Sorrow, Pleasure, and Repentance.

Though it be a deep sorrow for sin that God requires as  necessary to salvation, yet the very nature of it necessarily implies delight. Repentance from sin is a sorrow arising from the sight of God’s excellency and mercy, but the apprehension of excellency or mercy must necessarily and unavoidably beget pleasure in the mind of the beholder… [...]

John Piper – God’s Gift of Himself for you

If God is to love you, what must he give you? He must give you what is best for you. The best thing in all the universe is God. If he were to give you all health, best job, best spouse, best computer, best vacations, best success in any realm, and yet withhold himself, then [...]

Jesus’ Purpose in Coming, Dying, and Rising

Jesus came… was crucified… rose from the dead with all authority and promised to be with us to the end of the age  to create a people whose sins are forgiven, and whose hearts are full of the love of God, and who are so emboldened by the triumphant Christ, that they spend their lives [...]

Worship Matters

I thought that I’d share Bob Kauflin’s definition of a worship leader (er… uh… Music Guy). A faithful worship leader magnifies the greatness of God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit by skillfully combining God’s Word with music, thereby motivating the gathered church to proclaim the gospel, to cherish God’s presence, [...]

R. C. Sproul on Adoration in Prayer

Adoration is not merely a brief preface or introduction to prayer, it is the very heart of it… When the soul is moved to adoration it is usually because the mind has been contemplating the excellence of God… However, as we contemplate and adore the riches of God, we cannot help but be aware of [...]

R. C. Sproul on Pure Worship

As long as we entertain delusions of our own merit or compliment ourselves on our own contributions to salvation, we block our hearts from pure worship.” – R. C. Sproul, The Souls Quest for God, pg. 187 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is [...]

John Piper on the Soul’s Delight

Here’s a scary bur realistic quote for us all… Chew on it and go to God in repentance. The true dimensions of a soul are seen in its delights. Not what we dutifully will but what we passionately want reveals our excellence or evil.” – John Piper, The Pleasures of God As I read this, [...]

John Newton on God’s Providence

…if all things are in His hand, if the very hairs of our head are numbered; if every event, great and small, is under the direction of His providence and purpose; and if He has a wise, holy and gracious end in view, to which everything that happens is subordinate and subservient; – then we [...]

Jerry Bridges on God’s Providence

God’s providence may be simply defined as God’s orchestrating all circumstances and events in His universe for His glory and the good of His people.” -Jerry Bridges (Respectable Sins pg. 64) We, the children of the living God, are so blessed that He alone is Omnipotent and Omniscient. He sovereignly governs all things for His [...]

Quote of the Day #32 – Jerry Bridges

God does not forgive us because He wants to be lenient with us. He forgives us because His justice has been satisfied” -Jerry Bridges (Respectable Sins) “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” -2 Corinthians 5:21

Quote of the Day #31 – John Calvin

“Whatever poison Satan produces, God turns it into medicine for his elect” – John Calvin Oh, how blessed we are that God is sovereign over Satan’s schemes; that nothing can come against us that isn’t under God’s control. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against [...]

Quote of the day #30 – John Calvin

In the darkness of our miseries,the grace of God shines more brightly.” -John Calvin “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for tose who are called according to his purpose.” -Romans 8:28

The Remedy

“If you want to begin immediately to weaken the influence of worldliness in your life, take the sound advice from the great physician of the soul, John Owen:

‘When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. The baits of sin lose their attraction and disappear. Fill your affections with the cross of Christ and you will find no room for sin’”

Worldliness

As I previously said, I have started reading a book entitled “Worldliness” writen by C. J Mahaney and his gang of Sovereign Grace friends, and I wanted to share a few quotes that have shown me the importance of studying the topic of worldliness. “Today, the greatest challenge facing American Evangelicals is not persecution from [...]

Quote of the Day #27 – C. S. Lewis

“We must not suppose that if we succeeded in making everyone nice we should have saved their souls. A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world. “ – C.S. Lewis Indeed all have [...]