Today's Devotions

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Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • Why We Need the Puritans by JI Packer +

    1 Horse Racing is said to be the sport of kings. The sport of slinging mud has, however, a wider Read More
  • May 9 Devotional: Valley of Vision (Puritans) +

    Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Read More
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jaredwilson1Oh, the gravity of Romans 8:31-39!

If none of what's listed — and everything is listed! — can separate us from him, Christ must be the master of all it.

He must be Lord over life and death and heaven and hell, sovereign Lord over all planets and molecules, galaxies and atoms, universes and particles.

This means:
When distressed by sickness, despair, depression, the painful words of friends, the hurtful words of a spouse or a child or a parent, when threatened by instability at work or in your home, when afraid of the future, when stressed out and anxious, when unsure and hyper-cautious, when laid low and beaten down, when nervous and frightened, when gossiped about and lied about and stabbed in the back, when feeling unforgiven and feeling hated and feeling used and thrown aside and pushed to the margins, when feeling taken advantage of or ignored or misunderstood or squashed, when tormented by your past and the sins you can't shake, when dealing with addictions and destructive behaviors, when tempted by cheap pretenders to God's throne, when lured away from the path, when you've fallen and when you've struggled and when you're in too deep, in the midst of violence, persecution, oppression, feeling stranded and lonely, in a flood or a fire or a zombie apocalypse, your God reigns, and he reigns in you!

You can know and say that nothing can condemn you so long as you are in Christ Jesus — that in fact, if you are in Christ, you are as secure as Christ is.

So even when the accuser comes and throws your sins at you, they should flame up and fizzle out like crumbly meteors entering the atmosphere of Christ's righteousness, and you can curse that devil and remind him that you are in tight with the boss of his existence, with the boss of very existence itself.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/gospeldrivenchurch/2013/06/25/in-tight-with-the-boss-of-existence/

 

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Process +

      The finished diamond is one of the most beautiful and desirable gems. Read More
  • Not a Conscientious Objector +

    As we abide in him and he abides in us, we are receiving his life rather than creating our own Read More
  • Falling in Love With God +

    “falling in love with God,” as Boa’s subtitle for the facet explains. In this approach we attempt to enter into Read More
  • God's Dimension +

    We experience a great sense of the wonder, boldness, and overwhelming awe of God through our relationship with the Holy Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Praise as Warfare by Sylvia Gunter +

    Praise is adoration of God for who He is, His person, His character, His names. It is loving God because Read More
  • Followers First by Steve Tamayo, Chatham Community Church +

    What does it mean to be a Christian? Read More
  • Dallas Willard on Spiritual Formation +

    What does it mean to be a disciple, to follow the disciplines necessary to serve Jesus with our whole heart? Read More
  • Cultivating joy to proclaim the gospel +

    And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16:15 Read More
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