I ran across this clipping called Rules for Daily Conduct in a recent study I was preparing for in Luke. It didn’t quite go with my material but I found it personally helpful to me and clipped it for myself and wanted to add it to my website to share with you. It’s from a […]
“The real work of life happens at the cellular level of one moment at a time believing God’s promises. Praying like breathing and obeying his spirit immediately. There are no larger battles.” – Andrée Seu Every decision we make, no matter how small it seems, is elevating one thing over another. Making one item more […]
It’s always good to have a friend who is straight forward and blunt. Someone who will tell you like it is, without all the sugar-coating to make it go down better. We desperately need that some times. I do anyway. I ran across this quote this morning on the Sovereign Grace Ministries website by Charles […]
God our Father has already bestowed upon us the fullness of his love. (John 16:27, 17:23) If you are his, you will never be more loved by him then you are loved by him right now as you read this. All the work you do in the church. all the pursuit of him will not […]
There is so many who tell you of the Greatest Love Story ever told, but have you heard of the of the most tragic one? With Valentines Day just past and love stories on everyone’s mind, and with us all being reminded of the Greatest Love Story, let me tell you about the Most Tragic […]
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. I sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.You grant sleep to those you love and make their sleep sweet. [Psa. 3:5, 4:8, 127:2, Pro. 3:24] BLESSED CREATOR, Thou hast promised thy beloved sleep; Give me restoring […]
This makes me smile every time I read it. It’s Jonathan Edwards Apostrophe to his future wife Sarah Edwards. It’s such a wonder description of a godly woman don’t you think? It immediately brings to mind Maya Angelou’s quote, “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him […]
I love this passage speaking of morning devotions and prayer by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I ran across it in the book Watch and Pray, Christian teachings on the Practice of Prayer edited by Lorraine Kisly. Before the heart unlocks itself from the world, God wants to open it for himself; before the ear takes in the […]
For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. – Romans 10:2 Zeal n. – A prompt willingness; Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) Proverbs 23:17 encourages us […]
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. – Psa. 27:8 Today’s one of those days when I begin my devotional time expecting to meet Jesus. I expect to meet him every day, but on days like today, when a storm looms on the horizon and everything has been […]
