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Reflections on Psalm 119
Psalm 119:1-8 (א Aleph) There are potent rewards for obeying God’s law and seeking Him earnestly, which come to all who put off the sinful nature and resolutely submit to God.
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Tagged choose, compassion, disobedience, divine, evil, God, grace, idolatry, Jesus, judge, judgment, law, love, mercy, obedience, patience, rescuing, salvation, Savior, sin, submission, surrender, wandering, waywardness, wrath
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How People Change
I’m reading a book called How People Change. When I looked at it, a little voice inside said, “Right, like I’m going to find some revolutionary wisdom here. Every writer/minister wants to sell books and expand his sphere of influence. … Continue reading
There’s a Cain Inside All of Us
The story of Cain and Abel usually comes off sounding like that of a poor sap who makes an unfortunate blunder and then gets carried away by anger in the aftermath. But what really happened? Could there be more of … Continue reading
Asking the Impossible
“But God wills our good, and our good is to love Him…and to love Him we must know Him: and if we know Him, we shall in fact fall on our faces…Yet the call is not only to prostration and … Continue reading
Posted in Perseverance
Tagged commands, grace, habitual sin, hardships, impossible, obedience, take up the cross, trials
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Authority
“Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God’s servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he … Continue reading
Posted in Authority
Tagged authority, crime, law, obedience, police, punishment, rogue, sword
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Obedience
In spite of my unshakeable belief in the person of Christ, my Christian life has been a patchwork of successes and disappointments. I have known both joy and tumult. A number of crashing personal failures and regular emotional turbulence
Posted in Obedience
Tagged character, chastening, consequences, discipline, humility, love, obedience, pain, rebellion, sin, submission, surrender
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Discipline
I tossed and turned all Sunday night. Actually, it was Monday’s wee hours. Sunday had been a beautiful day. In spite of illness, anxiety and a potent helping of the blues, I prayed to God as I went about my … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline
Tagged agenda, anger, crisis, direction, discipline, obedience, resentment, setbacks, submission, surrender
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