**Flowers grow in the valley** https://youtu.be/9DDeSUxcTIY?si=iLI3wFKqrg6Ek7SZ Source: https://youtu.be/9DDeSUxcTIY?si=iLI3wFKqrg6Ek7SZ FLOWERSWell, blue skies and hillsides feel so far awayAnd I wrote in my notebook that I’ve seen better daysThan the ones as of late, I can’t bear the weightThe rain won’t stop pouring out my window paneAnd I haven’t left my bedroom in 76 daysI wish somethingContinueContinue reading “Song & Verse: Flowers by Samantha Ebert”
Tag Archives: Grace
Sermon: I’m Going Through, but I’m Running Over by Pastor Stephen Furtick
Paradox of provision: You can’t run over if you don’t run through.
You can’t receive the wisdom to give to others if you don’t go through your weakness and adversity.
ACAD – Give Grace: Romans 3
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place, the Jews[a] were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Although every human is a liar, let GodContinueContinue reading “ACAD – Give Grace: Romans 3”
ACAD – Give Grace: Romans 1
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
ACAD – Give Grace: John 1
From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
ACAD – Give Grace: Song of Songs 7
I am my beloved’s,
and his desire is for me.
Come, my beloved,
let us go forth into the fields
Song: The Forever Now
This song was performed shortly before the last episode. The first chords have played at the beginning and end of every episode. It wasn’t until the final season that we got a full sing with amazingly poignant lyrics.
POEM: I Am from…
I am LaShawnda, sister of Kim and Nicolette. We are daughters of Terry Ann, the daughter of Bessie Mae, The daughter of Lizzie, the daughter of Mae Emma, the daughter of Many Unknowns. I am from coconut oil and bergamot grease From pinto beans and bananas. I am from the light. From home-cooked meals andContinueContinue reading “POEM: I Am from…”
Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 20)
“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 18)
“If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.”