– E. M. Bounds
Our God reigns o’er the nations’ strife
Look to the Lord today
He rules in all my daily life
Look to him – trust and pray
– From a sermon on Isaiah 13-24
(To the tune of “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)
Here are some good posts related to the pastor’s family:
How Churches Can Care for Their Pastor’s Children – Chap Bettis (TGC)
How Pastors Can Care for Their Children – Chap Bettis (TGC)
A Word to the Pastor’s Wife – Jessica Thompson and Annie Phillips (Crossway)
Compassion for People
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
– Colossians 3:12-14 (ESV)
Here are some great posts for your weekend reading:
Full of Grace and Truth – Kevin DeYoung
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. We all need to strive for both and tend to lean toward one or the other. The need is great as we relate to each other and to our culture. This post says it well – please read!
Students, Don’t Waste Your Summer – Jeff Brewer (TGC)
Here are some great ideas for all of us whether you are a student or not.
“One Anothers” I Can’t Find in the New Testament – Ray Ortlund
Sanctify one another, humble one another, scrutinize one another, pressure one another, embarrass one another, corner one another, interrupt one another, defeat one another, sacrifice one another, shame one another, judge one another, run one another’s lives, confess one another’s sins, intensify one another’s sufferings, point out one another’s failings . . . . Indeed!
4 Reasons to Give Generously – J. I. Packer (Crossway)
It’s Packer and it’s important, so go ahead and read it…and live it too!
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day showing grace and truth and the proper “one anothers” with your local church!
– Corrie ten Boom
His righteous anger turned away
His comforts ever new
He is my strength and song always
I praise and trust in you
Consider all that He has done
Exalted is His name
Here in our midst – the Holy One!
His praise we now proclaim
– From a sermon on Isaiah 12
(To the tune of “O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing”)
Our Passion for God
And whatever you do, in word or deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
– Colossians 3:17 (ESV)
Wagner Falls near Munising 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
– David McIntyre
