Mondays can be busy days. Or maybe they only seem more busy because it's the first workday after the weekend. Too often the temptation can be to give in to the tyranny of the urgent and dive willingly into the rush that offers no real rest or relief... at least it is for me. So… Continue reading Abide and Rest
Sunday Song: I Will Sing of my Redeemer
“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.” Psalms 59:16-17 The book of Psalms is… Continue reading Sunday Song: I Will Sing of my Redeemer
Saturday Song: More than Anything
What is most important in life? What is most important for death? Thankful for a (very) rainy, gray Saturday, honest conversations, remembrances of the past... because of what is most important: the Good Giver of all gifts. Today's song is "More Than Anything by Natalie Grant. Click here for the video, read below for the… Continue reading Saturday Song: More than Anything
Great Sinner, Great Savior
“It is not a small gospel message for small sinners that He has sent us to preach, but ours is a great gospel message for great sinners. “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” - On Prayer and Spiritual Warfare, C.H. Spurgeon #goodnews #hismerciesaremore
He Hath Said: Spurgeon on Hebrews 13:5
"He hath said." — Hebrews 13:5 If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow from the bow of God's covenant? Will… Continue reading He Hath Said: Spurgeon on Hebrews 13:5
Thursday Thoughts
Saturday Song: Power of the Cross
By God's grace, arranged and played by Katie.
Learning to be content: Spurgeon and Paul
"These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. "Ill weeds grow apace." Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because they are indigenous to earth: and so, we need not… Continue reading Learning to be content: Spurgeon and Paul
Even though
Whatever thing my life seems to lack does not diminish the goodness of God to me. God's grace and love are not measured by wealth or food or health, what I receive or what I am not given. The joy of his Holy Spirit transcends all situations, even the deepest of joys and the greatest… Continue reading Even though
Behold, what love
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us." Consider who we were, and what we feel ourselves to be even now when corruption is powerful in us, and you will wonder at our adoption. Yet we are called "the sons of God." What a high relationship is that of a son, and… Continue reading Behold, what love
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