Sonshine for your soul
Posted in humility on Sep 2nd, 2011
I love the potency of scripture.
The density of deep truth per verse is often SO high.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 is a good example.
“All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full.”
Solomon’s larger mission in the first chapter of Ecclesiastes is to remind the reader that creation and the cycle of human significance greatly transcends […]
Posted in humility on Jun 20th, 2011
Everybody who says he or she believes in God surely wants the attentive blessing of God in his or her life.
But not everybody receives it with the same consistency.
It’s not because God is fickle.
Instead, it’s because people too often fail to recognize their disconnect from God’s favor.
I was reminded of such this morning while […]
Posted in humility on May 25th, 2011
Busy, busy morning.
Good thing that the Morning Devotion message shown me this morning is so concise and compelling.
“…humility comes before honor” (Proverbs 15:33).
It’s worldly to want the praise of men, particularly if it has not been preceded by putting others first.
Jesus was the perfect role model of serving others, regardless of whether they […]
Posted in humility on May 19th, 2011
Humility can be amazingly potent when applied in the proper way.
Sometimes it is the only legitimate choice when it comes to preventing personal disasters.
Abigal’s story in I Samuel 25 is an excellent example.
During David’s years of hiding from King Saul in the wilderness, David had provided protection from rampaging marauders for people who lived near […]
Posted in humility on May 4th, 2011
The longer I live, the more I realize the importance of spiritual humility.
With too much of ministry success defined by “cool” and marketing/packaging, it is refreshing to see the hyper-simple lesson of John 3:30.
It is a lesson that can jump-start ministry success for the un-cool ministry crowd who don’t have megachurch megabudgets and mega-pools of […]
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Martin Drummond