I just read John Piper's foreword to a new book Redeeming Singleness.
Not only does it make me want to read the book, but the foreword itself was a very good word.
HT: Desiring God blog
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
When Capsizing
From last night's "evening" portion of Spurgeon's Morning & Evening:
“And for My arm they wait.” Isaiah 51:5Such an encouraging call for confidence in the One who has given us every reason for confidence.
“In seasons of severe trial the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust, and so he is compelled to cast himself on God alone. When his vessel is capsizing, and no human deliverance is at hand, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! … Now that you have only God to trust, make sure that you put your complete confidence in Him. Do not dishonor your Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be strong in faith, giving glory to God. Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you … Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord your God will certainly, as surely as He built the heavens and the earth, glorify Himself in your weakness and magnify His might to the face of your distress … your faith would lose its glory if it rested on anything discernible by the physical eye. May the Holy Spirit enable you to rest in Jesus on this closing day of the month.”
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