Let God be the supreme object of our esteem and affections; and whatsoever evils we sustain, will be made light and easy to us. The apostle assures us, “That all things,” even the most afflicting, “work for the good of those that love God” (Rom 8:28). […]
Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee. Thou hast drawn me out of all my most evil ways, that Thou mightest become a delight to me above all the […]
This day I am praying for the congregation that I love and serve—not unlike any other day—with a particular burden for their love to Christ. I pray that “in everything [Christ] might be preeminent” (Col 1:18)—in our hearts, in our thoughts, in our desires, in our […]
Jonathan Edwards patently modeled the importance of resolutions in the aid of deliberate living—a life disciplined in the graces of Christ. His first resolution reads: Resolved, That I will do whatsoever I think to be most to the glory of God, and my own good, profit, […]