Judgment
Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History begins with a quote from his Confession. He tells us that he was “carried off and made to serve/in Ireland”; and he understood that God was in this. Our reading is from pages 23 and 24: “When I was sixteen years of age, the rodof judgment fell on me, as I deserved,and […]
The King Who Cares for Us
Celtic Spiritual Poetry (15) The King Who rules over cold and heat,my true King Who watches over me:it is He Who has established every division,the King beyond reckoning, beyond telling. – Anonymous, The Psalter of the Quatrains, Canto I (9th or 10th century) [1] “Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD Himself is God […]
Tribulation (1)
Matthew 24: Signs of His Coming (2) Pray Psalm 56.3, 4.Whenever I am afraid,I will trust in You.In God (I will praise His word),In God I have put my trust;I will not fear.What can flesh do to me?Sing Psalm 56.3, 4.Morecambe: Spirit of God, Descend upon My HeartWhen I’m afraid I’ll put my trust in You, […]
The Covenant-making and Covenant-keeping God
Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.