Senior Teacher, Desiring God. Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary. Advocate for serious joy in God through Jesus Christ at any cost.
Joined March 2009
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“With authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” Luke 4:36
This one inhabits every believer (Romans 8:10).
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“Render service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord.” Ephesians 6:7–8
“Let him who serves serve in the strength that God supplies.” 1 Peter 4:11
God rewards the service that he empowers.
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Jun 12
But there’s no food where you are sending me.
“I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 1 Kings 17:4
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Jun 12
What life is for.
“In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.” Psalm 119:88
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Jun 11
“Asa also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah.” 1 Kings 15:13
There are limits to every submission to human authority. Including to parents.
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Jun 11
“I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.” Psalm 119:75
Dear Christian, pay no attention to those who say your affliction is merely random or demonic.
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Jun 10
“Be imitators of God, as beloved children.” Ephesians 5:1
What is the difference between the imitation of a loved child and an owned slave?
Happy desire.
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Jun 10
The freedom of the Christian.
“The man of God said to the king, ‘If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you.’” 1 Kings 13:8
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Jun 9
“The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.” Psalm 119:72
The soul was made for God, not gold.
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Jun 9
John the Baptist said to the crowds, don’t grow your wardrobe, to the tax collectors, don’t collect more than you are permitted, to the soldiers, be content with your wages (Luke 3:10–14).
The love of money turns humans into a brood of vipers.
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Jun 8
The one who said, “I am not worthy to untie Jesus’s shoes,” told the crowds and the tax collectors and the soldiers how to behave (Luke 3:10–16).
Pastors, your boldness is based on God’s direction, not your perfection.
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Jun 8
“The Lord is my portion.” Psalm 119:57
חֶלְקִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה
As we divide the spoils, one may have the cattle. One may have the weapons. One may have the gold and silver. I will take the Lord.
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Jun 7
“Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires.” Ephesians 4:22
Since desires can deceive, they are no measure of truth.
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Jun 7
So much for the *blessing* of wealth.
“King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, ‘You shall not enter into marriage with them.’” 1 Kings 11:1–2
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Jun 6
“This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept your precepts.” Psalm 119:56
Every good resolve. Every good intention. Every follow-through. Is a gift.
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Jun 6
“Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” Ephesians 4:15
Love Truth = growth into Christ.
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Jun 5
Simeon to Mary: “This child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” Luke 2:34–35
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“I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.” Psalm 119:47
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Jun 4
This is our only hope to persevere.
“The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us, that he may incline our hearts to him.” 1 Kings 8:57–58
He bends our hearts Godward.
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