Sonshine for your soul
Posted in forgiveness on Oct 2nd, 2015
I love this message found in Proverbs 24:16 —
“The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.”
Our being godly is not reflected by being flawless, but instead by being faithful.
And our being faithful is reflected by pressing forward in serving God even when our failures and the […]
Posted in personal holiness on Sep 2nd, 2015
We all know what it’s like to see another believer do or say something that erodes his or her Christian testimony and, therefore, his or her influence for Christ.
Sadly, we also know that we’ve done the same on more than one occasion.
We can’t undo the past.
But we can do better in the future.
Better lives are […]
Posted in sinfulness on Jul 16th, 2015
Many years ago, a comedian named Flip Wilson hosted wildly popular TV variety show that featured a character he played named Geraldine Jones.
Geraldine was a churchgoing lady who lived in the fast lane of worldliness.
Her signature wardrobe in the church service was a miniskirt which in the early 1970s was unheard […]
Posted in personal holiness on Jul 2nd, 2015
I need to become more like King Josiah of the Old Testament.
You see, I have occasionally made wrong turns in life that weren’t clearly Kingdom-focused.
I can’t recall any defiant rejections of God’s path in my life. But I can’t say the same about random mixed-motive decisions.
You know what I’m talking about because you’ve likewise […]
Posted in godliness on Apr 15th, 2015
Guard rails are not fences.
They’re not there to keep cars off the road but instead to keep cars on it.
Fences are to keep people out.
Guard rails are to keep people in.
Sometimes, we Christians lose sight of this when it comes to our faith.
The Bible and the beliefs it calls us to embrace are for the […]
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Martin Drummond