Category: Heart Longings
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Finding the Faith to Worship
Lately, I have been thinking about Noah. One day, God spoke to Noah about a flood that was coming and would cause great destruction. Noah believed God, so he began to build an enormous boat (presumably nowhere near the ocean). His neighbors probably laughed. His wife probably thought he was crazy. And despite his faith, I’m…
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Writing His Desires
Today is Saturday — which means I was in the kitchen this morning, making breakfast for my family, and listening to Rend Collective. It was a bit like church in my kitchen this morning, as I listened to line after line of praise, worship and a group of young musicians who are determined to love and…
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The gospel according to Isaiah
Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot,like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows,…
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chains
Pastoral ministry is a blessing. But there are burdens to it as well. I think one of the most difficult things for me — is to watch people I love, ruin their lives with sin. To chase after the wind. To chase destruction itself. Forging links for their own chains. The verse in this caption is…
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go!
“Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” – Charles Spurgeon I was reading this afternoon about a church mission trip in a foreign city this past week. The group did all sorts of great stuff — taking time to talk to people on the street, getting to know store owners and business people.…
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Convenience versus Compassion
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things. Mark 6:34 Jesus was moved with and operated in compassion. That was his mode. This unfortunately is in opposition to the…
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“I saw Him and I sought Him, I had Him and I wanted Him”. Unknown – Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret (pg 21)
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glimpses of glory
A couple of weeks ago, a group of kids from the Youth Ministry we used to lead came over for a visit. We had a great time catching up, laughing and eating together. Towards the end of the evening, the kids asked me to lead them in worship like we had done so many times…
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divine discontent
…for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am… in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. (Phil 4:11-12) As a disciple of Christ — there should be within you a secret that sustains you. Growing…
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radical love
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers… (Eph 1:15-16) This was the text I taught from last week in our home Bible study. It seems like just…
Invited & Called 