tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post870837850921717302..comments2024-01-11T10:58:30.769-05:00Comments on Jesus community: simplicityTed M. Gossardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-67037787520576555732008-10-04T03:49:00.000-04:002008-10-04T03:49:00.000-04:00Preacherman,Thanks for your generous sharing and e...Preacherman,<BR/>Thanks for your generous sharing and encouragement here. <BR/><BR/>Yes, we feed off this simplicity. Rich in Jesus for our souls and lives. Gives us all we need to walk in Jesus in this life. And ongoing for sure.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-25876342512179562072008-10-04T03:47:00.000-04:002008-10-04T03:47:00.000-04:00Mike,Well stated. I do that automatically when lef...Mike,<BR/>Well stated. I do that automatically when left to myself. Because I just don't get it. But with God's light I can see, and it does take away the ambiguity and confusion towards a simplicity which is profound, really.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-80518953087400484102008-10-04T03:45:00.000-04:002008-10-04T03:45:00.000-04:00Nancy,Thanks for sharing the lyrics (and chords!- ...Nancy,<BR/>Thanks for sharing the lyrics (and chords!- do you play guitar?) to that great hymn. A good help towards simplicity.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-43275102705637265972008-10-04T03:44:00.000-04:002008-10-04T03:44:00.000-04:00Crowm,Thanks for your thoughts here. Yes, life can...Crowm,<BR/>Thanks for your thoughts here. Yes, life can seem so overwhelming and simplicity in Jesus helps. We need it.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-45626569097852756022008-10-04T03:42:00.000-04:002008-10-04T03:42:00.000-04:00Sojourner,I sense that you speak both from faith i...Sojourner,<BR/>I sense that you speak both from faith in God's word, and from experience. Good words, and thanks.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-10891820432820668542008-10-03T21:28:00.000-04:002008-10-03T21:28:00.000-04:00I believe it is in the simplicty that we develop t...I believe it is in the simplicty that we develop the godly disciplines that you mention as well as a deeper, personal relationship with God and his son Jesus Christ. It is in the simplicity that I see my true self and the love, amazing, unfathomable love that God has for me and all of his creation. It is during those times and practices at I see God. Thank you Ted for this wonderful post. Your blog builds me up and strengthens my soul. Keep up the great work brother. I hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend.preachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922837614859997243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-59427788754146604202008-10-03T14:34:00.000-04:002008-10-03T14:34:00.000-04:00Simplicity is something we need to recover. Man ha...Simplicity is something we need to recover. Man has a habit of taking the pure and simple things of GOD, and making them complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-44140567632950978972008-10-03T13:19:00.000-04:002008-10-03T13:19:00.000-04:00the only way to simplify is to have one focus wher...the only way to simplify is to have one focus where all true direction comes from.<BR/><BR/>The Solid Rock<BR/> E C#m F#m B<BR/>My hope is built on nothing less,<BR/> A F#m A B E<BR/>Than Jesus' blood and righteousness.<BR/> E C#m F#m B<BR/>I dare not trust the sweetest frame,<BR/> A F#m A B E<BR/>But wholly lean on Jesus' Name.<BR/><BR/> E A<BR/> On Christ the solid rock I stand,<BR/> E C#m F#m B<BR/> All other ground is sinking sand,<BR/> A F#m B E<BR/> All other ground is sinking sand.<BR/><BR/>When darkness seems to hide His face,<BR/>I rest on His unchanging grace.<BR/>In every high and stormy gale,<BR/>My anchor holds within the veil.<BR/><BR/>His oath, His covenant, His blood,<BR/>Support me in the whelming flood.<BR/>When all around my soul gives way,<BR/>He then is all my hope and stay.<BR/><BR/>When He shall come with trumpet sound,<BR/>Oh may I then in Him be found.<BR/>Dressed in His righteousness alone,<BR/>Faultless to stand before the throne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-25619603830998529782008-10-03T11:41:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:41:00.000-04:00Simplicity is a good thing. When we make things h...Simplicity is a good thing. When we make things harder than they are, we get ourselves into trouble.<BR/><BR/>I agree with sojourner. We rely on our own abilities to conquer challenges. Today, I sit in my office wondering where to begin, a sermon, a Bible study, preparing for a funeral, a wedding? It all seems so overwhelming.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder of simplicity and focusing on God. It's interesting that our posts today are somewhat similar in subject.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Ted!Crowmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972336038762974441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-15297784829329410422008-10-03T09:42:00.000-04:002008-10-03T09:42:00.000-04:00Simplicity isn't always easy when the knotted prob...Simplicity isn't always easy when the knotted problems of life keep us focused on the chains that bind us. The more we try to free ourselves, the more entangled we become. Simplicity means to relax, look to Him for release, and let the chains fall to the ground.sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995591556892143652noreply@blogger.com