Abstain from every form of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (ESV) Continue reading
Author Archives: Steve Pruitt
No Lack
“Not anything that God sees good for them shall those men want (lack) that fear the Lord. If health will do them good, if sickness will do them good, if riches will do them good, if poverty will do them good, if life will do them good, if death will do them good, then they shall not want (lack) them, neither will any of these things come nigh them.”
John Bunyan
Foundation of Worship
“The foundation of worship in the heart . . . is not emotional (‘I feel full of worship’ or ‘The atmosphere is so worshipful’). Actually it is theological. Worship is not something we ‘work up’ , it is something that ‘comes down’ to us, from the character of God.”
Sinclair Ferguson
God Moves
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm. Continue reading
Glorified
God is glorified not only by His glory’s being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it. His glory is then received by the whole soul, both by the understanding and by the heart.
Jonathan Edwards
The Not So Famous
His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.”
Matthew 25:22-23 (ESV) Continue reading
Bruised and Smoldering
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory. Matthew 12:20 (ESV) Continue reading
In My Death
“Christ is magnified in my death, when in my death I am satisfied with him–when I experience death as gain because I gain him. Or . . . Christ will be praised in my death, if in my death he is prized above life.”
John Piper