Comments on: idols in my heart http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/ it's almost like you've got nothing better to do Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:57:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Bremer http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6831 Bill Bremer Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:33:29 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6831 Lloyd, Great insight. Well put. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. KJV Lloyd,

Great insight. Well put.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. KJV

]]> By: Lloyd Taylor http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6830 Lloyd Taylor Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:57:55 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6830 @Flip... you and me both. Thank goodness for a love whose depths are unplumbable. May we both continue to be immersed in it day after day! @Natacha, it still never ceases to amaze me what Jesus did for us. I think the key to all of it is that He did it because He put the Father first as well. Just another testament to God's incredible plan to redeem everything. @LK, as always, thank you for your encouragement. I particularly liked the section about the Prodigal son. Regardless of his predicament, and what he expected to happen, he made his way back to his father. May we never forget our need for that. @Scott, maybe God wanted to get that out this week. Or family just thinks alike? ; ) @Storment, Hosea is some incredible stuff. It's been on my mind a lot during the last few months. @Flip… you and me both. Thank goodness for a love whose depths are unplumbable. May we both continue to be immersed in it day after day!

@Natacha, it still never ceases to amaze me what Jesus did for us. I think the key to all of it is that He did it because He put the Father first as well. Just another testament to God’s incredible plan to redeem everything.

@LK, as always, thank you for your encouragement. I particularly liked the section about the Prodigal son. Regardless of his predicament, and what he expected to happen, he made his way back to his father. May we never forget our need for that.

@Scott, maybe God wanted to get that out this week. Or family just thinks alike? ; )

@Storment, Hosea is some incredible stuff. It’s been on my mind a lot during the last few months.

]]> By: Jonathan Storment http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6826 Jonathan Storment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:55:18 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6826 This is a great post Lloyd! Love you putting Ezekiel and Hosea into dialogue with one another! This is a great post Lloyd! Love you putting Ezekiel and Hosea into dialogue with one another!

]]> By: Scott http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6825 Scott Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:01:35 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6825 Thanks -- Ironic thing is I preached from Ez 18, 14, and 11 Sunday night. Thanks — Ironic thing is I preached from Ez 18, 14, and 11 Sunday night.

]]> By: Lillie-Kate Minor http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6822 Lillie-Kate Minor Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:06:25 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6822 "If you wish to save your soul and win eternal life, arise from your lethargy, make the sign of the Cross and say: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Faith comes not through pondering but through action. Not words and speculation but experience teaches us what God is. To let in fresh air we have to open a window; to get tanned we much go out into the sunshine. Achieving faith is no different; we never reach a goal by just sitting in comfort and waiting. Let the Prodigal Son be our example. He <b>arose and came</b>. However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late. Not without reason is it written that Abraham was seventy-five when he set forth, and the laborer who comes in the eleventh hour gets the same wages as the one who comes in the first. Nor can it be too early. A forest fire cannot be put out too soon; would you see your soul ravaged and charred? In baptism you recieved the command to wage the invisible warfare against the enemies of your soul; take it up now. Long enough have you dallied; sunk in indifference and laziness you have let much valuable time go to waste. Therefore you must begin again from the beginning: for you have let the purity you received in baptism be sullied in dire fashion. Arise, then; but do so at once, without delay. Do not defer your purpose till "tonight" or "tomorrow" or "later, when I have finished what I have to do just now." The interval may be fatal. No, this moment, the instant you make your resolution, you will show by your action that you have taken leave of your old self and have now begun a new life, with a new destination and a new way of living. Arise, therefore, without fear and say, "Lord, let me begin now. Help me!" For what you need above all is God's help. Hold fast to your purpose and do not look back. We have been given a warning example in Lot's wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back. You have cast off your old humanity; let the rags lie. Like Abraham, you have heard the voice of the Lord: <b>Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from they father's house, into a land that I will show thee.</b> Towards that land hereafter you must direct all your attention." Tito Colliander “If you wish to save your soul and win eternal life, arise from your lethargy, make the sign of the Cross and say:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Faith comes not through pondering but through action. Not words and speculation but experience teaches us what God is. To let in fresh air we have to open a window; to get tanned we much go out into the sunshine. Achieving faith is no different; we never reach a goal by just sitting in comfort and waiting. Let the Prodigal Son be our example. He arose and came.
However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late. Not without reason is it written that Abraham was seventy-five when he set forth, and the laborer who comes in the eleventh hour gets the same wages as the one who comes in the first.
Nor can it be too early. A forest fire cannot be put out too soon; would you see your soul ravaged and charred?
In baptism you recieved the command to wage the invisible warfare against the enemies of your soul; take it up now. Long enough have you dallied; sunk in indifference and laziness you have let much valuable time go to waste. Therefore you must begin again from the beginning: for you have let the purity you received in baptism be sullied in dire fashion.
Arise, then; but do so at once, without delay. Do not defer your purpose till “tonight” or “tomorrow” or “later, when I have finished what I have to do just now.” The interval may be fatal.
No, this moment, the instant you make your resolution, you will show by your action that you have taken leave of your old self and have now begun a new life, with a new destination and a new way of living. Arise, therefore, without fear and say, “Lord, let me begin now. Help me!” For what you need above all is God’s help.
Hold fast to your purpose and do not look back. We have been given a warning example in Lot’s wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back. You have cast off your old humanity; let the rags lie. Like Abraham, you have heard the voice of the Lord: Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from they father’s house, into a land that I will show thee. Towards that land hereafter you must direct all your attention.”
Tito Colliander

]]> By: natacha http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6820 natacha Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:19:46 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6820 Well written and well thought out!! All of us struggle with this. And all of us need to be reminded that we must put God above everything. It's hard but Jesus died for us. That was more than hard. If Jesus loves us that much, the least we can do is put Him first! Well written and well thought out!! All of us struggle with this. And all of us need to be reminded that we must put God above everything. It’s hard but Jesus died for us. That was more than hard. If Jesus loves us that much, the least we can do is put Him first!

]]> By: fiip http://blog.floydius.com/2009/11/10/idols-in-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-6818 fiip Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:50 +0000 http://blog.floydius.com/?p=585#comment-6818 i am foolish to be so surprised by the idols i find i have set up so often in my own heart... You remind us of grace amid our failings... and the kind of love that hurts even as grace is dispensed... because that love is so true i am foolish to be so surprised by the idols i find i have set up so often in my own heart… You remind us of grace amid our failings… and the kind of love that hurts even as grace is dispensed… because that love is so true

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