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Posts Tagged ‘repentance’
The Hard Thing In Revival
We are in the season of the year that many churches hold revival meetings. I have been in many of them over the last few weeks. Whether they are truly revival or not is another issue, but it is what we pray for – a spiritual awakening among God’s people, fresh life breathed into the church of the Living God. It is my conviction that the most important times in a revival meeting are not the days of the meeting themselves. Rather, it is the weeks leading up to the meeting and the days coming out of the meeting. It is in the weeks leading up to a special meeting that spiritual preparation is made which will determine the fruitfulness…
Read MoreDaily Confession (Daily Living – Part 2)
My second year in college I enrolled in a Greek class. It met at 7:00 in the morning. Now, I don’t think English well before 8:00 a.m., much less Greek! Nevertheless, it was a required course and one for which I am now truly grateful. There are many technical things about Greek that I do not remember, but I will never forget the first “word study” I was assigned. It came from a most familiar verse, 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” What a verse! What a principle and a promise! I have had to obey it and claim it thousands…
Read MoreMy Thoughts on the Last Night of the Year
It was a joy to be with our church family tonight in the last hours of 2014. We came to the Lord’s table together and our hearts were turned toward the Lord Jesus and what He has done for needy sinners. Sinners like me. The end of another year brings reflection and remembrances. The beginning of another lends itself to rededication’s and resolutions. While there is nothing wrong with either, both must lead us to Christ. As I look back on the last twelve months I am overwhelmed with my own failures. The best of intentions and unfulfilled promises. Sound familiar? If you are not careful such thoughts can lead to morbid introspection and despair. Here is a better thought:…
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