Our Compassion for People
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
– Mark 12:31
Tag: Discipleship
The Crucial Virtue
Humility is the crucial virtue.
Without it, the Christian will not be fruitful. Humility is the fertilizer that nourishes our souls and makes us fruitful. Without it, we will lack zeal, be unable to mourn sin, and have little compassion and patience for others. In short, without the pursuit of humility, our souls will wither.
– William P. Farley in Gospel Powered Humility
Prayer Quote of the Week
A habit of prayer
is one of the surest marks of a true Christian.
– J. C. Ryle
Sermon Songs: Isaiah 13-24
Our God reigns and humbles all pride
All arrogance, conceit
All self-exalting I have tried
He’ll pull down and defeat
And so we grieve, humbly repent
We look to God for grace
To forgive, change our fallen bent
To help us run this race
– From a sermon on Isaiah 13-24
(To the tune of “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)
Passion Passages
Our Passion for God
And you shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your mind
and with all your strength.
– Mark 12:30 (ESV)
Passion Points
It has been a busy week with VBS at our church, so I haven’t had a lot of time for blogging. But it was also a good week, for which we praise God. Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
Satan’s Simple Plan – Kevin DeYoung
He really only wants one thing: he wants to keep you from Christ. He wants to make you selfish. He wants you to live for your ambition. He wants you to live for your addiction. He wants you live for your ego. He wants you to live for anyone or anything that’s not Jesus.
When Sin Looks Delicious – Tim Challies
Do you ever have those days where you just want to sin? Sin looks delicious while righteousness looks distasteful. Sin looks satisfying and holiness looks frustrating. You wake up in the morning with a desire to do what you know you should not desire to do. Your heart echoes with what God said to Cain: “Sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you.” And your desire is for it. What do you do on a day like that?
Sin is Cosmic Treason – R. C. Sproul (Ligonier)
Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously. But if we acknowledge the righteous character of God, then we, like the saints of old, will cover our mouths with our hands and repent in dust and ashes before Him.
History Could Happen Again – Nathan Finn (DG)
Knowing how God has worked in the past can help us ask some key questions of ourselves in the present. Are we praying for revival in our own spiritual lives? Are we praying for the salvation of the nations? Are our churches setting aside a specific time for focused — even extraordinary — prayer for a global awakening through the advance of the gospel? Do we long for the Lord to move among us as he moved among those who came before us?
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day celebrating our gracious Savior!
Sermon Songs: Isaiah 13-24
Our God reigns and punishes sin
Rejoice – just is the Lord
Repent, receive his salvation
Proclaim his love outpoured
We deserve judgment for our sins
Instead mercy and grace
His justice and compassion wins
For Jesus took our place
– From a sermon on Isaiah 13-24
(To the tune of “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)
Prayer Quote of the Week
Prayer is the open admission that without Christ
we can do nothing.
– John Piper
Sermon Songs: Isaiah 13-24
Our God reigns and calls us to trust
Look to the Holy One
Our Rock who made us from the dust
Who our salvation won
– From a sermon on Isaiah 13-24
(To the tune of “O God Our Help In Ages Past)
Passion Passages
The Lord’s Passion for Us
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness,
but according to his own mercy,
by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
– Titus 3:4-7 (ESV)
