Here's my latest list of noteworthy reads found this week.
What Do You Do When You Are Spiritually Dry? HT to Challies. "Often when we feel dry, we are tempted to neglect the one thing that will satisfy our souls. Think about it: When you feel dry, what things do you want to toss out? Bible reading, prayer, fellowship. But this is the problem. If you are dry, spiritually thirsty, the worst thing you can do is go to the desert! You need to go to the fountain! God calls Himself "the fountain of living waters" (Jer 2:13). If we do not desire God, we need to go to God!"
When We Fear the Worst, HT to Challies. "Friend, I don't know what fears and worries weigh on your soul today. But I do know that they can feel heavy—sometimes debilitatingly so. They can nag at you and trip you up and keep you discouraged and despairing. But there is a sure foundation we stand on, a God who holds us fast even while the winds and waves beat down. And he will not let us go. Not now. Not ever."
Where Do I Find the Grace to Forgive? "Christians should be the most gracious of people. But when we forget what we've received from God or minimize our need for salvation, we become bill collectors. We go through life trying to collect the love, respect, appreciation, apology, or attention we feel others owe us."
Standing on the Promises Is More Active than it Sounds. "'Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord/...Overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword...' Standing on a promise requires knowledge of what has been promised. Do you have a sufficient base in Scripture for your heart to rest upon?"
The Art of the Ebenezer, HT to the Story Warren. "He looked into the past and remembered Israel's defeat and anguish. He wanted to memorialize their repentance, prayer, fasting, fighting, and victory. But by erecting the stone of remembrance, Samuel also looked toward the future, wanting to remind the next generations to look at that stone and remember God's faithfulness and power when the next tough trial came their way."
The Strangeness that Stands Out, HT to the Story Warren. "If we give up essential truths of the Christian faith in order to be culturally relevant, we make ourselves eternally irrelevant. We make the church boring. The world needs a church that does more than offer an echo of our own times."
Ron Hamilton Has Come Forth as Gold. I wrote about Ron earlier this week, and I'm sure many tributes will be written. But I enjoyed this one from Chris Anderson about ways Ron ministered to us. And he rightly includes a note about Ron's wife, Shelly, at the end.
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