Fall break means more time for reading! This week I started Dr. Helen Roseveare's book 'Living Sacrifice'. In the preface, Dr. Roseveare expounds on what it means to be "a living sacrifice" (Romans 12) and show love for God (John 14:21). At the end, she writes thoughtfully about what it means to love God with… Continue reading To love with all
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Hope for the Morning
And so
Last week, I came across one short phrase that, small and uninteresting as it seems, stopped my reading and demanded I give it my full attention. And so we came to Rome. Acts 28:14. Granted, not much there at first, except the sheer nonchalant nature of the phrase. καί οὕτω (kai hoútō) -- and in… Continue reading And so
“All the littles of our little world…” (another Spurgeon post)
"How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God." — Psalms 139:17 Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before his eyes; and this is precisely… Continue reading “All the littles of our little world…” (another Spurgeon post)
Psalm 34:9-14
Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Ps. 34:9-10 After reading about the LORD's goodness, shelter, and communion with mankind, it may seem strange that the next sentence from the… Continue reading Psalm 34:9-14
Psalm 34:8
Oh taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 In all of His works, the LORD shows Himself to be good. Always. Without fail. But those who do not run to Him, who do not taste, who do not seek will only look from… Continue reading Psalm 34:8
Psalm 34:4-7
I sought the LORD and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. Psalm 34:4-5 After opening the Psalm with a heart and mouth full of praise to God, the psalmist goes back and gives reason to his praise:… Continue reading Psalm 34:4-7
Psalm 34:2-3
My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. Ps. 34:2 Not a boast in my own actions, nor in my relationships, nor my thoughts. I cannot take a breath except that the LORD gives it. I make a plan, but cannot see it through unless the LORD wills… Continue reading Psalm 34:2-3
Psalm 34 (part one)
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." (Matt. 12:34) If the heart and mouth were so full of the praise to God and the mind so occupied with His goodness, what contentment and blessing… Continue reading Psalm 34 (part one)
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