This month with ROOTS, we are reading Gospel by J.D. Greear. As an outline for his book, J.D. provides four statements in the form of a prayer intended to internalize and rehearse the gospel on a regular basis. Here’s the Gospel Prayer. I encourage you to reflect on these statements and continue to rediscover the [...]
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The Gospel Prayer
January 5, 2012J.C. Ryle on a Sinner’s Prayer
August 3, 2011One of my favorite devotional authors is J.C. Ryle, and I have often gone to his trilogy of books, namely Practical Religion, Old Paths, and The Upper Room for personal encouragement and rebuke. In his chapter on prayer, Ryle addresses a sinner who has yet to come to Christ in repentance and faith. Consider his [...]
The Deeps
July 27, 2011It still amazes me how much a particular prayer from The Valley of Vision resonates with my soul at various seasons or periods in my spiritual journey. This particular prayer, called “The Deeps”, has been the source of meditation and supplication for me recently, and I thought I’d pass it along. BTW, if you are [...]
Trinitarian Prayer
April 30, 2011The April 26th devotion from Octavius Winslow’s Morning Thoughts really encouraged me in prayer. I thought I’d post it here to make it more accessible. You can read his devotional thoughts daily on the official Winslow website or you can also purchase the book or get the Kindle version for only $0.99. Highly recommended. ———————– [...]
Praying With My Eyes Wide Open
April 16, 2011Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. – Colossians 4:2 I know that we are taught from childhood to pray with our eyes closed. It is intended to be a sign of reverence, focus, and submission to God. I understand that. And while that should certainly be our posture, it should not [...]
Triperspectival Prayer: Daily Communion Rhythms Through the Mediatorial Offices of Christ
April 1, 2011So that has to be the most Puritan-ish title I’ve ever given a blogpost, and I hope I haven’t lost you already. :) I realize that some of you may not be familiar with triperspectivalism, and if you are in that category, here’s a good list of resources to check out. The purpose of this [...]
We cannot ask too much!
January 15, 2011Octavius Winslow nailed me hard October 12 in his Morning Thoughts. He does this often, but given that this was the day I was coming back from Haiti, it came with particular force. God has opened many doors and done many amazing things over the past six months. It is as if he is giving [...]
The Greatest Gift – The Incarnation
December 13, 2010O Source of all good, What shall I render to You for the gift of gifts, thine own dear Son, begotten, not created, my Redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute, his self-emptying incomprehensible, his infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp. Herein is wonder of wonders: he came below to raise me above, was born like me [...]
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
November 14, 2010Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Below are four videos created for this designated day of prayer (we are showing the bottom one at Grace during our services). Please commit to pray for our suffering brothers and sisters in Christ around the world and partner with them by identifying wit [...]
New Edition of Operation World Coming This October
July 20, 2010I first caught wind of this while breezing through Twitter updates and confirmed it on Amazon. Operation World is coming out with a new edition this October. While I have been grateful for the directional prayer this book has offered in years past, I have become especially fond of it since coming to Grace as [...]
Resurrection
April 4, 2010O God of my Exodus, Great was the joy of Israel’s sons, when Egypt died upon the shore, Far greater the joy when the Redeemer’s foe lay crushed in the dust. Jesus strides forth as the victor, conqueror of death, hell, and all opposing might; He bursts the bands of death, tramples the powers of [...]
Father
March 30, 2010For the Christian in prayer, the most powerful word is his first word – Father. Far too often, if not always, we hurry past the fact that we are addressing God as Father to get on to the things on our mind and heart. But when was the last time that you were staggered by [...]
In Prayer
March 28, 2010This prayer from the Valley of Vision is working me over. Had to pass it along to you. “In Prayer” O LORD, In prayer I launch far out into the eternal world, and on that broad ocean my soul triumphs over all evils on the shores of mortality. Time, with its gay amusements and cruel [...]
The Gospel and Satanic Oppression
March 21, 2010Some very sobering words from the pen of John Stott: The world’s opposition is strong and subtle. And behind these things stands the devil, bent on ‘taking men alive’ and keeping them prisoner. For the devil hates the gospel and uses all his strength and cunning to obstruct its progress, now by perverting it in [...]
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