“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
Our culture is increasingly divided over the issue of abortion. Read the rest…
Category: Morning Musings
Morning Musings: Jeremiah 2:13
“…for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the foundation of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
When we reject the One True God, we make two mistakes. We turn from the one source of life in this world. And, we turn toward something that is by definition not a source of life. More directly, it is a source of death. When we turn from God toward something else, we are necessarily turning toward nothing. We are rejecting what is in favor of what isn’t. This is never a good trade. So why do we make it? Read the rest…
Morning Musings: Jeremiah 2:5
“Thus says the Lord: ‘What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?'” (ESV – Read the chapter)
When someone rejects God, there’s a reason for it. That seems like it should be obvious, but perhaps it’s not so obvious as it should be. If someone has been exposed to the Gospel and then left it for something else, there’s a reason for it. Read the rest…
Morning Musings: Psalm 115:8
ing”Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
One of the things that begins to become clear throughout the Scriptures is that we become like the thing we worship. Whoever or whatever it is that we give our highest devotion gradually shapes us to more and more reflect its identity and character. Read the rest…
Morning Musings: Philippians 1:6
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
This is one of my favorite verses. It speaks of God’s long term intentions with us. When He starts something, He doesn’t ever leave it unfinished. When we give ourselves to Christ, the Holy Spirit begins in us a process by which we will eventually become fully reflective of the image of God in Christ Jesus. Everything He allows to happen to us from that point forward is aimed at that goal. They are aimed at growing in us the character of Christ. They are designed to prune out the dead branches in us in order to make room for the new, live, fruitful branches He has set to growing. Read the rest…
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