Thoughts along the Journey…
Post Archive
- Growing in Grace
- Attributes of God
- Encouragement
- Trusting God
- Comfort
- Faith
- Obedience
- Christmas
- Hope
- Witnessing
- Christlike Character
- Dependence
- Prayer
- Purpose
- Gratitude
- Bible Study
- Joy
- Salvation
- Advent
- Life in Christ
- Relationship with God
- Peace
- Focus
- Psalm 23
- Surrender
- Fruit of the Spirit
- Love
- Sanctification
- Thanksgiving
- Grace
- Waiting
- Culture
- Patience
- Provision
- Singleness
- Contentment
- Discipleship
- Forgiveness
- Writing
- Apologetics
- Burdens
- Church
- Education
- Holy Spirit
- Persecution
- Perseverance
- Rest
- Revival
- Spiritual Warfare
- Christian Heritage
Committing My Works Unto the Lord
I have always thought of committing my works to the Lord as a sort of putting them in His hands in terms of the results, but when put in context, there is another very important sense in which we commit our works to the Lord.
Drawing Near to Our Personal God
It is easy to be so busy doing things for the Lord, that we lose sight of the fact that He is not just a vague entity, but a real Person, who desires us to spend time with Him.
A Glimpse of God
There are many passages in the Bible that give us a glimpse of what God is like, and this post takes just one of those passages, walking through it slowly, considering each facet mentioned.
Life Between the Plot Points
The narratives in the Bible are often packed with momentous events, but the Bible characters whose lives seem so eventful had their times of daily plodding, too.
Tailor-Made
Temptations always seem to crop up at just the moment they will be most difficult to fight. But the Bible tells us that it’s not just our temptations that are tailor-made.
Our Home and Father
God is a perfect Father, our place of peace and security. As someone recently described it to me, God is our home and our Father.
Quick to Forget
The account of Lot’s rescue from Sodom is one full of God’s mercy, and yet Lot—as you and I often do—showed himself quick to forget God’s deliverance when faced with the next steps.
Red-Letter Treasure
It is a good thing for God’s Word to become familiar, but often that familiarity makes it all to easy to take for granted the gift of having God’s own words available to us.
To Walk with God
The Old Testament frequently has genealogical lists of individuals, the details of their lives often following a specific pattern. But once in a while, God includes an individual whose life doesn’t follow the pattern.