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Decision Making

Decision Making

Posted Aug 15 2008

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man – Psalm 118:8
What an appropriate reminder as we make any decision, whether small or large! Don’t put your confidence in other people; put your trust in God, where it will never be disappointed.

We have such a tremendous temptation to put our […]

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How can I be sure of the right motive, when trying to please God?

Posted Jul 28 2008

To this I will simply reply, “Are you trying to please God?” Then that is the right motive!
Do not try to overcome sin because of the shame you feel, because of what others think or say about you, or because you want to feel better. Seek to overcome sin so that you may […]

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Strength and Encouragement

Posted Jul 21 2008

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord – Psalm 27:14
The blind poet John Milton, a devout Christian, famously observed: “they also serve who only stand and wait.” This kind of service—the service of patiently waiting on God’s timing, on God’s direction, on […]

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Proverbs

Posted Jul 20 2008

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding – Proverbs 3:5
The more you know God, the more you will trust God. What is there not to trust? He is completely loving, wise, powerful, and good.
But it is one thing to express a belief in God, and another to […]

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Decision Making

Posted Jul 15 2008

Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths – Psalm 25:4
The psalmist assumes two things in his short, but potent, prayer. First, he assumes that God has a way, a path, for him to take. God has an opinion about his life and he needs to know what it is. He realizes that […]

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