I heard a great quote while listening to the audio book Rediscovering Holiness by J.I. Packer Think of Jesus each time you read your bible. Think of him asking you page by page and chapter by chapter what you have just learned about the need, nature, method and fact of the grace he brings and […]
In Stephen Charnock’s book The Sinfulness and Cure of Thoughts, Stephen lists 15 ways to guard your thought life and encourage holy thoughts. Below is a brief summary of these 15 exhortations. Get accustomed to serious meditation every morning. Pick a morning theme of meditation to a chief companion with you throughout the day. […]
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” – John 3:3 When we commit our lives to Christ and commit to follow him, we are born into a new world spiritually. The Kingdom of God becomes an internal womb around our spirit. […]
We love because he first loved us. – 1 John 4:19 [responsivevoice_button] How I wonder about that far-off land! I wish I could catch a glimpse of it as Moses was allowed to catch a glimpse of the promised land. He led others to it but in the end, he was unable to enter into […]
By his light, I walked through the darkness! – Job 29:3 About a month after I returned home from Arkansas after care giving for my sister during her short ten month battle with bladder cancer I had a dream that comforted me through a very dark period afterwards. I found comfort in the dream as […]
One of the primary things I have learned in my experience with grief, is that grief can be as wicked as cancer. It can cause significant damage in one’s life both internally, spiritually and emotionally, and externally, physically and relationally. I have seen people with strong religious backgrounds abandon their faith in anger and disappointment […]
There has been a lot of discussion in social media about hell recently. I admit, don’t like to meditate on the reality of death and dying much. However, the reality of our own mortality cannot be avoided and should not be avoided for it provides context to our short lives. It encourages us to prioritize, […]
“If you can’t see His way past the tears, trust His heart.” – Charles Spurgeon It is one thing to have wounds inflicted by an enemy, another by your closest friend. At times I felt betrayed by God in grief. Why God? Why did you allow it? It’s been a year and a half since […]
This great world in all its beauty and glory was created for the glory of God and for our pleasure and enjoyment. We were placed in it to enjoy it and to have the riches of God surround us, astound us and mystify us. All of the world’s beauty and benefits were to be poured […]
I recently went to Moore, OK with a small team from my workplace to spend a day helping with the disaster relief from the tornado that swept through it on May 20th. Several of us who were assigned field work, spent the entire day working in a large field right on the edge of the […]
