The Most Underrated Word of the Bible

Three little letters that encompass everything. Literally. If you read too fast, you might miss it, robbing yourself of the full glory of its meaning. Other words get a lot more attention. But for my money, the word all is the most underrated word of the Bible. Used mostly as an adjective, we can easily pass over it …

Biblical Wisdom is not Human Wisdom

From DumbSheepDave Biblical wisdom is not human wisdom. Biblical wisdom causes me to be distrustful of my own wisdom to find happiness.  Biblical wisdom is believing that I have no wisdom worth leaning on, but that Jesus does.  Biblical wisdom causes me to ASK Jesus about everything, and THANK Jesus about everything just as it is, …

The Lesson of the Lord: A Letter To Mrs. B. Part II

This is the second of the letters William Romaine wrote to Mrs. B. Even more so than the first, this letter hits me every time  I read it. Probably because Mrs. B's case has so often been my own. I know firsthand the anxious fears, the puzzling doubts, and the spiritual distress that comes from …

Happiness is…

Happiness is, being curious, expectant, to see what Jesus does NEXT, in me, others, circumstances, resting in His total sovereignty over every detail of my life and others’ lives, so all problems I face are His problems, and His job to solve, leaving me free to enjoy everything, just as it is, as dysfunctional as …

8 Ways To Fight Distraction in Prayer

How shall we remedy our wandering thoughts in prayer? 1. We must wait upon God for the power of his grace. As long as his love and grace are powerful in us, we are kept in a lively, heavenly frame. As this abates, the soul swerves, and returns to vanity and sin. 2. Meditate upon …

Blogging The Psalms: On The Run With David in Psalm 3

Imagine the scene with me. David. King of Israel by God's own decree. Given God's promise of great future blessings and the eternal endurance of his kingdom. Known as the man after God's own heart. The shepherd of Israel. And now here he is. On the run from his very own son who has claimed …

Look Away From Your Faith: A Letter To Mrs. B.

In a faraway time, when I was a freshman in college, the leader of the campus ministry I was attending gave me some scanned pages to take back to my dorm and read- as if I didn't have enough reading to do. The pages were two letters to a Mrs. B. taken from the Select Letters …

Remember This

Remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and heaven shall make amends for all. -Thomas Brooks

4 Things To Pray Before You Read Your Bible

Over the years, my bible reading has been immensely helped by John Piper's acrostic prayer I.O.U.S. It's a prayer that really gets at what we need God to do for us and our hearts when we come to the Bible. It's honest about where our hearts are usually at when we open the word, and desperately …

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