This is why we consider these bountiful harvests of degradation in the church: because God has yet prom-ised to bring revival on his people, and (re)build his church in the pure gospel that leaves them rejoicing in Jesus! There is a bountiful recovery yet waiting for us. Let us go to him and ask in simple faith and repent-ance. He will amen!...
Keep ReadingIt is reasonable to be upset about the increasing degrees of persecution against Christians in our land. It is reasonable to even be scared by just the threat of it. Yet let us not remain in that fear. Let us look to our brothers and sisters suffering worse degrees of persecution for the name of Christ. Let us take comfort in their prayers for us that we too might experien...
Keep ReadingLet’s end with one more significant reminder: Jesus lived, died, and rose again to break all our idolatries, in-cluding all our sexual idolatries. “Such were some of you” in 1 Corinthians 6:11 is the guarantee that the forgiveness and cleansing in 1 John 1:9 is true! Let us take this promise to our fami-ly/friends/neighbors/strangers. Whether they’ve worshipped the...
Keep ReadingLet us repent of how easily we get incensed at cultural offenses, while the name of our Savior is mocked day and night without a murmur from us! Let us repent of caring more about someone respecting our opinion than repenting of their sins before the King who will judge them and send them to hell. Let us repent of posting even a handful of things about the events of the da...
Keep ReadingGod is not mocked. The coronavirus is one of the seeds we’ve sown, and its toll of suffering and death is part of the harvest of corruption that comes with it (Gal 6:7-8). In this grandma hating time, singing the Mt Carmel Blues won’t take away the sting of these things (1Co 15:55-56). We need to return to our first love, our only hope, Jesus, and take him to our famil...
Keep ReadingWhy does God ordain something as mundane and painful as a migraine? For His glory and our joy of course. Read here my experience of falling into witnessing opportunities all because of a migraine....
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