This week, I am beginning an eleven city journey, with a specific mission. I am praying that God would raise up a new kind of father in our land – the kind of father the Bible describes….
God — Tag Archive
“We want nothing but to behold the glory of God and to see him exalted by all…”
“First of all, Christ needs no new inventions to glorify Him….”
“We want nothing but to behold the glory of God and to see him exalted by all, and everywhere, to be happy….”
Jonathan Edwards notes that no matter how wonderful and transforming awakenings are, there are still resident sins and the common human weaknesses that follow us, which may cause stimulate scorn among onlookers….
I have always marveled at the ways God favors His people in terms of health and happiness. In Exodus 8:23, this principle is affirmed, “I will make a difference between My people and your people.” This is the unfair advantage.
We often are not living with the awareness of how God has structured the world. We are not living in the real world which includes heaven and hell. In this message, I explain some of the terrors of hell from Luke 16….
We can imagine no higher degree of perfection than that which is here set before us. To take patiently whatever God sends—to wish nothing but what God approves—to prefer pain, if it pleases God to send it, to ease, if God does not think fit to bestow it—to lie passive under God’s hand, and know no will but His—this is the highest standard at which we can aim, and of this our Lord’s conduct in Gethsemane is a perfect pattern….
‘Tis the season for voting guides…the season we greet one another with “Who are you voting for?”….Before you consult all the other voting guides, make sure you have rightly prioritized the words of Scripture above all the other voices for how you analyze the candidates. After all, the Bible is the best voting guide you will ever have.
Hillary Clinton came down here to Malawi and after she left, the local newspapers reported that she pledged to give more of our money to Malawi…Meanwhile, in a small Malawian church, another delegation from the U.S. was preaching a different message…See video.
Seven videos about How Can a Whole Family Go on the Mission Field?
Here is Jimmy Lipunga speaking of the challenges and opportunities of missionaries…and even the opportunity before us in Malawi now. Jimmy is the organizer of the citywide men’s conference coming up on Friday.
In his book, Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God, Calvin wrote…
“We want nothing but to behold the glory of God and to see him exalted by all, and everywhere, to be happy…”
My daughter Claudia sent me this quote today midmorning… what a blessing to pause and consider the beauty of beholding God in the days He provides…
