What Do You Want with Jesus?
Advent 2025: Day 3 Opening Prayer “O God who didst prepare of old the minds and hearts of men for the coming of thy Son, and whose Spirit ever worketh to illumine our darkened lives with the light of the Gospel: Prepare now our minds and hearts, we beseech thee, that Christ may dwell in […]
The Making of a Godly Man
You can be successful by the world’s standards and utterly fail at what matters most. You can climb the ladder, accumulate wealth, achieve recognition, and still miss the mark of genuine manhood. Because biblical masculinity isn’t measured by what you accomplish but by who you’re becoming. This isn’t a word for pastors only. It’s not […]
“Shed for My Sake”
“Alas, ’tis a pain more than the requital,My hand like a log under the blackbird;The blood of His hands, of His side, of His feet,The King of Heaven shed for my sake.” – The Monk Solomon, Life of Coemgen Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being […]
Tricky shifts
Jesus wants to change our perspective, but it’s so hard for us, as it was for individuals in the gospel of John. But the payoff is huge.
He Came to Save
The Coming Kingdom: Matthew 1.18-25 (2) Pray Psalm 105.1-7.Oh, give thanks to the LORD!Call upon His name;Make known His deeds among the peoples!Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;Talk of all His wondrous works!Glory in His holy name;Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD!Seek the LORD and His strength;Seek His face evermore!Remember His […]
Savior and Deliverer
If we are consistent in living the joy and hope we have in Jesus, people will notice. How could they not? And Peter said that some of those who notice will ask a reason for that hope, an explanation for what makes us the way we are (1 Pet. 3.15). And that’s the easiest explanation […]
Advent: Covenant of Grace
In the midst of whatever follows, O Lord, let me meet your mercies anew, and anew, and anew. In the midst of my dismay, fix my eyes again and again upon your eternal promises.
Secrets
Acts 18:18–23 (ESV) After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went […]