LS024b - From Death to Life II: The Silence of Sacrifice

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (KJV)

Hello everyone!

So, we've passed the point where Christ was crucified all those years ago, and we are now in-between His death and eventual resurrection.

Of course, knowing how the story ends, gives us hope that though we're stuck in our struggle today, there is hope for our future. Imagine how it must have been for those who loved Jesus and followed Him during His ministry. Their Saviour was dead and hope seemed to die with Him.

LS024a - From Death to Life I: The Nature of Sacrifice

Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

Matthew 27:50 (KJV)

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Well, Easter is finally upon us and I wanted to take a look at the resurrection story to hopefully shine some more light on the reason for the hope that I have in Jesus.

This time I am going to be looking at the first of three days that changed history and therefore established God's fulfilment of the law as present and correct and paved the way for the new covenant through His Son; Jesus Christ.

Through this issue, I am going to look at sacrifice and what giving up actually looks like in the unbiased Kingdom. Secondly I will be looking at what we are to be doing during those times when it looks as if nothing is happening for us. Finally, there will be a post celebrating the finished work of Christ thus augmenting what I've previously raised on the subject.

Off the Scale #17 - The Witches' Chorus by Giuseppe Verdi

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I discovered this particular choral piece earlier this year and, again, like with the last entry in this celebration of all things classical music, managed to find it on a 5 CD set.

Let's take a look at it...

Off the Scale #16 - Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copeland

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Today, I'm picking quite a different choice from my collection as I only really discovered this one this year. I mean, it's likely that I heard it before then but could never have told you who it was by, just that I liked the whole arrangement.

Let's have a look...

LS023b - Your Reasonable Service II - For the Honour of God

Hello everybody!

I hope you enjoyed the first part of this two part series on service and how it's not as nasty as it's often perceived sometimes.

Onto part two...

LS023a - Your Reasonable Service I - For Others' Sake

Hello everyone!

I hope you have been enjoying the increased activity on my blog because I have been enjoying contributing to this blog a lot more. From looking at the finished work of Christ over two posts, to looking at our righteous state in Christ, I have been enjoying the uplift of content quality, as much as you, my dear readers have.

Today, I'm going to look at what service means to me so let's see what happens...

LS022 - I'm Free to Live (Or From the Voice of a Blogger)

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I wanted to take advantage of this moment whilst I'm feeling the best I have done in a very long time so wanted to capture the moment before it dissipates.

As many of you know now, I'm on medication at the moment for anxiety and depression and, it has been riding me something rotten over these winter months. To push through, I have been trying to keep my focus ahead and on what Christ is leading me to instead of getting bogged down in negativity that often comes hand-in-hand with depression.

I'm hoping to take you all on a journey with me as I continue with by years long battle with the issues I've had. In short, they led me to a point last year where I felt forced to not only acknowledge that I have a problem, also to admit that it was time to start doing something about it...

LS021 - Righteous by Association

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Now that we are into the third month of this quarter, I am finding it of great benefit to have made the changes that I have made. I believe, as I have talked about before, they are building for me a metaphorical house that I will be living in tomorrow. Yes it means I have to do a lot of groundwork at the moment, but it is all ground work that rests in the finished works of Jesus Christ at the cross.

Today, I want to take a look at what it means, to me, to be righteous by association.

Let's go...

Off the Scale #15 - In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg

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Next up in my series of posts celebrating all things classical music, I have a personal favourite of mine that has been used countless times in adverts across the years, in particular advertising Alton Towers.

Let's take a look...

LS020 - As the Crimson Rain Fell

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On Monday, I finished my Bible reading plan so have, apparently, finished reading the Bible over the last eight or so months... go me!

Anyways, today I wanted to take a look at how my focus has been impacted by the events that I've been through since 2018 started.

Let's go...