Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice holiday last week. We had family visiting, 17 in total and 8 of them were kids, including 1 Elijah. I love family, but I have to be honest. I am very, very happy that the holidays are ending and the kids are going to be back in […]
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John Piper at Passion 2011: Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/getting-to-the-bottom-of-your-joy
Frances J. Roberts Devotional: The Call of Love
Frances J. Roberts wrote a book called “Come Away My Beloved” and a friend of mine gave it to me. Here is a brief excerpt that helps me to discard all the unnecessary To Do’s that seem to plague me everyday… Tarry not for an opportunity to have more time to be alone with Me. […]
2 Responses to Jesus: A Sinful Woman and a Pharisee (Part 1 of 2)
Why do we gather every Sunday morning? Is it to learn about God? Well, yes, partially. Is it to fellowship? Yes, but that’s not the only thing. Do we gather because God commands us to? Yes, but hopefully we won’t come every single Sunday with long faces and grit our teeth obedience. “For where two […]
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 7 of 7)
The point of discipline is not to be disciplined for discipline’s sake. That’s religion and will lead to self-righteousness.
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 6 of 7)
Lastly, we are given a spirit of self-discipline. This one is fairly obvious. SELF-discipline so this last component is entirely our responsibility. God can die for us, he can give us every reason to be compelled by his love, but in the end, he cannot force us to be godly. Godliness is our choice.