Anyone who is following the current general election campaign will have heard that David Cameron is speaking a lot about change. Whatever your political views maybe as Christians we all know that God will challenge us about the changes that are needed in our life. But are we willingly to change? Here is a link to an article [...]
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This morning I read the following verse which is the final one in the book of Judges: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.” If ever there is a receipe for disaster then that is it! I got an email devotional this afternoon from The High Calling entitled Stunted [...]
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Mark Roberts challenges us to consider if we have stubborn hearts and to consider what helps us to have an open and repentant heart. The whole article can be found here.
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Ray Ortlund quotes from Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ book on revival reminding us that we cannot play with sin. Oh that I might take that lesson to heart!
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In Ezekiel 33:11 the prophet is instructed to bring the following word to God’s people: Say to them, “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will [...]
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Some very wise words from Professor R. Scott-Clark on true repentance: Crouching Tiger, True Repentance
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I came across this challenging article by Paul Tripp which was written on BuildingChurchLeaders.com yesterday. It is called The Heart is the Target Paul Tripp makes some interesting observations including the following comments which are worth pondering: People and situations do not determine our behaviour; they provide the occasion where our behaviour reveals our hearts. Any agenda [...]
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This morning in Spurgeon’s devotions he focused on the phrase in Joel 2:13 “Rend your heart, and not your garments.” In particular I found his comments below on rending our hearts both challenging and helpful: HEART-RENDING is divinely wrought and solemnly felt. It is a secret grief which is personally experienced, not in mere form, [...]
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An open letter to backsliding Christians written in the 4th century is still as relevant today as when it was first written.
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The men of integrity devotionals this week on Christianity Today are on the theme of “What’s to confess?” Today’s devotional is entitled “Repent” and it reminds us of the importance of change. Repentance always involves change and without change there is no repentance.
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