A few days ago, a friend made reference to her daughter’s piano teacher who is taking her daughter "to a new level.” Music students rate themselves as beginner, intermediate, or advanced. Not many go from beginner to advanced, but from one level to another, as they...
After our pastor’s recent sermon from Luke 7:38, my heart was led to think of what it means to be “at Jesus’ feet.” “Behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat dining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and...
From the survey last week, seven responses netted forty-nine words, including three of my own that were different than your lists. I asked for words from a Christian view that are important to our relationship with God and others. Over the weekend I wondered and...
Humility -- the Beauty of Holiness (audio) by Andrew Murray became a gripping study for me over twenty years ago. In those first years, the conviction of my own need for this trait of the Christian life led me to study and memorize particular quotes. These were...
A sermon may put you to sleep. It may pass over you without leaving its mark -- or it may very well pierce your heart, lodge within your soul, humble you and change your life. Such was last week's message from our pastor as he began Luke's version of the Sermon on the...
Second in the series What the Holy Bible Says is available on Amazon. What the Holy Bible Says about The Word of GOD follows What the Holy Bible Says about LIGHT, published two years ago. Both are devotional studies using references from Strong's Concordance with...
As I continue to study Andrew Murray’s, Humility ~ the Beauty of Holiness, the end of this year seems a good time to share some treasures from this book. We can take into the new year these special truths that can change our thinking and our lives. Considering if we...
I AM is a Perfectionist. Remember those italicized words in the King James Version, those smaller words that added clarity to the sentence from the Hebrew translation? I speak here as I have learned from the Great I AM. I AM is a holy God, a perfect Father, Creator...
The last two chapters of Andrew Murray’s Humility (PDF) are extremes. From this chapter that deals with the valley, the last chapter takes us to the pinnacle. When we reach the depths of humility then we are lifted to the heights of Christ’s glory. And here is true...