Spencer DeBlog (Page 101)

Does this ever happen to you? I sat down for my morning prayers with many concerns in my lap. Events from yesterday, people who shared aching hearts with me lately, reminders of challenges all around me… I could feel the weight of a long pray…

“The majesty of God’s forgiveness is lost entirely when we lose what has to be forgiven. What has to be forgiven is not just what we do but who we are, not just our sinning but our sinfulness, not just our choices but what we have chosen …

I get these advertisements. They are driving me nuts. These glossy publications are sent out under a partnership between movie studios and curriculum publishers. They are targeted to Pastors as the next big thing to preach about. “Seize this op…

From J.C. Ryle, A Call to Prayer I commend to you the importance of watchfulness over your prayers. Prayer is the point in religion at which you must be most of all on your guard. Here it is that true religion begins; here it flourishes, and her…

Hebrews 12 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make s…

This week, no matter what happens down here on earth, all of this is true in Heaven. This week, no matter what happens in your life, Jesus is living and doing all of these things. Remember this and consider Jesus in all things. “That same Jesus w…

The Spirit spoke to me this morning from Proverbs 12. Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense. The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligenc…

Our temptation is talk about problems a lot and pray about them a little. Better to make prayer our first recourse. Prayer is like a greenhouse. We grow answers when in prayer that can’t grow in our minds when in the wintery chill of prayerless…

So I took my jog outdoors yesterday. It was sixty degrees. If felt like ninety! It has been a long winter. I heard this stat in whatever it was I was listening to on my ipod as I rounded the corner and headed for home. The lecture I was lis…

I love this little bit from Francis Schaeffer on questions and doubts. He is discussing “faith like a child” and seeking intelligent answers to questions pertaining to matters of the faith. Too often, in Francis Shaeffer’s view…