From the blog this week: The Deity of the Holy Spirit
Pruning
“While the severed branches and dead portions of the rosebush piled up, I had to tell myself I was doing what was best for the roses. In order for the blossoms to increase, the bush must shed the dying and diseased branches. The same is true for believers who are growing in godliness. The recognition and removal of sin is a painful cut, but God uses it to produce fruitfulness in our lives.”
My Great Daily Challenge As a Christian
“It is the challenge of presenting my whole self as a living sacrifice to God, knowing that this is holy and acceptable to him, that it is an act of true worship. It is the challenge of not being conformed to this world, but of being transformed by the renewing of my mind so I can do the will of God—all that is good and acceptable and perfect.”
The Fruits of Suffering in the Life of John Bunyan
“There have always been, as there are today, people who try to solve the problem of suffering by denying the sovereignty of God—that is, the all-ruling providence of God over Satan and over nature and over human hearts.”
