by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Providence
“Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute.” (Luke 11:49) In this solemn word spoken by our Lord, He declares that the sending of prophets and apostles, and the violent rejection they...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Man's Nature, Providence
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) There’s no doubt that Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 1:9 come from a place of deep affliction. And yet God designed it that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Man's Nature, Ministry, Providence, Quiet Time, Repentance
“Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.” (Psalm 69:6) Psalm 69:6 is a prayer born out of deep humility and holy fear. David is not only concerned for his own...