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A Living Sacrifice…But I Have Failed!
2+ week, 3+ day ago (463+ words) As a Christian, I know that I should offer myself up to the Lord as a living sacrifice, body and soul, with my whole heart. But what if I fail? What if I can’t do that very well? Here’s R....
A Millennium of Trials, Tears, and Tribulation
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (899+ words) One characteristic of this present evil age is that we face trials, suffering, tribulation, and opposition. Jesus told his followers many times that the path of discipleship includes serious difficulties (e.g., Mt. 4:4, 10-11; 5:39, 44, 6:13; 7:6, 14, 15, etc.). On the pathway to eternal life, we constantly…...
Living in the Last Days: Christ is On the Throne!
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (447+ words) The opening words of Hebrews are well known and extremely important. They give us insight into how the OT points forward to Christ. These words also tell us deep truths about Christ – God’s Son, our Savior. I’ll put the opening…...
From Grief and Death to Hope
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) If you haven’t read a good Christian book about death, I highly recommend it. And one of the first books on this topic I recommend is Remember Death by Matthew McCullough. It’s a wonderful overview of death from a Christian…...
People Can Change: Believe it! (Bredenhof)
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (259+ words) Believing that people can change seems to be a small thing. But this conviction will have an impact on your pastoral care. • You will not give up on individuals or families, writing them off, even if the same sinful pattern…...
An Allowable Self Love (Boston)
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (243+ words) “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” We all know those words of Christ (Mt. 22:39). Indeed, the whole law is summarized by the word “love.” We should first and foremost love God, and secondly, we should love our neighbors as…...
A Prayer for Those Who Doubt
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (159+ words) Here’s a prayer I ran across today in The Preacher’s Notebook. Note: We can also pray about our own doubts! Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you for your sympathetic understanding toward those who have doubts and difficulties. We pray for…...
The Prayer Meeting and the Course of History (Kline)
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (178+ words) The seven trumpets of judgment in Revelation 8-9 notably begin with the “prayers of the saints” that rise to God in heaven (Rev. 8:3-4). Symbolically, the trumpets do not blow until the prayers of the saints come to God, and the angel…...
Lord, Expel the Darkness of My Mind (Toplady)
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (130+ words) Here’s an excellent prayer/hymn by Augustus Toplady. It’s a good devotional read for the day. May it be a blessing to you! 1 Astonish’d and distress’d,I turn mine eyes within;My heart with loads of guilt oppress’d,The seat…...
A Prayer for Perseverance
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (115+ words) I recently found this wonderful prayer by John Calvin in his commentary on Obadiah 10-11. I hope it’s a blessing to read. It’s certainly a good example of a prayer of faith: Grant, almighty God, that as you have once received…...