Sonshine for your soul
Posted in blessings on Sep 20th, 2011
In the 33rd chapter of Isaiah’s prophecy, there is a passage that offers a concise checklist for people who want to please God and receive blessings from Him.
This six-item checklist is a great tool for keeping us on the “straight and narrow” so that we can be the people God desires us to be.
“Who of [...]
Posted in Satan's lies on Sep 19th, 2011
You’re quite familiar with the fact that an alcoholic is an alcoholic until he or she dies.
Even if he or she stops drinking and abstains for 40 years before his or her death, the person will always be one drink away from relapse because of how the sinful habit altered their body’s pattern of reaction [...]
Posted in salvation on Sep 14th, 2011
You’ve heard the nostalgic phrase, “You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy.”
This phrase, of course, is not talking about international travel, but instead the deep-rooted mindset and cultural habits that permeate the heart and soul of folk born and raised in the [...]
Posted in personal holiness on Sep 5th, 2011
One of the more visually vivid passages in the Bible was part of my devotional reading this morning.
“As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.” (Ecclesiastes 10:1).
It would be bad enough to see dead bugs in a perfume bottle. The contradiction [...]
Posted in personal holiness on Aug 29th, 2011
It’s the elephant in the room that too many try to ignore.
I’m talking about something that church people don’t want to talk about.
Sometimes, we assess our spiritual lives with a flashlight mentality, looking at things we want to see.
But when we throw the “Light” switch by asking God’s Spirit to reveal every corner of our [...]
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Martin Drummond