In light of DTs in Leviticus and all the talk of offering sacrifices as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, I thought this Blackaby devotional was very fitting. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we […]
A New Beginning
It’s a new day. Yesterday was my last day at work. I was free to leave after a farewell lunch, but I ended up staying until the end of the day. I don’t know why. It was odd. I had been praying for a change for a while now and thought I’d be running out […]
Oswald Chambers: What do you do when your Elijah is gone?
“And he saw him no more.” 2 Kings 2:12 It is not wrong to depend upon Elijah as long as God gives him to you, but remember the time will come when he will have to go; when he stands no more to you as your guide and leader, because God does not intend he […]
Henry Blackaby: Pleasing God, Pleasing Others
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10) At times you will have to make a choice between pleasing God and pleasing those around you, for God’s ways are not man’s ways […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: The Testimony of Others
“Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.” And […]
Congregations Gone Wild
Here is an article written by G. Jeffrey MacDonald, a minister in the United Church of Christ and author of “Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul.” It was published in the New York Times on August 8, 2010. The American clergy is suffering from burnout, several new […]