TREASURE

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JOHN 17:3

"This is life eternal that they might know Thee."

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NOW


Take your focus off the past
Refuse to worry for the future

Each and every day you live
Awake in search of treasure

Seek love, peace and mercy
Until your heart overflows

Rest in Jesus and know
Eternal life is Now

J. E. P.

May 2009

THE LIFE THAT LIVES

Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.  Luke 24:49 

The disciples had to tarry until the day of Pentecost not for their own preparation only; they had to wait until the Lord was glorified historically. As soon as He was glorified, what happened? "Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." The parenthesis in John 7:39 ("For the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified") does not apply to us; the Holy Ghost has been given, the Lord is glorified; the waiting depends not on God's providence, but on our fitness.


The Holy Spirit's influence and power were at work before Pentecost, but He was not here. Immediately Our Lord was glorified in Ascension, the Holy Spirit came into this world, and He has been here ever since. We have to receive the revelation that He is here. The reception of the Holy Spirit is the maintained attitude of a believer. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive quickening life from the ascended Lord.


It is not the baptism of the Holy Ghost which changes men, but the power of the ascended Christ coming into men's lives by the Holy Ghost that changes them. We too often divorce what the New Testament never divorces. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is not an experience apart from Jesus Christ: it is the evidence of the ascended Christ.


The baptism of the Holy Ghost does not make you think of Time or Eternity, it is one amazing glorious NOW. "This is life eternal that they might know Thee." Begin to know Him now, and finish never.

MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST

 Sing Hallelujah

Be Still And Know

NEW

Take your eyes off the past

Refuse to fret for the future

Each and every day you live

Awake in search of treasure

Look for love and joy

Let your heart overflow

Rest in Christ and know

New Life is Now

Jeffrey Pollock
March 4, 2012

NOTHING NEW

There's nothing new under the sun

But freedom endures under the Son

THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

BUT ALL THINGS ARE NEW IN THE SON

EVERYTHING LIVING FATALLY FADES AWAY

IN CHRIST ALONE IS EVERLASTING DAY

There's nothing new under the sun

But freedom endures under the Son

EVERYONE DYING FINALLY  BREAKS AWAY

IN CHRIST ALONE PRECIOUS HOPE WILL STAY

EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY FALLS DOWN

ONLY IN CHRIST ETERNAL NEWNESS IS FOUND

There's nothing new under the sun

But freedom endures under the Son

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Jeffree7

2012

PRAISE THE LORD

PRAISE THE LORD 

Day after day,

Lift up your voice;

Choose this new day,

To make the right choice.

Day after day,

Day in and day out;
Outlive the day before,
Before your time runs out.

Day after day,

Encourage each other;

Follow the true living way,
Each and every day.

Day after day,

 Sing new songs of praise;

Proclaim the good news of salvation,

 From day to day. *

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J.E.Pollock

July 03 2009
Nov 12 2011
Feb 19 2012

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Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim the good news of His

salvation from day to day.

* Psalm 96:2

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NEW DAY

NEW SONG

A NEW DAY

 A NEW DAY

Today is a new day

Yes, yesterday is gone

Live life today in the grace

Of Jesus Christ, God's Son

Today is a new day

The past has passed away 

Trust the Lord with all your heart

Let go of grief and pain

Have faith, hope, and love

The greatest of being love

Live, as long as you are living

Surrender your heart to Jesus

 Today is a new day

Peace and Strength are in the Lord

Let courage be the captain of your heart

As you search His Word and discover 

Who it is you're living for

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                                                                                                                    LOVE

WELCOME

COME TO THE WELL

Come to the well
Cast your cares
Upon the water

Come to the well
Bring your prayers
To the Father

Come to the well
Ask what you will 

Expecting

Come to the well
Bring your hopes
And dreams

Come to the LordFind grace and joy
Peace and Love


Come to the Cross
Lay down your burdens
Come to The Well

Please come

HE DIED FOR YOU

GUARD YOUR HEART

First and foremost guard your heart,

Always remember it is your life;

Be perfect today and be set apart,

Love God and obey Him in Christ.

Above everything keep your focus pure,

Let no petty pursuits disturb your peace;

Be ready and willing to wholly surrender,

Lift your hands to the heavens and release.

Above all else take your stand on TRUTH,

Give no dirty demons access to your mind;

Be courageous when sin wants to rule over you,

Jesus Christ must reign on the throne of your life.

From start to finish faith is Life Blood,

That keeps the sanctified heart loving God;

Bought and secured by His Son on The Cross,

Nothing ever can move you from His Love.

J E Pollock

Sept242011

Jan 21 2012

Day 300

You may have to force yourself to concentrate on God's words and instructions.

Disciplining yourself to read the Bible daily is not easy when
your emotions are interfering with your thoughts.

The Bible addresses this struggle:

My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and
if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look
for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will under-
stand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives
wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds
victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then you will understand what is right and just and fair--every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul" 

 (Proverbs 2:1-10).

My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them
out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find
them and health to a man's whole body.  Above all else, guard your heart,

for it is the wellspring of life."

(Proverbs 4:20-23)

Grant me discipline, Lord God. Amen.

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ONE GOD

ONE GOD

One God, One Savior
One hope for true living

One Shield, One Sword
One perfect Holy Spirit

One Truth, One Light
One Way to The Father

One Shepherd, One Life
One King like no other

One God, One Creator

One Love that won't cease

One Heart, One Mind

One Perfect Peace

JEP

BEAUTIFUL

BEAUTIFUL

Beautiful

The God we serve

Faithful

His way with man

Powerful

The Spirit of God

Knowable

His will for us

Findable
The peace we pray

Wonderful

His purpose and plan

Believable

The God of Love

Lovable

His Son Jesus

Beautiful

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(July 4, 2011)
The True and the Beautiful

What if it was all true? The sudden suspicion that God might be who he said he was seized me like a thought from another world. Was it possible that a religion was worth following not because of whatever good it might afford me or for moralistic obligation, but simply because it was true? The thought meant entertaining a new starting point; it meant admitting that I might not have been seeing with all the facts in the first place. It meant considering that God was there all along.

Of course, it did not mean that my angered questions gracefully bowed out at the thought that they might be premature or even nonsensical. Reason has very little to say to the child who wants to know why his father left; words are not what he is looking for. My initial discovery of truth had to give way to something beyond ideas and logic, and it did not take long for this to become apparent. If Jesus is who he said he is then Christianity is indeed not a matter of preference or pedigree; but this hardly suggests that the pilgrimage is void of questions that cannot be answered or existential struggles wholly unsatisfied by human thought.

As someone who suddenly wanted to know and tell the truth, I discovered that truth is not simply something passive that we intercept, like the outcome of a CSI episode that leaves us entirely certain of "what really happened." Truth certainly has this definitive element, to be sure; the Logos which became flesh is God's definitive account of truth. But this is something far deeper and more dimensional than hard, unresponsive facts and verses, as further evidenced in John's description of Christ as one full of grace and truth in himself. There is a corresponding, interactive quality to truth, which cannot be merely argued in words, but is best understood by engaging its depth and character within a world of impersonal, simplistic alternatives. For if truth is personal—indeed, a Person—it demands a lifetime of shared engagement with the one who is truth and the Spirit who actively leads us into its discovery. Evidences of the heights and depths of this divine truth can indeed be received as factual, definitive fingerprints. But so they are clues that point to a multi-dimensional, inexhaustible Person full of grace and truth—and beauty.
Such an idea is set to narrative in the characters of The Idiot, in whom Fyodor Dostoevsky sets forth the bold assertion that "beauty will save the world." The sheer number of ways in which this quote has been taken from the prince who uttered it and handed to less-discerning philosophers attests to the risk inherent in the idea, and perhaps inherent in beauty itself. Even in the story, the prince's grand pronouncement is immediately the subject of interrogation—"What sort of beauty?" But prince Myshkin affirms in response it is who will save the world. Dostoevsky, too, entertains the proclamation in a person, in Myshkin himself, who lives the quality of beauty as if distinctive of his very soul. It is Myshkin who chooses again and again to help rather than to harm, to give mercy rather than malice; he forgives tirelessly, though surrounded by people who do not. In fact, it is this group that labels Myshkin the "idiot" because he refuses to participate in the withering ugliness of their own ways. In Dostoevsky's analysis, if Beauty will save the world, it will indeed be a person.
For those waking to the light of truth, for those speaking to the light of truth, there is a temptation to overlook the personal in the midst of the philosophical. When Plato said that beauty is the splendor of truth, he had in mind the Forms, literally Ideas. Comforting though it is to those who instinctively sense we were not meant for the darkness of caves, the truth he had in mind is inherently different in substance and character than the God-Man who looked his troubled friends in the eyes and said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Here we find not words, but the Word enfleshed, the transcendent in person. He is goodness, truth, and beauty incarnate, beckoning us out of the darkness to follow, to die, to become as he is. As it turns out, my old desire not merely to be good, but to somehow become united with it was not my own thought after all.
If the story of Christ is a call to participate in the glory of God as persons who imbibe that glory, then there is most certainly in beauty the potential to save, for God is both the Source and Subject. And it is therefore quite possible that God can reach out to the world in beauty, mystery, or transcendence, in goodness or kindness, in truth, logic, or reason. For He is all three in person—the Good, the True, and the Beautiful.
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Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at RZIM in Atlanta, Georgia.


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