Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Restraint Of Desire
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age. Titus 2:11-12 NASB The principled restraint of desire is called...
Count It All Joy
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 ESV A recently...
Covenant Privileges, Covenant Obligations
All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. So the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against you. Daniel 9:11 NRSV Here in Daniel 9 we find...
On Chaos
“For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.’” Isaiah 46:9–10 NKJV What appears to...
Gratitude
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever! 1 Chronicles 16:34 NASB It is almost impossible to overstate the power of gratitude. It is at the root of both goodness and happiness. Ungrateful people cannot be either good or happy....
Sign At Coffee Shop
Man does not live by coffee alone. Have a danish.
The Grateful Samaritan
As Jesus entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When He saw them He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then...
Lord, Lord
Now why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Jesus, Luke 6:46 NASB Trusting Jesus means taking Him seriously when His Word confronts something we don't want to change. We will stumble. But we cannot keep brushing Him aside and call that faith. He is...
Imagination
Reality is for people who lack imagination. Few people have the imagination for reality. Adapted, Proverbs 32:10
Humilitas
Fools are wearied by their own labor, because they do not even know the way to town. Ecclesiastes 10:15 Adapted Prayer: Lord, expose the folly I excuse. Replace my simple-minded pride with humble wisdom that fears You. When my own choices bear bitter fruit, let me not...
Imitators And Counterfeits
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. Ephesians 5:1 NKJV Lust imitates love.Pride imitates joy.Sin imitates freedom.Satan imitates God.Don't be deceived by counterfeits. Don't be deceived by counterfeits. The test isn't whether a thing feels good. Feelings...
Grieved By Sin
For I admit my guilt; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. Do not abandon me, Lord; My God, do not be far from me! Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation! Psalm 38:18, 21-23 NASB If you are not increasingly grieved by your own sin, you are not growing as a Christian....
The Unreasonable Man
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and discern what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 Adapted George Bernard Shaw famously observed: "The reasonable man...
Ah, But We Repeat Ourselves
How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers because Your decrees are my meditation. I understand more than the elders because I obey...
Armed
How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers because Your decrees are my meditation. I understand more than the elders because I obey...
The Majesty Of God
You thought that I was altogether like you. Psalm 50:21 NKJV "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The greatness of God rouses fear within us, but His goodness encourages us not to be afraid of Him. To fear and not be...
Discernment
For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil. Hebrews 5:13-14 NASB * Do you want to...
My Portion Forever
Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; but You are the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for...
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