Gentle and Kind

Scripture “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ~Matthew 11:28-29, NIV Quote You crushed my pride with reverential awe and you made my…

Anxious Concerns

Scripture How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? ~Psalm 13:2, CSB Quotes The Bible may convict you with the truth but it will never comfort you with a lie. ~Ya’akov There are a couple of things that all my friends know…

Distractions

Scripture “Therefore, you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.” ~Deuteronomy 5:32, NKJV Quote The many minute and contemptible things that solicit our curiosity {attention} every day are pass counting. ~Augustine I love to pray but I…

Connivance

Scripture How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! ~Psalm 1:1, NASB Quote I would be inclined to think a Christian would be wise to avoid any meeting with people who are bullies, lascivious, cruel,…

Wretchedness

Scripture O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? ~Romans 7:24, NKJV Quote The knowledge of our poverty {wretchedness} brings us to the moral frontier where Jesus Christ works. ~Oswald Chambers The July 21 entry of Oswald Chambers MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST was music to my ears.…

Concupiscence

Scripture For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. ~I John 2:16 Quote Avid curiosity {lust of the eyes} masquerades as a zeal for knowledge and learning. ~Augustine {My…

Priggery

Scripture The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! ~Luke 18:11, NLT Quote Man’s only infinite trait is his ignorance. ~Ya’akov Do you want a challenge mentally? Read Augustine or C.S. Lewis.  Yesterday, Augustine…

Can Obedience Be Wrong?

Scripture  But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live. ~Exodus 1:17, NASB Quote A man is a slave for obeying unless behind his obedience there is a recognition of a Holy God. ~Oswald Chambers For the most part, obedience is a…

Preaching

Scripture I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. ~1 Corinthians 2:3-4, NLT Quote The creative power of redemption comes through the preaching of the gospel but never through the…

The Pursuit of Happiness

Scripture My soul is bereft {deprived of} of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. ~Lamentations 3:17, ESV Quote Surely what everyone wants, absolutely everyone without exception is happiness. ~Augustine {My Confessions p.198} We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,…