“For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seed to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.” Isaiah 61:11 Dear Father, Even my simple mind knows that seeds don’t sprout from porcelain, flowers don’t grow on chandeliers, and fruit doesn’t ripen on […]
Image via Wikipedia A prayer from the Valley of Vision: O GOD Though I am allowed to approach thee I am not unmindful of my sins, I do not deny my guilt, I confess my wickedness, and earnestly plead forgiveness. May I with Moses choose affliction rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin. Help me […]
This book will be in my top 5 list for favorite and most influential books that I read this year. It’s organized in 31 Chapters for 31 daily devotions for meditating on understanding and doing the will of God. In it he emphasizes and teaches that this is the very essence of true faith, the […]
…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. – Philippians 2:12b-14 I’m still stuck on this verse. God still has it set before my heart and as an artist I study it, trying to take in […]
…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. – Philippians 2:12b-14 God calls us to work out that which he is working in us. Sometimes this can be more difficult then what it sounds. So often […]
Once again ChristianAudio.com offers an outstanding free audio book of the month download for your spiritual growth and enjoyment. This month’s free audio book is Donald Whitney’s “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.” J.I. Packer begins his foreword to this book by stating: “I was asked to write a forward for this book before I […]
I ran across this book on a trip to one of my most favorite bookstores next to Amazon.com, Half Price bookstore. I always love a good used bookstore, because you never know what treasures you might run across. This was a true true treasure find. I bought it because I was familiar with Andrew Murray […]
At last count at http://technorati.com there were 112.8 million active blogs, with 175 thousand new blogs created everyday. So why another blog? This is almost the same question as, why write another book? What do you have to say that has not already been said in the millions of books that have already been published? […]
My son is a Marine who has very recently left for Iraq on his first deployment. I miss Him already. His world just got bigger as mine just got smaller. Although I have been preparing myself for this day, I still struggled with sadness and anxiety when it finally came. When he left my false […]
When God tests our faith, and holds us over the fire to test and refine us, it hurts. We grief and cry like anyone else. The difference is we still cling to God in our pain. We draw closer to him and cling tighter to him in faith and trust while those who do not […]
