A meditation on Psalm 119, verses 9-16 (ESV)
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to Your Word.
How foolish I often am to seek to fight sin in my life without wielding the Word. My fighting will be fruitless unless I pick up the sword of the Spirit, the most powerfully [...]
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Have you ever been encouraged by reading the prayers of saints from years long past? I have–especially through the compilation of Puritan prayers and meditations called The Valley of Vision. Here’s some journaling of my own that might encourage you, or at least give you a peek into what the Lord’s been teaching me. Most [...]
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David son of Jesse was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. And yet I’m sure we all remember him as being “a man after God’s own heart.” A man who was given to bouts of reckless emotion. An adulterer. A murderer. True, his “good” outweighs his “bad” – but is one sin any [...]
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Debbie Jane:
This week God has been showing me gently, through daily occurances which are out of my control, that it is HE who holds me up…HE who directs my steps—and that I must live in childlike faith to follow where He leads, though I may be following blindly.
Hännah:
“I do not ask to see the way
My [...]
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Ever had a “pity party”? You may never have called them by that name, but I’m sure you know what I mean. Self pity, despair, and that “Why isn’t life fair?” outlook are attitudes and mindsets to which we’ve all succumbed at times. I’m sorry to say I’ve thrown more than my share of “pity [...]
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