Reading Time: 3 minutes
If a song pulls my stubborn heart closer to the Lord, I don’t care if it’s old or new. If its words are consistent with Scripture and it has a singable tune, I can use it to praise the Lord. . . .
Application
October 23 | Application (‘Hidden in Your Heart’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The psalmist wrote, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11)? Why hide God’s Word at all? Shouldn’t we go public and share it every chance we get? . . .
October 16 | Application (‘Why Is Confession So Difficult?’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
For many of us, though, confession is the most difficult kind of prayer. Why is it so difficult? Here are four reasons . . .
October 9 | Application (‘Surviving a Spiritual Drought’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
What will be your survival strategy when you face a spiritual drought? How can you hydrate a dried-up soul? Psalm 42 offers help. . . .
October 2 | Application (‘Giving You a Piece of My Mind’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
If you think about things like food, frustrations, family, finances, and the future, you are not alone. It’s natural and necessary to ponder subjects like these. But let’s not forget about faith!
September 25 | Application (‘Finally!’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Before leaving on the mission trip, Candy and I wrote a list of goals: “Trust God. Love well. Encourage others. . . .” We should have added another goal: “Watch for what God teaches in unexpected ways.”
September 18 | Application (‘Can These Bones Live?’)
Reading Time: 4 minutes
I gazed at my weary listeners—mothers with young children, a scared-looking teenage boy, and some tired-looking old men and women with despair on their faces. How could I possibly help them?
September 18 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Looking at the entire passage (Ezekiel 37:1-14) what does the valley of dry bones and their reanimation represent . . . for Israel? For God’s church today?
September 11 | Application (‘Amazing Grace or a Blazing Pace?’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Corrie ten Boom said, “If the devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you busy.” A lot of Christ followers are stressed out. We’ve exchanged amazing grace for a blazing pace.