"...All Other Ground is Sinking Sand"

I came back from church tonight, having just viewed a Christian film with the youth. In this film, someone sings the words of this hymn:

My hope is built on nothing less / Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness / I dare not trust the sweetest frame / But wholly lean on Jesus’ name / On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand / All other ground is sinking sand / All other ground is sinking sand

And then, browsing through John's gospel, I read the words of Jesus, which caused the words from a modern-day chorus to echo in my heart...

The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. (John 12:23-26)

And if I'm blessed with the riches of kings / How could I ever think that it was me / Don't let me forsake sacrifice / Jesus, You be lifted high / You be lifted high / You be lifted high in my life, O God / And I fall to my knees / So it's You that they see, not I / Jesus, You be lifted high

"Be Lifted High" / Leeland Mooring / (C) 2006 Meaux Mercy (admin. by EMI CMG Publishing)

Happy Thanksgiving

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds (Psalm 9:1).

Create in Me a New Heart

Literally this past weekend, a renewed passion for sending out the simple message of God's love that is so strikingly displayed in the sacrifice of His Son to rescue us from sin and Hell -- the Gospel -- is growing in me, and it is filling me with excitement and with joy -- joy at the truth of what Bruce observed one time when he said that the Lord is "perfecting our faith" through the making of JOHN.

Reading your prayers in Prayer Chain #3 I cannot help but be blessed. I cannot help but feel in my bones that JOHN is way beyond "beyond" in scope and scale -- of what God is doing and is planning to do.

Not only will the film itself be used by the Holy Spirit to bring countless many to Jesus, this process of raising the funds, and believing God for JOHN to come... it is a journey in faith that all of us are taking. It is the Lord perfecting the faith of His children.

So, dear saints! Let us "not grow weary in doing good!"

For God honors the labor of our hands. He honors every phone call we make; every email we send out; every postcard we write. And every sacrificial Dollar, Rand, Won, Euro, Pound, or Kuna (and etc.) that is given for this project we call THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN - the Lord sees.

The Lord sees. What more could we need or ask for -- than the fact that our Jesus sees us. HE SEES US!

PRAISE to HIS NAME!

Prayer Chain #3

Per your request, another one. But, I have a feeling the Lord is the one who is directing us to make good use of this blog and pray for the explosive ministry that is, and will continue to be...THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN.

Let my prayer come before you:
incline your ear to my cry!
(Psa. 88:2)

I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
let the humble hear and be glad.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
(Psa. 34:1-3)

Let's go all the way till the end of November. Then I'll close with the "amen."