Monthly Archives: July 2009

Has Grace truly embraced you?  And reciprocally, have you truly embraced Grace?  As I briefly and inadequately consider grace this morning, I readily see what I have been taught and what I have believed… that I am saved by grace and … Continue reading →

I’ve had a chance to enjoy reading from various sources that I don’t often have time for as I am away on vacation with my family.  Here is something from a Puritan brother that I was blessed to think on… … Continue reading →

…through faith we overcome.   How could it be that this ‘faith’ is our own?  No.  Go back and look again if this is your disposition.  You don’t have faith…never had it… never will, except by the grace of God.  You belong … Continue reading →

I love Hannah’s prayer in chapter two of 1 Samuel.  The LORD has heard her cry and granted her the petition she made to him.  She conceives and Samuel is born. Look, see and hear what she prays and how … Continue reading →

I confess I am not there yet… but by God’s grace and mercy I am on the way. The Loneliness of Holiness What a breath of fresh air it is when one’s life experience is validated in the lives and … Continue reading →

Mark Driscoll brings a really good message to the Advance09 conference and he does this subject well.  What is the Church? This message is a good one, especially for church leadership to sit down and give solid attention to.  My church … Continue reading →

Lisa, from ‘Thoughts from the Teahouse’ just posted this and it brings an update to something I had posted back in May entitled ‘She’s Dying’.  If nothing else, let me encourage you to go and listen to Rachel’s testimony after … Continue reading →

take a needed ‘Reality Check’… True believer… rejoice and be glad… go and tell.  Proclaim ‘Reality’. It is the Gospel… “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should … Continue reading →

The following borrowed thoughts captured my own as I realize how often I connect confession of sin with fault-finding and condemnation rather than freedom and cleansing.   Psalm 32:5  I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover … Continue reading →