God’s Hidden Arrangement

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I spent this past weekend assembling a detailed 3D book-nook puzzle, one of those miniature architectural scenes made of dozens upon dozens of tiny wooden pieces. Each piece had been precisely cut with notches so small they were nearly invisible, yet every one fit only in a single location. The instructions required an exact order. […]

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A Christ Centered Christmas

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Each year, “Merry Christmas” is spoken more cautiously, if it is spoken at all. In its place, “Happy Holidays” has become the safer greeting, offered under the banner of politeness, neutrality, and inclusiveness. Just last week, after wishing a gentleman “Merry Christmas” over the phone, he replied with a carefully neutral “Happy Holidays.” These exchanges […]

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Sanctified Journaling

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“Record all special favors, mercies, providences, and experiences.Little do you know the advantages that will redound to your souls upon this.” – Thomas Brooks, Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks I began journaling as a teenager, long before I knew Christ. What began as a class assignment soon became a nightly ritual. I would open my […]

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Cultivating Reverence for the Holiness of God

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Reverence does not grow in the heart by accident. Scripture never treats it as a passing feeling or a heightened emotion that comes and goes with the seasons of the soul. Reverence is the posture formed when the heart sees God as He truly is, and bows beneath the weight of that truth with joy […]

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What’s Wrong with the World


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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 […]

09/11/2015

Psalms 139 Part 2 Fearfully & Wonderfully Made


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In our previous lesson, we talked about the first part of Psalms 139. In verses 1-12, we saw how fully the Lord knows us. In this last portion of Psalms 139 we will see the depth of God’s knowledge of us goes even further then knowing our ways and the thoughts of our hearts; God […]

08/11/2015

Psalms 139 Part 1 Fully Known By God


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“I looked at God and He looked at me, and we were one forever.” – Charles Spurgeon” This is a Psalm of David looking to God and worshiping in wonder the greatness of God. David meditates on the attributes of God, God’s omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence as God relates to man. It is beyond his […]

08/04/2015

Psalms 116 Soothing a Restless Heart


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We are now zooming in to take a look at a portion of it, Psalm 116. Despite it being a Psalm of Praise & Thanksgiving, it is a hymn that moves from despair to delight in God. Music and hymns have a powerful way of moving our heart and our emotions. This is a hymn […]

07/21/2015