Here are some of the posts that especially resonated with me this week:
If God Would Outsource His Sovereignty. "I want you to imagine that, at least for a time, the Lord would see fit to involve us in selecting the providences we would receive from his hand. I want you to imagine that through one of his deputies—an angel perhaps—he would approach us to ask how we would prefer to serve him."
Struggling with the Struggle. "The main feeling that is overwhelming me right now is guilt. After all, shouldn't I be overjoyed that God is teaching me intense lessons right now? And then I judge myself harshly for thinking that hard times are actually hard and not much fun."
There Is Something Better Than Never Suffering, HT to Challies. "To suffer, with Christ, is a vastly superior to a life of comfort without him. And if he has saved you through his death, manifesting all his divine power in his own human weakness unto death, do you not think he can be your power in your suffering?"
It All Holds True, HT to Challies. "We want to shield our kids from pain. We want them to learn perseverance and endurance and real, personal faith without having to go through anything hard. That's not quite how it works in the Christian life. Perseverance is cultivated in adversity."
He Is Not an It: Understanding the Person of the Holy Spirit. "The Holy Spirit is not a force, feeling, or phenomenon. He is not a ghost or an "it." He is a Person that we should know and love."
On Being the Main Character in Your Own Sermon. I can identify with this, even though I am not a preacher. "I pray for the humility to go unseen, unacknowledged, and unremembered, so long as Christ is seen, acknowledged, and remembered. In fact, I pray that Christ would be so present and so visible that people would fail to think of me at all."
Where Do You Get That From the Text? HT to Knowable Word. "This matters because not every comment in every bible study is of equal worth. Not every application of scripture is a valid application of scripture."
Why Read If You Forget Most Everything Anyway? HT to Challies. "If you can't remember most of what you read, why even bother? Aren't there better ways to use your time?"
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