thoughts...

a question that comes to mind from my fall 2009 GIG experience:

is it possible to be a real christian (will spend eternity with God) and believe all religions lead to the same truth? why or why not?

i'm so undeserving yet You pursue me.

⁸Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. ⁹Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. ¹⁰For,
   "Whoever would love life
      and see good days
   must keep his tongue from evil
      and his lips from deceitful speech.
 ¹¹He must turn from evil and do good;
      he must seek peace and pursue it.
 ¹²For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
      and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
   but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

1 Peter 3:8-12

You’re the center of the universe
Everything was made in You Jesus
Breath of every living thing
Everyone was made for You

[Pre-Chorus]
You hold everything together
You hold everything together

[Chorus]
Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives

We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You

Center - Charlie Hall

retreat: a place of privacy or safety; a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, or study

¹ God is our refuge and strength,
       an ever-present help in trouble.

 ² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
       and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

 ³ though its waters roar and foam
       and the mountains quake with their surging.
       Selah

 ⁴ There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
       the holy place where the Most High dwells.

 ⁵ God is within her, she will not fall;
       God will help her at break of day.

 ⁶ Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
       he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

 ⁷ The LORD Almighty is with us;
       the God of Jacob is our fortress.
       Selah

 ⁸ Come and see the works of the LORD,
       the desolations he has brought on the earth.

 ⁹ He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
       he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
       he burns the shields with fire.

 ¹⁰ "Be still, and know that I am God;
       I will be exalted among the nations,
       I will be exalted in the earth."

 ¹¹ The LORD Almighty is with us;
       the God of Jacob is our fortress.
       Selah

⁶ "Seek the LORD while he may be found;
   call upon him while he is near;
⁷let the wicked forsake his way,
   and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
   and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

⁸For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
   neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
   so are my ways higher than your ways
   and my thoughts than your thoughts.

 ¹⁰ "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
   and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
    giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
¹¹so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
   it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
   and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

 ¹² "For you shall go out in joy
   and be led forth in peace;
 the mountains and the hills before you
   shall break forth into singing,
   and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
¹³ Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
   instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the LORD,
   an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."

Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemptions hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

Chorus:
Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Oh Lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I
Tempted and tried
Human
The word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

Chorus

Bridge:
To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart

Lead Me to the Cross - Hillsong United

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
Psalm 105:4

pride makes me ugly :(