[continued from Monday’s post]
You see, this monstrosity that I am has killed me, and I can’t do a thing about it. The only one great enough to ransom me from this slavery and give me life beyond the grave I’ve dug myself into is my Creator, and my dread foe—the Righteous Judge.
But the inevitable fate […]
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I closed the book slowly, my mind still lingering on the final words. A weighty dullness brooded over my senses and all I could think of with any clarity was the world in the story that I had just finished. My discontent and selfishness had found vent as I was carried along by the story […]
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Thanks, Hännah, for these honest, provoking words that turn our gaze to the Savior.
You know the sort of day—when you wake up in a funk and can’t shake the overwhelming power of your own selfishness, and the very last thing you want to do is to humble yourself and meet with the Lord. You’re […]
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“May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may his foes flee before him.
As smoke is blown away by the wind,
may you blow them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before God.
When you went out before your people, O God,
when you marched through the wasteland,
the earth shook,
the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the […]
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As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus…was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
For years Bartemaeus sat on the roadside mumbling […]
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When my sister Manda was pregnant, she was nervous.
Understandably so! Yet she was nervous in a way that I could not entirely understand personally. She was nervous that she wouldn’t like the Baby that much. She’s not a kid person. Or a baby person. She had some bad mental images of her single mother constantly […]
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Ever had “one of those weeks”? I’m sure you know what I mean. You know, those weeks where nothing seems to fall into place, deadlines stack up, time with the Lord grows scarce, and when anxiety knocks at the door, you’re all too tempted to open it.
Well, my friends, I’ll honestly admit that this has […]
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This past week I’ve been reminded of this quote from Paul Tripp. In a message he gave at Kingsway Community Church back in 2006, he said the following:
”In the moments often where we are crying for the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we’re getting it, but it’s the uncomfortable grace of refinement. You want […]
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