The state of the heart

Reform, renew or replace? It is interesting to see how quickly people minds jump to political or “Church” side of things… in my case this morning it is a personal question.  The answer to these is a resounding YES in my life.  But I contend that the last one “replace” may be the first thing […]

Here is Love

Here is love, vast as the ocean, Lovingkindness as the flood, When the Prince of Life, our Ransom, Shed for us His precious blood. Who His love will not remember? Who can cease to sing His praise? He can never be forgotten, Throughout Heav’n’s eternal days. On the mount of crucifixion, Fountains opened deep and […]

Thrones and dominations

jesus requires all - not some

Self and the Savior can never live in one heart.  He will have all, or none.  So, where self is on the thrones, it cannot be expected that Christ should meekly come and sit upon the footstool. — C.H. Spurgeon What a truer statement.  When people come and ask me about why they don’t see […]

Verse – Psalm 51:6-7

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:6-7 We KNOW that our hearts are deceitful & incurable (Jer 17:9) but what is this “secret heart”? […]

Folly and a raging heart.

When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord. Proverbs 19:3 It amazes me every day people that blame God for their trouble.  Couple things in this verse stand out to me. Man’s folly: This is man’s doing, his sin, his efforts, his action, not God’s. Man’s way: This […]