Elijah Lofgren

I follow Jesus Christ and enjoy reading, writing, helping people, and making websites. Who is Jesus?

Jesus gives me overflowing hope, peace, and joy in this short life of mine. You can have it too! :)

My life mission: "Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31

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  • Seven Qualities of a True Friendship
  • Pray about Evangelism
  • The Perfect Storm
  • Guidelines for Sexual Purity
  • What matters in life:

    • Greatest Fear in Life

    Modified: 2007-01-28 15:31:04

    "My greatest fear in life is not that I will be a failure but a success in things that do not matter."
    - Howile? Hendrick

    Seven Qualities of a True Friendship

    From How to Stay Christian in College: An Interactive Guide to Keeping the Faith by J. Budziszewski:

    1. You appreciate each other.
    2. You're loyal to each other.
    3. You're honest with each other.
    4. Your relationship is a two-way street.
    5. You have well-founded trust in each other.
    6. Neither of you asks the other to do wrong for him.
    7. Because of the friendship, each of you is a better and more virtuous person.

    Pray about Evangelism

    From How to Stay Christian in College: An Interactive Guide to Keeping the Faith by J. Budziszewski:

    1. Pray for the chance to share your faith.
    2. Pray to be ready to share your faith
    3. Pray for discretion in sharing your faith
    4. Pray for words to share your faith
    5. Pray for patience to listen as you share your faith
    6. Pray for God to prepare your friend's heart and mind as you share your faith.
    7. Pray to thank God for the opportunity to glorify his name.

    The Perfect Storm

    From February 4th Sermon Worship - Deeper Disciple:

    "Leonard Sweet calls the current atmosphere in the world, the Perfect Storm. He says that:
    in your life you are either going into a storm, coming out of storm, or are in the middle of a storm."

    I've also heard this post repeated by Pastor Tony Butler of Fountain Of Grace.

    Guidelines for Sexual Purity

    The following are excerpts that I really like from Guidelines for Sexual Purity by Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspective Ministries:

    You will inevitably adopt the morality of the programs, movies, books, magazines, music, Internet sites and conversations you participate in. GIGOGarbage in, garbage out; Godliness in, godliness out. The cognitive is basic to the behavioralyou become what you choose to feed your mind on.

    Sow a thought, reap an action;
    Sow an action, reap a habit.
    Sow a habit, reap a character.
    Sow a character, reap a destiny.

    Your future can be accurately predicted by what you allow your mind to dwell on. Sinful actions don't come out of nowherethey are the cumulative product of little moral compromises made over time, which ultimately culminate in ungodly behavior.

    ...

    "Treat older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity' (1 Timothy 5:2). Don't go into dating with the goal of romance, but the goal of spending time with your brother or sister. When you begin a relationship, a rule of thumb is, don't do anything physically you wouldn't do with your brother or sister.

    Mark Twain on Worry

    Modified: 2007-08-27 14:01:13

    "I am an old man, and have seen many troubles,--most of which never happened." -Mark Twain

    Life and trouble by Brent Ellis

    Modified: 2007-11-12 12:30:56

    "Life is nothing but a series of huge distractions that try to take our attention off God" - Brent Ellis

    We're living in a society that is more distracted than any in the history of the world

    "NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WILL EVER BRING HAPPINESS, PEACE & FULFILLMENT YOUR LIFE. ONLY THE GRACE OF GOD CAN ..."

    "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." - John 16:33

    Nothing in this world will ever live up to the expectations you have for it.

    Jesus says we will have troble. That's what this world is about.

    "Being a Christian will not make us immune to the ills of society, But gives us hope for something more." - Brent Ellis's mother

    The first requisite of success

    Modified: 2008-02-06 15:38:49


    "The first requisite of success is the ability to
    apply your physical and mental energies
    to one problem without growing weary."
    - Thomas Edison

    Perspective on Trouble

    Modified: 2008-02-14 14:13:32

    "When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate." - Ann Landers

    There are only three possibilities in life...

    Modified: 2008-02-26 12:12:17

    "There are only three possibilities in life; to be a goer, a sender, or disobedient."-John Piper

    "When life's problems seem o...

    Modified: 2008-02-29 16:17:10

    "When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate." - Ann Landers

    What matters in life:

    Love God. Love People. Nothing Else Matters

    - My cousin Karis Rosell

    Relationships: The source of our Greatest Joys

    Modified: 2008-03-09 15:26:11

    The fact that relationships are one of the greatest sources of joy in life is true. I've been thinking about this quote since I read it yesterday in the way back from Letourneau where I have really enjoy talking with, meeting, and hanging out with people more than ever before this semester. I think I may have almost been transformed into a talkative people person which I find quite shocking and gladdening. :)

    From "A Light in Dark Places" by Derek W. H. Thomas in the March 2008 issue of Tabletalk (emphasis added):

    God created us, and then re-created us in Christ, so as to form deep and lasting relationships; they are the source of our greatest joys. But no relationship surpasses our fellowship with Jesus Christ in the Gospel.

    Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool...

    Modified: 2008-03-23 16:33:05

    "Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
   but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
    - Proverbs 10:23 (English Standard Version)

    When words are many...

    Modified: 2008-03-23 16:34:01

    When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
   but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
    - Proverbs 10:19 (English Standard Version)

    Some Good Ones

    Modified: 2008-04-29 14:42:01

    No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength.

A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.

But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.

We wait in hope for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield. 

--Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
--Charles H. Spurgeon.
  
--"...Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as broided
hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be
that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of great worth in God's sight."
--I Peter 3:3-4
  
--"..nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him
against that day."
--2 Timothy 1:12

    Where a worshiping Life Comes From

    Modified: 2008-05-05 13:54:24

    A worshiping life, A praising life, comes from a life that is filled with joy - John MacArthur

    How to reduce arguing

    Modified: 2008-05-05 13:55:03

    It's hard to argue with someone who's thankful for everything. - John MacArthur

    Harry Potter, The Emerging Church, What do you think?!?

    Modified: 2008-05-05 14:03:21

    I want to spend a lot less of my moments talking about what I'm against, what I'm for, .... If you get the gospel right...there's just really not going to be a lot of problems. - Dr. James MacDonald

    Be slow to give what you think, until you've found out what God says..

    Modified: 2008-05-07 09:36:38

    Be slow to give what you think, until you've found out what God says. Many of us are slow to be transformed because we're too busy listening to ourselves and other people say. Be quick to hear what God says - Tony Evans

    Don't let the Bible be the last thing you go to...

    Modified: 2008-05-07 09:37:25

    Don't let the Bible be the last thing you go to, it's gotta be the first thing you go to. - Tony Evans

    ..where you go in life and who you become depends on...

    Modified: 2008-05-08 16:17:06

    A lot of where you go in life and who you become depends on who you keep company with. - Connie Neal author of Myspace for Moms and Dads: A Guide to Understanding the Risks and the Rewards

    You can’t love if you don’t love yourself

    Modified: 2008-05-10 17:03:21

    You can’t be free
    If you don’t reach for help
    And you can’t love
    If you don’t love yourself
    But there is hope when my faith runs out…
    Casuse I’m in better hands now

    -- Natalie Grant – In Better Hands From the album – Relentless

    Some more quotes I think are good

    Modified: 2008-06-11 18:54:07

    Only one life,
'twill soon be past,
Only what's done for Christ will last.
More: http://www.accordingtothescriptures.org/doctrine/onlyonelife.html

"God chooses what we go through
we choose how we go through it."

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."

"Life is short
Live for God" - Our Daily Bread

"To 'suffer' simply means 'to bear under.' A leader is a man who does not groan under burdens, but takes them as a matter of course, allows them, tolerates them—and with a dash of humor. He knows how to keep his mouth shut about his difficulties and how to live a day at a time, doing quietly what needs doing at the moment. People will follow that sort of man....but lest the 'rules' for leadership appear impossibly supernatural, we need to recall constantly that it is Christ who calls us; it is Christ who enables us; it is Christ who promises His presence and His strength." — Elisabeth Elliot, The Mark of a Man  



"Challenge: ...The harder the course, the move the rewarding the triumph...

Through Christ, we can do all things!" - LeTu newsletter.

"When you gotta know what you gotta do,
Things keep falling over you, then you think:
God can help me through this,
He can help me do this." - Danielle Lofgren, my niece. (I had this posted on  my LCD during my Freshman semester.)

The following are excerpts that I really like from "Guidelines for Sexual Purity" by Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspective Ministries (http://www.epm.org/articles/sexpur.html):

You will inevitably adopt the morality of the programs, movies, books, magazines, music, Internet sites and conversations you participate in. GIGO—Garbage in, garbage out; Godliness in, godliness out. The cognitive is basic to the behavioral—you become what you choose to feed your mind on.

     Sow a thought, reap an action;
     Sow an action, reap a habit.
     Sow a habit, reap a character.
     Sow a character, reap a destiny.

Your future can be accurately predicted by what you allow your mind to dwell on. Sinful actions don't come out of nowhere—they are the cumulative product of little moral compromises made over time, which ultimately culminate in ungodly behavior. 

...

"Treat older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity' (1 Timothy 5:2). Don't go into dating with the goal of romance, but the goal of spending time with your brother or sister. When you begin a relationship, a rule of thumb is, don't do anything physically you wouldn't do with your brother or sister.

"I am an old man, and have seen many troubles,--most of which never happened." -Mark Twain

"Letourneau's Motto for Engineers:  Beat them into the ground and if they get up, give them a degree... but I wouldn't have it any other way."
- my roommate Eric McLaughlin

“Time lost will never be found.” -- B. Franklin

"We can strengthen our resolve by frequently rehearsing the costs of sin." Jim Johnson pastor of http://www.longviewfbc.com/

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    • On June 11, 2008, 6:41 pm Elijah Lofgren said...

      Hi Asha,

      > Do you know some good (meaningful) quotes said by Elijah?

      I don't think so. By the way, which Elijah do you mean? Elijah Wood? Elijah from the Bible?

      Thanks,

      Elijah

    • On June 9, 2008, 2:50 am Asha said...

      Hello! I love your website :D Very detailed.
      I was wondering, i don't mean to question anything or be rude but,
      Do you know some good (meaningful) quotes said by Elijah?

    • On April 20, 2008, 11:42 am jm said...

      What a nice young man you are. May the good lord bless you, for your efforts.

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