Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 41)

Dad has been released from hospital and is at home. He is very thankful for all of your prayers and expressions of love. When the discharge nurse said, “I need to get some papers for you, I will be right back.” Dad was quick to respond, ” I won’t be!”

We just moved out of ICU and into a regular room here at Valley Presbyterian Hospital. Dad is recovering right on schedule from his triple bypass. Thank you so much for praying for my family. God has once again manifested the reality of His love to …

It is Sunday morning and I am praying for RBC. Praising God that… He is true. He has spoken to us. He has gathered the church together to display His glory and demonstrate His love. He has placed many faithful leaders at RBC. Though I cannot be the…

My father had bypass surgery yesterday. He is in stable condition now in ICU. The surgery was more difficult than they anticipated. We are trusting God who has all of our days in His book before there was yet one of them. I am sending this from my fat…

True Christian discipleship demands an uncompromising avowal of attachment to Christ, of adhesion to His person, and of adherence to His truth. The offence of the cross is not ceased. A real decision for the Redeemer cannot exist without some sacrifi…

From My Twitter What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. Tozer It is better – spoken 3X in Mark 9.42-47. This has more implications for you than you think it does. True we shall pass through that river which is called death; but our Lord has rebuked it for us and it has dried up. CHS Read Ex 32 and Rom 1 side by…

Something our daughter Carly wrote recently: I AM–Jesus What use are men and lanterns and torches and weapons against the Most High God? He spoke these men into being, yet now they challenge Him with a few scraps of metal and little plumes of fla…

Our son Sam wrote this recently: Here is something I wrote today, just a few thoughts for anyone willing to read them. Mostly inspired by the weather, and my being sick, but meant to talk about real trials and tough times. I hope, if you are going thro…

Here is something my Amy wrote recently: Herein lies the sweetness of life, to be the one who gets to love with nothing in return. The giving itself, is the place of purest right feelings. For anything to be done by me in order to receive, is t…

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. So A.W. Tozer begins The Knowlege of the Holy. This could be my favorite first sentence of any Christian book ever written. The chapter is titled “Why we …