Prayer – a change in direction.
I am again under conviction that I do not pray enough, I do not give myself over to it or correctly go about it. I realize that this is what grace and mercy is for, but still I want to be more disciplined. So I have my list. Not a list of wants and needs, […]
Go Into all the world
Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into the world and tell the world that it is quite right — CS Lewis
Quote: Trials and the Christian
Trials give new life to prayer, trials lay us at his feet, lay us low and keep us there. — John Newton
Where is God in suffering?
Where is God in suffering? He’s in it with us, and in it for us. — Thabiti Anyabwil
Quote – Soul and Evil
The soul is exposed to innumerable evils, to that we find always a hell within us. — John Calvin
Quote – Rise Up From the Gloom
Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel. — J.I. Packer
Quote – Don’t turn aside from the Word
If we turn aside from the Word, though we may strive with strenuous haste… …we shall never reach the goal. — John Calvin
Quote – Worship
Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us. — AW Tozer
It is okay to cry (part 1)
It is okay to cry. I have been telling my kids that for the last few months. They have dealt with death and loss and the pain of being let down. They have had betrayal by friends and forgotten by teachers and broken promises, mine included. Sometimes the pursuit of painless perfection and a disappointment […]
Fairdale, Illinois
In the midst of the destruction, hope. So I am learning first hand that God sends people into the local mission field hand picked for their tasks. We have had three different folks volunteer their families for the relief efforts with out my having to prompt them. This is a first for me. Now they […]