Jesus stands in my stead and is punished for me; and now, if God be just, I, a sinner, standing in Christ, can never be punished. God must change his nature before one soul, for whom Jesus was a substitute, can ever by any possibility suffer the lash of the law. Therefore, Jesus having taken the place of the believer—having rendered a full equivalent to divine wrath for all that his people ought to have suffered as the result of sin, the believer can shout with glorious triumph, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect?” Not God, for he hath justified; not Christ, for he hath died, “yea rather hath risen again.” My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me. On the lion of justice the fair maid of hope rides like a queen.

- H.C.Spurgeon

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A remaining name

"My name from the palms of His hands
Eternity will not erase;
Impress'd on His heart it remains,
In marks of indelible grace."

"He shall present my soul,
Unblemish'd and complete,
Before the glory of His face,
With joys divinely great"

"I, among the blood-wash'd throng,
Shall wave the palm, and wear the crown,
And shout loud victory"

"Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in Heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise"

- C. H. Spurgeon

C. H. Spurgeon, "The Prince of Preachers" (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Wanneeer wij liefhebben is er geen nood aan wetten

Indien iedereen zich aan Gods wetten en aan de liefde zou houden,
zouden wij geen burgerwetten moeten hebben die ons er aan herinneren wat we wel en niet mogen.
Indien wij God liefhebben weten wij hoe wij in harmonie met elkaar moeten leven.
Daar waar liefde is binnengetreden, is er geen wet meer nodig om te  richten.
- Marcus Ampe

"Te vaak houden we van dingen en gebruiken we mensen,
terwijl we dingen zouden moeten gebruiken en mensen liefhebben."
- Autheur Onbekend

"Duisternis kan niet verdreven worden door duisternis; alleen licht kan het doen.
Haat kan niet verdreven worden door haat; alleen liefde kan dat doen.
We moeten leven samen te leven als broeders, of samen vergaan als dwazen."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"De eerste taak van liefde is om te luisteren."
- Paul Tillich

“Laat liefde en trouw u niet verlaten! Bind ze om uw hals, schrijf ze op de tafel van uw hart:”
Spreuken 3:3

“De haat brengt twist teweeg, maar de liefde bedekt alle zonden.”
Spreuken 10:12

“Zij die kwade plannen smeden lopen stellig verloren,
maar liefde en trouw zijn bij hen die het goede beogen.”
Spreuken 14:22

God ik ben dankbaar voor de liefde die U mij schenkt
en vraag U dat ik ook veel liefde aan anderen zal kunnen schenken.
 

English version > When we love we do not need laws

When we love we do not need laws

If everyone would keep God's laws and would keep to love,
we would not to have civil laws who should remind us what we can and can not.
If we love God we know how we should live in harmony.
Where love has entered, there is no law necessary to focus.
- Marcus Ampe

We too often love things and use people
when we should be using things and loving people.
- Author Unknown

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first duty of love is to listen.
- Paul Tillich

“Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:”
Proverbs 3:3

“Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.”
Proverbs 10:12

“Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth [shall be to] them that devise good.”
Proverbs 14:22

God I am grateful for the love you give me
I ask You that I shall be able to give much love to others.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Wanneeer wij liefhebben is er geen nood aan wetten
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English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso "Yo tengo un sueño" durante la Marcha sobre Washington por el trabajo y la libertad en Washington, D.C., 28 de agosto de 1963. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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2. Feeling-good, search for hapiness and the church
3. Breathing and growing with no heir
4. Loving the Word
5. Thirst for happiness and meaning
6. How shall the film of your life be?
7. Experiencing God 
8. What is Love 
9. Got an Empty Love-Tank 
10. Enduring Love 
11. Unconditional love 
12. The one who has not had a taste of love 
13. Unarmed truth and unconditional love
14. Love will cure more sins than condemnation
15. The Greatest of These is Love 1 Corinthians 13
16. Love and cultivate that which is pure 
17. More-Letter-Words
18. People don’t hunt out “loopholes” when they are seeking to love God and neighbours

 

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