Thinking about New Years and what resolutions I want to make for 2010. I, for one, see God's grace in the close of one year and the dawn of another. This yearly cycle gives us the opportunity to take inventory of where we stand in relation to our Creator; are we seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness? (cf. Matt. 6:33) The New Year can be a time for “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead” -- to recommit ourselves to “setting our minds on things above” (Phil. 3:12-14; Col. 3:1-4).
Tag Archives: Jonathan Edwards
Your Love Shames Him
October 25, 2009 – 7:04 AM
There is nothing so contrary to the nature of the devil as love, for he is a spirit who is full of malice. . . . The devil understands many things, but there is nothing that he would make such bungling work at as imitating the true, divine, holy, humble love of a true saint. [...]
What Can be a Greater Honor Than This?
October 23, 2009 – 11:15 AM
How great an honor will it be to a person to have God at the day of judgment owning a person, declaring before all men, angels and devils that that person is before his all-seeing eyes and that he stands innocent and perfect in his sight, clothed with perfect righteousness and entitled to everlasting glory [...]