Category: August

But don’t replace thinking with praying. Think and pray. Pray and think.

August 13, 2010

John Piper, in a sermon, “Wonderful Things From Your Word” Consider 2 Timothy 2:7. The NASB has “Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.” Literally it is, “Think about (noei) what I say.” Does this mean that understanding Paul’s teaching is simply a human, natural enterprise of thinking? No. The … More But don’t replace thinking with praying. Think and pray. Pray and think.

The Thankful Leper

August 13, 2010

Matt Chandler on the Ten Lepers of Luke 17: “On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.  And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”  When he saw them … More The Thankful Leper

Spurgeon: “We discover how much grace there is where we had not looked for it”

August 13, 2010

C.H. Spurgeon, comments in Morning and Evening: “He that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Proverbs 11:25 We are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we … More Spurgeon: “We discover how much grace there is where we had not looked for it”

Never let down your guard

August 13, 2010

Ray Stedman comments on Nehemiah 7: Here Nehemiah seeks to perpetuate the achievements that he has brought about, by appointing wise successors and establishing sound policies. After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed. I put in charge of … More Never let down your guard

J.C. Ryle: If we have any faith let us pray for more of it.

August 12, 2010

Luke 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. J.C.Ryle: Faith is a grace which admits of degrees. It does not … More J.C. Ryle: If we have any faith let us pray for more of it.

False Balances

August 12, 2010

Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight. John Piper, in a 1987  sermon, “The Pleasure of God in Public Justice” The implications here are very far-reaching. But let’s get the specific picture clear in our minds. Suppose you were a merchant in the Old … More False Balances

Life is a battle…

August 12, 2010

Ray C. Stedman on Nehemiah 6, in a message “DON’T VACILLATE — PERPETUATE!” One thing that clearly emerges from this book is that life is a battle from beginning to end. Nehemiah ran into opposition the moment he set his heart to obey God’s command to rebuild the walls and gates of Jerusalem. He faced … More Life is a battle…