Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:27 (ESV) Continue reading
Love Less
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26 (ESV) Continue reading
Wondering
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us. We are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
C.S. Lewis
Concerning Grace
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV) Continue reading
Never Fails
“A man’s heart never fails to deceive him when he places his trust in it.”
John Owen
Shine on Us
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV) Continue reading
Ultimate Satisfaction
“Ultimate satisfaction is not in a lover, a landscape, or a livelihood; although they may rightly please us, they will pass. That which is eternal and on which the soul must rest is “higher up” and “further back” . . . than those things we presently relish, and it can be provided only by the One who is able to do more than we would ask or even think.”
Bryan Chapell
Riches of God
“The riches of God are the kindness and mercy provided through the blood of Christ, which has redeemed us from the debt of our sin.”
Bryan Chapell