In God’s people I will delight
In my church family
Walk with the saints who do what’s right
In peaceful unity
Many sorrows will be the fate
Of all the ungodly
I won’t with them participate
In their idolatry
I want to walk close to my God
In all I say and do
Together with the saints I’ll trod
The path that’s good and true
(To the tune of the “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
Exceptionally Ordinary – Borrowed Light
4 Things to Remember When Reading the Bible – Matt Tully (Crossway)
4 Really Good Money Questions – Tim Challies
Prepare for Corporate Worship – Geoffrey Kirkland
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day prepared to worship our great King!
O God,
I have tasted Thy goodness,
and it has both satisfied me
and made me thirsty for more.
I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace.
I am ashamed of my lack of desire.
O God, the Triune God,
I want to want Thee;
I long to be filled with longing;
I thirst to be made more thirsty still.
Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee,
that so I may know Thee indeed.
Begin in mercy a new work of love within me.
Say to my soul,
“Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.”
Then give me grace to rise
and follow Thee up from this misty lowland
where I have wandered so long.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen.
– A. W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God
I want to walk close to my God
In all I say and do
Preserve me as I walk this sod
I take refuge in you
You are my Lord, faithful and true
I will serve and obey
I have no good apart from you
I will give thanks and pray
(To the tune of the “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)
Lake Muskallonge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20
Time for my annual break from blogging. Hope to see you again in September!
The more we know Him
the more we are able to love Him.
The more we love Him
the more we seek to know Him.
To be central in our hearts
He must be foremost in our minds.
Religious thought is the prerequisite to
religious affection and obedient action.
– R. C. Sproul as quoted in
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
by Donald Whitney
Here are some more helpful posts about Planned Parenthood. That our nation still funds them, and that many actively defend them, speaks volumes about our country’s moral bankruptcy.
I Thought Planned Parenthood Protected Family Values – Rosaria Butterfield (TGC)
Meet the 38 Companies That Donate to Planned Parenthood – Melissa Quinn (TDS)
3 Reasons Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Defund Planned Parenthood – Joe Carter (TGC)
Their Respective Beheadings – Douglas Wilson
Looking Away From Abortion – Ross Douthat (NYT)
Praise to our God, Creator King
A new heaven and earth He’ll bring
And judgment too when He returns
How to live now, let us discern:
We tremble at His holy Word
Humbly obey all that we’ve heard
We will expect opposition
Yes, from this world persecution
In our great hope, we will be glad
Peace and comfort will soon be had
To all the peoples, we will go
God’s saving grace for them to know
We will worship our glorious Lord
For Jesus and His grace out poured
With every nation, every tongue
His praise forevermore be sung
– From a sermon on Isaiah 66
(To the tune of the “Doxology”)
No one is changed by an unread Bible.– Donald Whitney
in Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
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