"How many are mine iniquities and sins?"Job 13:23 Spurgeon: "Have you ever really weighed and considered how great the sin of God's people is? Think how heinous is your own transgression, and you will find that not only does a sin here and there tower up like an alp, but that your iniquities are heaped upon each other, as in the old fable of the giants who piled Pelion upon Ossa, mountain upon …
Struggle Comparison
I ask others how deep seated their fears are, how crippling their anxiety is, and how deep their depression is because it gives me hope. If their struggle is worse than mine and God helped them, then surely God will help me, whose fear is less. But what happens when my fear feels like more? When no one I know has gone two days straight without sleep because of anxiety or when no one feels so …
Father, I know that you love me.
Father, I know that you love me. As I plead for mercy in my frustration, I know that you love me. As I feel helpless, I know that you love me. As I pray and feel like you aren't listening, I know that you love me. As I face humiliating moments, I know that you love me. As I feel bound and enslaved to fear, I know that you love me. As I become hyper-focused on myself, I know that you love …
He Knows Our Days
The Lord has planned every one of our days. In the well known Psalm, David recalls, Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. -Psalm 139:16 One of those days was the day we were reconciled to God. He eagerly anticipated the day we would come to know Him. The Father probably thought in …
Gender Roles for Our Joy
“In one unforgettable lecture, Elisabeth Elliot, one of my professors at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, taught me to distinguish between gifts and the roles in which those gifts might be used. She announced to her class of both men and women that she had better gifts for being a pastor than most of the men in the class, possibly the entire seminary. She knew the Bible in multiple languages, …
A Prayer About Transparency (and Public Speaking)
Abba Father, part of my heart wants to appear self-sufficient. Frequently. I do not want to showcase my weaknesses and sins because I want to look like I have it figured out. Please gently remind me that it is burdensome to me when others do this, and I don't want to be burdensome to others. Help me humbly show that I am messy. I am not you. I don't have it all together and that is a good thing. …
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