Sonshine for your soul
Posted in Christian advice, Devotions by Martin Drummond, God's grace, attacks, humility, pride on Jul 15th, 2010
A friend of mine told me recently that he was offended by the meddling of another into his personal life.
What bothered him most was not so much the words that were used, but instead that the non-relative presumed to have the status to lecture him about his actions.
I have sought to encourage the friend [...]
Posted in Christ's perfection, Devotions by Martin Drummond, God's grace, personal holiness, pride on Jul 6th, 2010
I admit that it is sometimes hard to fathom just how deep the grace of God is.
In fact, God’s display of grace in some circumstances borders on confusion for me.
Today’s reading in the One-Year Bible provides a good example of this.
I Chronicles 3:1-9 tell us that King David had 19 sons and one daughter — [...]
Posted in Bible, Christian advice, Devotions by Martin Drummond, family, pride, wealth on Jul 2nd, 2010
To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Some kind of dad, huh?
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King Hezekiah gets a really lousy grade as a dad in my opinion.
Yes, he did some good things during his reign over Israel’s Southern Kingdom centuries after King David. But he threw all that good will away, in my book, when he said [...]
Posted in Christ's sacrifice, Christian advice, Devotions by Martin Drummond, Jesus Christ, humility, pride on May 25th, 2010
To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Giving perfectly
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It is a temptation that we all experience from time to time.
We give something valuable to a person as a sign of our appreciation for them, but the gift is seemingly taken for granted or perhaps barely acknowledged. Our human nature starts flexing its “I’m wounded/offended” [...]
Posted in Devotions by Martin Drummond, God's grace, God's leading, faith, humility, pride on May 14th, 2010
To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Learning from others’ mistakes
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King Saul had a number of bad days, the Bible shows.
But two days stands out as the worst.
Those days, recorded in I Samuel 15, were an absolute disaster.
By the time the second day was over, Saul had lost his place as the patriarch of [...]
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Martin Drummond