Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

Burn Long Not Just Hot – Erik Raymond (TGC)
…passion for Christ is not exclusively burning hot; it’s also burning long.

Self-Talk and Sanctification – Chris McGarvey (FTC)
Having believed Jesus’s gracious words for your justification, are you now seeking to be sanctified by bullying yourself into submission? Does your inner voice sound more like “the accuser of the brothers” (Rev. 12:10) or the gentle and lowly Lover of our souls (Matt. 11:28-30)?

News as Spiritual Deformation – D. J. Marotta (TGC)
News only gives the illusion of engagement and thus inoculates you against actual engagement with real people.

The Surprising Ministry of Encouragement – Ray Ortlund (DG)
The pressures of our post-everything world are bearing down on us. But let’s not freak out. We have a more powerful way to face life today until the end comes: “Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24–25).

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day encouraging and being encouraged!