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Restless until the day..

I'll be waiting Anticipating All that I aim for What I was made for With every heartbeat All of my blood bleeds Running inside me Looking for you Looking for you -- Restless. Switchfoot 

Deodorizer

When all I can smell is the stink of my sin, that clings to me like the kitchen sink drain in all its filthiness,  it's then the fragrance of God's love fills my life.  When I am at my worst, at my weakest, I see God's greatest strength and God's greatest love, as it works in my heart and life to transform me to His image. I want to share a verse that changed me and the course of my life when I learned it as a child, and it still penetrates to the inadequacy I feel as a believer who from time to time falls head first into sin. "For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 7:18,24-25) I don't know if you have ever been there. I don't know if you felt like I have when you do what yo...

Mathew 6: 32-34

"For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" I've used this verse in my prayers a million times over. Its probably one of the first verses I learned as a child. For the little wants and big needs, I've found myself repeating this verse back to God, emphasizing the "ALL these things shall be ADDED unto YOU" part. And yet, I keep hearing this Word being spoken back to me by God. I feel that his emphasis is different however. Its the "seek FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS" that rings the loudest. Cause you see, according to His word, it's His guarantee that He'll provide all things for us. That's something that He promised to take car...