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Unhappy New Year’s Resolutions and the Undriven Life—The Christian Difference, Part 9
Now that you’ve had 18 days to exhort yourself to reform in those areas you saw failure in in 2018, will you allow me to admit you to rehab? Yes, Rehab. Resolutions are an addiction. They tick all the driven-life boxes: Resolutions give you something to strive for. Resolutions make you feel in control over that which you don’t have control. Resolutions chase away your negative thoughts about yourself. Notoriously unkeepable, resolutions may be the drug of choice for those areas of your life that aren’t working but they serve only to expose. Like the LAW, they expose your ongoing need for a Savior.The GOOD NEWS of the Gospel of…
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If “awesome” has a perfect opposite it would be something pretty close to “awful.” Becoming undriven is a process and that process is necessarily an awful one. If you’re in the midst of awesome’s antonym, this teaching will make your heart soar with hope. If you’re not, well, awful will come because the Lord disciplines those He loves. Seasons of awful are seasons of an autumn-like dropping of those dead things no longer needed to sustain the tree’s life. The winter which follows is a renewing stillness where Truth Himself fills you with what you will need for the seasons of fruitfulness to follow. This fruitfulness is the Lord’s holy…
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Protected: Resting in the Hope of John 15
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# 7 Motives Matter, A. T. Pierson
“The supreme test of service is this: For whom am I doing this? Much that we call service to Christ is not such at all . . . If we are doing this for Christ, we shall not care for human reward or even recognition.” A. T. Pierson (1837-1911) Please follow and like us:
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# 6 All of Your Owns Must Go, Fenelon
“Let us pray God that he would root out of our hearts everything of our own planting and set out there, with his own hand, the tree of life bearing all manner of fruits.” Francios Fenelon (1651-1715) Please follow and like us:
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# 5 The Dark Night of the Soul, A.T. Pierson
“It is in the deepest darkness of the starless midnight that men learn how to hold on to the hidden Hand most tightly and how that Hand holds them; that He sees where we do not, and knows the way He takes; and though the way be to us a roundabout way, it is the right way. “ A. T. Pierson (1837-1911) Please follow and like us:
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#4 Trust God Enough To Wait, Michael Youssef
“As we grow in intimacy with God, we discern His voice and we obey the Lord—regardless of the circumstance. We know and believe that God is able to handle any obstacle that enters our path. We simply obey and watch as His grace unfolds before our very eyes. In fact, Christ’s life is a perfect model of what it means to have intimacy with God. Throughout every trial and tribulation, throughout every victory and valley, Jesus was in perfect communion with God. He listened for the voice of His Father and responded appropriately—even if the answer meant He must wait. In the moments we must wait, God’s grace sustains us. …
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# 3 Growth in Grace, A.W. Pink
“Growth in grace is growth downward. It is the forming of a lower estimate of ourselves. It is a deepening realization of our nothingness. It is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God’s mercies.” A. W. Pink (1886-1952) Please follow and like us:
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#2 Slow Is Okay
“Before He furnishes the abundant supply, we must first be made conscious of our emptiness. Before he gives strength, we must be made to feel our weakness. Slow, painfully slow, are we to learn this lesson; and slower still to own our nothingness and take the place of helplessness before the Mighty One.” A. W. Pink (1886-1952) Please follow and like us:
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#1 You Need Sun
Oswald Chambers on disobedience: “If things are dark to me, then I may be sure there is something I will not do. Intellectual darkness comes through ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because of something I will not do.” Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Please follow and like us:
