Can These Bones Live?
Resurrection and the Daily Grind It’s the Thursday after Easter, and our hearts are still echoing the joy of the empty tomb. On Sunday morning we declared together, “He is risen indeed!” But for many, the Monday morning after Easter brings a quieter reality. The lilies fade, the sanctuary is still, and we return to […]
The Vision You Embrace
And I was not a worthy or fit person for what the Lord granted me, his minor servant: that after such calamities and such great burdens, after captivity, after many years, he should bestow on me, in relation to that people, so much that I had never hoped for or thought of in my youth. […]
The Burdensome Task
Jesus throughout the Scriptures: Wisdom Literature (4) Pray Psalm 119.41, 42.Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD —Your salvation according to Your word.So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me,For I trust in Your word.Sing Psalm 119.41, 42.(Dix: For the Beauty of the Earth)Let Your mercies come to me, Your salvation by Your […]
Working for Revival
Our readings in this series are from the book, Revived! Here is a brief excerpt from pages 28 and 29:“First, we must pray. Let our prayers include, besides crying out specifically for revival, submitting to the searching of God’s Word and Spirit, that we might learn our need for revival…We will not seek a different way – a revived way – until […]
Eastertide: Divine Deliverance
I want to receive the freedom you offer through the death and resurrection of Jesus, but too often find myself unwilling to yield my will and receive your grace.
Opportunity
Luke 12:13–21 (ESV) Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not […]