Daily Detox
Everyday Christianity: Spiritual Life (5) Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139.23, 24 The goalThe goal of all Christian instruction is love for God and neighbors (1 Tim. 1.5). In all our time, through all […]
By Grace unto Grace
Introduction and Purpose: Colossians 1.1-18 (3) Pray Psalm 80.4-7O LORD God of hosts,How long will You be angryAgainst the prayer of Your people?You have fed them with the bread of tears,And given them tears to drink in great measure.You have made us a strife to our neighbors,And our enemies laugh among themselves.Restore us, O God of […]
A Call to Discipline
As Christians, we don’t think much about disciplining our bodies. But in Paul’s mind, this is the only way to carry out our calling and realize the fullness of life we have in Jesus. Today’s excerpt from The Disciplined Life is from page 9: “Disciplining our bodies, so that they are under the control of the indwelling […]
New Birth and New Life
Through him who has the power to forgive sins, you have blotted out the handwriting that was against us.