John Sowers |
________________________________ after midnight thoughts about suffering ________________________________
July 31, 2014
WHITE FLAG BANDITS OF PEACE by John Sowers
July 25, 2014
GOD & SATAN
July 6, 2014
GET DOWN by Audio Adrenaline
Lavishly our lives are wasted
Humbleness is left untasted
You can't live your life to please yourself, yeah
That's a tip from my mistakes
Exactly what it doesn't take
To win you've got to come in last place
To live your life you've got to lose it
And all the losers get a crown
[CHORUS:]
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
All I need's another day
Where I can't seem to get away
From the many things that drag me down, yeah
I'm sure you've had a day like me
Where nothing seems to set you free
From the burdens you can't carry all alone
In your weakness He is stronger
In Your darkness He shines through
When you're crying He's your comfort
When your all alone, He's carrying you
[CHORUS]
This valley is so deep
I can barely see the sun
I cry out for mercy, Lord
You lift me up again
July 4, 2014
FIVE WORDS
FIVE WORDS
- HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I'M JUST LISTENING TO YOU.
- CAN I PRAY WITH YOU?
- I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.
- I HAVE FAITH IN YOU.
- YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN
"DOCTORATE OF JESUS" DEGREE
"That's when I discovered a person could audit classes at nearly any school in the country for a fraction of the cost of enrolling. I'm not recommending this as a substitute for gaining a degree, but if you want to keep learning, it's an option. I've taken classes on the humanities, on literature, on writing, and in theology...I have another friend who created a "Doctorate of Jesus" degree in which he audited dozens of classes from several different universities in the Portland area. When he completes his self-created degree, he won't be able to get a job anywhere, but he will definitely know a lot about Jesus."- Donald Miller, To Own A Dragon
TORN BETWEEN THE TWO
PASTURE BY DOWN LIKE SILVER
"Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith..." -Philippians 1:18-26