A CONTRITE SPIRIT
In our prayers of confession, let’s be ever mindful that we’re not fooling God by choosing the more gentle ways of expressing our sinfulness.
TREASURES HIDDEN IN DARKNESS
Darkness flees when Light appears. Where will you carry the Light of Christ today? How will you respond to God’s call to the uttermost parts of the earth?
THE NEW CHURCH LADY
I can remember pulling into church parking lots again and again and sitting there bawling my eyes out as I watched married couple after married couple walk inside the holy doors of we have it all together -sorry about your luck.
THE DEEPEST WOE
Hell had unleashed its fiercest fury, summoning every demon as if to convince Him he was utterly alone. His deepest woe weighed heavily in...
NOT MADE OF FEATHERS
Consider with me the cross … not a velvet cross or one made of feathers. The cross was was made of wood; a man could carry it … Jesus carried it after inviting as many as would to pick up their personal cross and follow Him.
SHOWERS OF BLESSING
We simply cannot do without saturating showers of grace. Seasonable grace. For His glory.
STRENGTH OF HOPE
Is the hope you have in Christ enough to sustain you in the face of persecution? Could you testify of His love in the face of martyrdom?
FAITH SHINES BRIGHTER IN WINTER
"...thy faith never looks so grand in summer weather as it does in winter.” Likewise, God's grace shines brighter in the midst of adversity.
CONSTRAIN US, GLORIOUS LORD
Spurgeon wrote, "Glorious Lord, constrain us that we may never leave thee, but dwell by the well of the living God." It has become my prayer...
COLLEGE OF CONTENTMENT
True and abiding contentment will cost us. It will be painful at times. We will find it difficult to resist the urge to complain and grumble, to murmur and show discontent.