God’s work is in a deeper category of self-control and submission. It's about degrees, attitudes, and constraints, less about the action. ...  Read More

Retirement is an American ideal where we stop our natural occupation in favor of preferred activities, often leisure, but it is also an extraordinarily precarious time because it may cause us to be in...  Read More

We always desire to be delivered out of divine judgment (e.g. Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah) but many times the Lord sovereignly decrees we are to be delivered through judgment (10 Egyptian plagues). ...  Read More

It can be helpful to read and pray through the Psalms of Lament when we are feeling discouraged or disillusioned. We realize as we read that we are not alone in our emotional struggles as we walk by f...  Read More

But there are times when we must stop listening to our heart and begin speaking. The dividing line is found in the phrase "cast down" and the word disquieted. The Psalmist is asking a rhetorical not a...  Read More

Here the psalmist gives us a good question to ask ourselves in these unexpected painful moments and even better counsel on what to do in these moments. Asking ourselves "Why are you downcast. oh my so...  Read More

Pursing peace should never devolve into pursuing passivity out of fear of conflict. We can walk in the Lord's victory when men rise up against us despite our best efforts to live in peace because the ...  Read More

Wisdom is described as something that existed from the beginning and is the prized possession of the Lord. We know that the Lord Jesus Christ was the Word of God from the beginning. (John 1:1-2) Wisdo...  Read More

The heart leads the mind to pursue thoughts, ideas, and desires in the direction it is looking. Since the mind has a habit of thinking this way, changing means a change in the eyes. ...  Read More

The work of the Holy Spirit reveals these inner thoughts and motivations so that we can be cleansed on the inside of the cup and dish, a metaphor of repentance in our inner, private world. ...  Read More

"And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him (Jesus) eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?” (Mark 2...  Read More

The Lord regularly asks His Elect to do the hard thing, the risky thing, the inconvenient thing in order to fulfill His perfect will....  Read More