Rivets Which Secure My Heart
Perhaps it sounds a little strange but I want to let you know that I’ve been studying the topic of what it means to be saved. To all my friends with the heart of the evangelist, relax and don’t feel any need to rush to me with God’s saving plan. I’m not revisiting this issue…
Spiritual Nudity
Yesterday was the marathon of marathons for me and I came home in the evening dog-tired. Fixing a plate of fried chicken and potatoes I sat down after mumbling a few words and giving Amy a kiss on the forehead. As I began to unwind and exhale the hectic pace of a sixteen hour day…
The Much Needed, Oft Neglected Cry
Here is what David wrote in one of his inspired songs: “Summon Your power, O God, the power, O God, by which You have worked for us.” – Psalm 68:24 {ESV}. He had already declared in this same Psalm, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up.” (vs. 19) and “God settles the solitary…
Is A Revival Something You Attend?
A few years back I mentioned to Mr. David Price, a dear friend in England, that I was going to “preach a revival” in another state. The communication was through email so I could not exactly detect his tone when he politely requested that I clarify what I meant by using the term revival. Stumbling…
The War With Weariness
Last Sunday evening was a helpful, healthy time in God’s Word. I’m preaching through a topical series concerning what constitutes biblical love and all day the focus was on loving our enemies. At some point while I was preparing the message I realized that I’m unaware of a single human enemy that I have right…
Monday Grace
“I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.” -John Newton Mondays have an immediate…
Valley Of Vision: The Gift Of Gifts
From the Puritan prayer book I leave you today the following: O Source of all Good,What shall I render to Thee for the gift of gifts,Thine own dear Son, begotten, not created,my Redeemer, Proxy, Surety, Substitute,His self-emptying incomprehensible,His infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp. Herein is wonder of wonders:He came below to raise me…
The Hope In Powerlessness
Have you ever prayed for God to “get you out of the way”? How often we have longed for an uninterrupted sense of God working through us and for us. Wisely, we are aware that employing human instrumentation is usually a component of what God is doing on earth, so we ask Him boldly to…
Pondering The Possibility
What if I never had to wrestle through weakness again What if I was gifted with holy fearlessness What if we all listened as well as we interrupt What if I quit giving Satan so much credit and started accepting responsibility for the potholes in my life What if the Church would simply rise to…
The Graduate
Today is my mother-in-law’s birthday and the first one since she graduated from earth to Heaven. Amy roams through Deborah’s blog and found the words below from last year, right after her final birthday celebration on earth. Proverbs 22:1 says, “A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better…