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To Think God’s Thoughts But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.—Psalm 1:2 To think God’s thoughts requires much prayer. If you do not pray much, you are not thinking God’s thoughts. If you do not read your Bible much and often and reverently, […]
Face Down, Listening Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.” – Genesis 17:3-4 The Scriptures declare, “Abram fell on his face” as the Lord talked with him (Genesis 17:3). Abraham was reverent […]
Becoming What You Are “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called” (Ephesians 4:1). One of my seminary professors once told me that the whole Christian life is simply becoming what you are. Because you are a child of […]
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. – Ephesians 2:13 Paul opens up chapter 2 by showing the Christians in Ephesus their former condition without Christ, and then in vs. 11 appeals to them to remember their alienation from the promises of […]
“Since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” (Hebrews 6:13-14) There is one Person whose worth and honor and dignity and preciousness and greatness and beauty and reputation is more than all other values combined — ten thousand times more, namely, […]
“Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” (Matthew 6:9) In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches that the first priority in praying is to ask that our heavenly Father’s name be hallowed. Notice that this is a petition or a request. It is not a declaration (as I thought it was […]
“The seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 3:18). The life of a farmer illustrates what James is saying. The seeds that a farmer plants in the spring are what he eventually harvests in the fall. Similarly, by sowing righteous deeds each day of your life, you can […]
“Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.” (James 4:8) This verse means that there is a precious experience of peace and assurance and harmony and intimacy that is not unconditional. It depends on our not grieving the Spirit. It depends on our putting away bad habits. It depends on forsaking the […]
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) This is God’s universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in self and the world. I have never heard anyone say, “The really deep lessons of life have come through times of […]
Song of Songs 5:11 Comparisons all fail to set forth the Lord Jesus, but the spouse uses the best she can find. By the head of Jesus we may understand His deity, “for the head of Christ is God”;1 and then the mold of purest gold is the best conceivable metaphor, but all too poor […]