Friday is for Heart Songs Reading in 1 Kings 21 this morning, and the despicable life of Ahab, king of Israel. He is a idol worshiping, petulant child in a man’s body. Ruled by his whims and his wicked wife Jezebel, he alternately pouts and demands, and then is manipulated by his wife to use … More See how marvelous is the heart of God toward humility!
Friday is For Heart Songs Proverbs 30 5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 6 Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. 7 Two things I ask … More The Danger of Having too Much or too Little
Friday is for Heart Songs Working through some old files and tossing much to make room for more. Found this short dialog I wrote in 1982 while meditating on Romans 6:1-14 during a day of prayer. Still trying to figure out what it means to die to sin and live to God. Being Dead is … More Dead to Sin and Alive to God
Friday is for Heart Songs Our “stuff” (money, homes, books, cars, everything we call “ours”) is not to own us but we are to use it for the glory of God, the relief of the saints and compassion for the lost. An early Christian writer, Clement of Alexandria, wrote about the issue. Source: Kairos Journal. … More Money is to be a Servant Not a Master of Our Lives
Friday is for Heart Songs It is almost beyond dispute that the 21st Century church in America is filled with base elements and is a shadow of what Christ would have us be in holiness and purity. We are less than what we ought to be, less than what we could be, and spiritually impoverished … More The Carnality of the American Church
Friday is for Heart Songs Betrayal. It is such a brutal sounding word–a perfect fit for the raw power of its deception and perversity. Saul. Doeg the Edomite. The residents of the walled city of Keilah. The Ziphites. One after another betrays David, the anointed and future King of Israel. Even David’s own older brothers, … More Betrayal: Every Leader’s Experience
Friday is for Heart Songs Here is a great passage from J.C. Ryle on the absolute supremacy of the word of God to evangelical faith. I picked this up from Eric T. Young over at Reformed Bibliophile. The first leading feature in Evangelical Religion is the absolute supremacy it assigns to Holy Scripture, as the … More Evangelical Faith Requires an Authoritative Bible
A prayer for friends fighting for joy in the midst of heartache. When Darkness Seems to Hide His Face.
Friday is for Heart Songs Source: Kairos Journal “We Are as We Love”—Richard Sibbes (1577 – 1635) Richard Sibbes was an influential English Puritan leader during the early years of the seventeenth century. Above all, he was known as a great preacher. The following excerpt comes from his exposition of Philippians 3:18. Sibbes encourages his hearers … More “We Are as We Love Not as We Know”
Friday is for Heart Songs I have written about the importance of Lament to our worship and souls before here and here. Yesterday, I ran into this short one minute video that took me back to those thoughts. May your meditation on the richness of the gospel be larger this weekend. May you give a fuller … More Insight for Worship from John Stonestreet
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