"He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers." (Psalm 1:3) This verse describes the man who delights in the law of the LORD, meditating on Scripture day and night. He is not sucked into the course of this world, but instead lives a life filled with the things of God. He delights in the word of God and makes it his continual feast. (2 Minutes/550 Words)
Read moreArchival Post: Don't Awaken Romantic Love Too Quickly
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.” (Song of Solomon 2:7). Three times it had to be sung. Early in the romance, again close to the wedding date, and once more in their older years, the famed couple of the Song of Songs had to sing it. (2 Minutes/500 Words)
Read moreA Guide for the Climb -- Chapter 5 -- Remember All Your Previous Rescues (Psalm 124)
If you have ever seen a child walk off a roller coaster with a huge grin on their face, especially if they stepped onto it with a grim one, then you know what this next psalm is all about. The people who sing it had been attacked by a monster, threatened by a flood, and trapped by a fowler. But God rescued them from every calamity, and they remembered His rescues by singing about Him. (14 Minutes/3700 Words)
Read more5 Facets of the New Covenant God Made With You (Hebrews 8)
I'm sure you always read the full agreement you make with various companies to use their software and hardware. A recent Apple software license agreement is 451 pages long. And when you clicked "I agree" I'm sure it's because you took the weekend to read through it. Or maybe your lawyer perused it. (13 Minutes/3200 Words)
Read moreLovers of Self (2 Timothy 3:1-2)
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,” (2 Timothy 3:1–2 ESV). He wrote it like it's a bad thing. Why? Because it is. Paul said that, in the last days, times of difficulty would arise. All kinds of chaos will unleash. The first one mentioned? "People will be lovers of self." (2 Minutes/600 Words)
Read moreQuestion: Do You Have Any Advice for Someone Struggling With Bible Reading?
Though I don't know your particular situation, I will attempt to give a robust answer with many applicational thoughts. You might struggle in your reading of the Word because of theological misperceptions, an inability to concentrate, or because your workday starts at 4 a.m. For each situation, a different line of advice would follow. Because of this, I will try to cover as many contingencies as my feeble brain will allow. (7 Minutes/1800 Words)
Read moreArchival Podcast: Proverbs Guide to Friendship
Enjoy this conversation with Pastor Nate about how mankind is made in God’s image, so mankind is made for friendship. “God is Triune, in perfect community within Himself. Additionally, God is relational with us. He relates. He made us to relate. He made us for friendship.”
Read moreI Am Only a Youth (Jeremiah 1:6-7)
Jeremiah might be my favorite prophet. With endurance and steadfastness, he pushed and pulled with the nation of Israel, but also with God. His road, like all the prophets', was hard. The people would reject him, over and over again, and he had to say hard words. (1 Minute/400 Words)
Read moreEphesus' Victory Today (Acts 19:18-20)
Over a million dollars worth chucked into the fire. New Ephesian converts took their magic books and paraphernalia, demonic stuff that it was, and destroyed it all. Someone took the time to count up the street value — 50K in pieces of silver, worth over a million in modern times. (2 Minutes/500 Words)
Read moreArchival Post: Get Running Buddies for Your Life
I know with certainty I would not have been out there at that cold morning hour if it hadn’t been for him. My friend has run with me nearly every Friday for the past few years. It has been accountability at its finest. We have run on afternoons when the sun was merciless. We have run on mornings when the cold was disabling. On this recent run I was certain: I would have been in bed if it hadn't been for our agreement to meet and hit those trails. (2 Minutes/500 Words)
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