How Do I Grow in Faithfulness?
How do I grow in faithfulness? That’s the question we’ll explore over the next several posts. The challenge is how to be more consistently obedient to the Lord.
Don’t Grow Weary
When the disciples urged Jesus to eat something, he said, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about. My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work” (John 4:32-34).
There are days I feel this way. I love my work and I lose myself in it, even skipping a meal without noticing. When you get into the flow, you truly can say, “I have other food.” I’ve experienced that.
But there are other days too; the kind when the vision isn’t there.
One of the top questions Christians ask is how to deal with the tedium of life. Does this sounds like you?
Finding the Good in Christian Sorrow
How do we deal with sorrow and sin in the world—and in our own hearts?
The key is knowing what else is in our hearts: the laws of God.
Matthew 5:40–42 and the Charity Question
Since I believe the bible contains zero evidence that Jesus would support an involuntary, government run, inefficient “charity,” what do I think about Matthew 5:40–42?
And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you (ESV).
7 Verses for Laying Aside Distractions and Keeping the Vision of Christ
The treasures of Egypt did not hold him back, nor the pleasures of sin. Moses set his course. He refused to be called a prince of Egypt. Instead he chose affliction with the people of God.
If ever there was a case of laying aside a wealth of distractions, it was Moses.
Moses chose God’s vision. Why was he able to make the right choice?