Romans 8:18, "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Often times suffering does not make sense. When trials come our way, whether it is job loss, sudden illness, the death of a loved one, or whatever else we may be facing, we don't … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Suffering, pt1
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This is an excerpt from "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" by Donald S Whitney with thoughts from Van Zyl De Villiers: The most important feature of any Spiritual Discipline is its purpose. Just as there is little value in practicing the scales on a guitar or piano apart from the purpose of playing music, … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Spiritual Disciplines
Hebrews 10:24, "...let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works..." Christian encouragement helps stirs us on, especially when we have this worrying sense that we've lost some excitement about being a Christian. For example, consider the following encounter: 'A Christian friend is very excited. they have seen God do … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Awe & Wonder, pt1
God’s Sovereignty and Our Responsibility: Colossians 3:15-17 The sovereignty of God and man’s responsibility are not antithetical to one another. We are responsible for all our actions and will be held accountable for our sins. A great example of this truth is seen in the Garden of Eden. As God is sovereign, He instructs man … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Trusting God, pt6
God Rules over the nation(s) God is sovereign over all rulers, governments, and nations. He is the Author of all history, shaping events and decisions to fulfill His purposes. At times it may not seem like it, but God works through the decisions and actions of our rulers, even the ones who have no intention … Continue reading A Brief Devotion, Trusting God, pt5
Trusting God Despite Confusion Jerry Bridges once said, "We must learn to trust when we don’t understand!" But for many of us, learning to trust God has been, or is, a slow and difficult process. It is often easy to trust God in the light, but in the dark, not so much. Sure, we know … Continue reading A Brief Devotion, Trusting God, pt4
Growing Through Adversity: Adversity could mean facing trials, hardships, and difficulty. But it is in adversity that we grow when we persevere! Our faith is strengthened, matured, and made complete. James 1:2-4 reads as follows; "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Trusting God, pt3
God Is in Control: God has absolute control over all things and is working them out in our lives for our good and His glory. So whether we acknowledge it or not, we cannot carry out any plan apart from the will of God. God has absolute independence to do as He pleases and has … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Trusting God, pt2
If God is truly in control, why does God allow miscarriage, a lost job, a car accident, a lengthy illness, heartache, etc? When we look through our circumstances with eyes of faith, we can see that God has great love for His people. He does not allow any circumstance that is not for the good … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Trusting God, pt1
The doctrine of the Trinity should bring us delight! And this week, let’s consider the third truth that should satisfy us in God’s truth – God the Holy Spirit. Over the last two weeks, we took a moment to consider the first and second persons of the Eternal & Holy Trinity. This week, let us … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Delight in the Trinity, pt3
Firstly, almost all the protestant systematic theological writes agree that the basis for the inspiration of Scripture is found in 2 Timothy 3:16-17. This teaches that God Himself has revealed His Word for the church’s and believer’s benefit, and for His glory. The fact that the Scripture has been inspired by God, means it cannot be … Continue reading Scripture: 4 Attributes of God’s Word
The doctrine of the Trinity should bring us delight! And this week, let’s consider the second truth that should satisfy us in God’s truth – God the Son. The unity within the Trinity is uniquely beautiful. The Bible is the story of how God the Father sends the Son and the Holy Spirit to save … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Delight in the Trinity, pt2
Consider the Trinity: Admit it, we’ve been distracted! We have been somewhat drawn away for the theology of God (truth about God) during and leading up to our lockdown. But it is about time we look to our holy and triune God! That is correct, God is holy, and He is triune! Friends, the doctrine … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Delight in the Trinity, pt1
Romans 8:28 is a very common verse we run to in a time of misfortune… and it is good that we do! In fact, we should! Hear Paul’s Words: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Providence
As a church, we recently studied through the material of the “Gospel Shaped Church” by the Gospel Coalition, the series is titled “Gospel Shaped Worship.” The reason for our desire to work through this series was to make everyone in the church aware the biblical mandate we have in worshipping God. An Overview The word … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Worship
