Poets & Saints

The Fire I Came to Bring

SCRIPTURE Luke 12:49 (NIV) "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" REFRAIN The fire that refines me is taking me somewhere good. QUOTE Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ "I am afraid many of us have failed to honor God's always unfolding future and the process of getting there, which usually includes some form of dying to the old. In practical effect, we end up resisting and opposing the very thing we want. The great irony is that we have often done this in the name of praying to God, as though God would protect us from the very process that refines us!" ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

To Change Often

SCRIPTURE Romans 8:28–30 (NIV) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. REFRAIN I am being changed into something good. QUOTE John Henry Newman, from An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine "To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Made For Another World

SCRIPTURE Ephesians 2:7–10 (NIV) In order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. REFRAIN I was made for more than I can currently see. QUOTE Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (attributed) "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Everything Is a Miracle

SCRIPTURE Matthew 5:8 (NIV) Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. REFRAIN Everything, rightly seen, is a miracle. QUOTE Albert Einstein "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Kingdom Is Here

SCRIPTURE Mark 1:15 (NIV) "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!" REFRAIN The kingdom is here. Love is already moving. QUOTE Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ "Love is the energy that sustains the universe, moving us toward a future of resurrection. We do not even need to call it love or God or resurrection for its work to be done." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.