"If you don't have time to spend in Bible study every day then your priorities are wrong." It hurts me to type that sentence. Because it is embarrassing to me that I have said it many times to people who didn't need to be admonished, they needed to be heard and encouraged. About two or three years ago, the Lord began showing me the depth of my pride and self-righteousness in the area of daily Bible study. I used to judge people who said they just didn't have time to spend a lot of time ... [Read More]
Forgive to be Forgiven?
Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors … For if you forgive others their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:12, 14 ESV Do you think God really meant that? Am I really only forgiven as much as I am forgiving? Remember the parable of the man whose great debt the king forgave? That man, who had been forgiven so much, demanded payment of a ... [Read More]
Relevant, Element, and Rest
It was amazing. I cherish every moment of the time I spent with friends ... and learning, so much learning. Sure I learned about blogging basics with this incredible woman and listened as three amazing people shared their insights into blogging about big needs ... I was a wide-eyed listener as this couple taught on the business of blogging. Joy reminded me how important community - local and bloggy - is. Laura poured the sweetest blessing over me - the majesty and glory of spending ... [Read More]
{Joy Day 29} Share My Troubles
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a ... [Read More]
{Joy Day 15} Genuinely Concerned for Your Welfare
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by the news of you. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. They all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also. Philippians ... [Read More]
Ouch!
The test of Christlikeness is not the greatness of your love toward those who love you, but the bounty of your love toward those who do not. ~ Donald S. Whitney From Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health... a great book. Also available for the Kindle. Thoughts? Difficulties? Experiences? Please share! ... [Read More]
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