Posts Tagged ‘ God’s will ’

A Fierce Lamb Then and What It Means for Me Now (By the way…)

Revelation 19:11-16 is a fierce picture of Jesus. The Lamb who was slain will then be known as the King of Psalm 2. The meek Savior will rule with a rod of iron. The suffering servant will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. This will happen. Now what does [ READ MORE ]

“Elizabeth, Obey Your Daddy” is Actually a Call to Faith in Jesus

Both of my hands are gently gripped on the shoulders of my toddler. As I try to square up our eyes, she squirms and looks away. I say with a Spirit-granted firm tenderness, “Elizabeth, obey your daddy.” She doesn’t get this yet, but I am really calling her to faith in Jesus. It goes this way: I [ READ MORE ]

My Plea for You to Live, Part 1: ‘Living it Up’ is Actually ‘Wasting Your Life’

Job 14:5 Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, 6 look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day. The days of mankind are numbered. Humans die. I will [ READ MORE ]

Grow Up and be a Man… A Thought on the Gospel-centeredness of this Subject and More

… it all having to do with Jesus Christ… I am glad that my justification is not based upon my being truly masculine, but upon the death of Jesus Christ that makes me to be any bit of truly masculine. I am glad that my justification is not based upon the intensity of my affections for God, [ READ MORE ]

Have You Forgotten the LORD?

Isaiah 51:12-13, 15 “I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass, and have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the [ READ MORE ]

A New Book to Be Excited About

Here is a subtitle that gets to the point and makes this thing worth a pre-order… How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc.  Thanks, Kevin DeYoung. [ READ MORE ]