“We should follow our Lord as unhesitatingly as sheep follow their shepherd, for he has a right to lead us wherever he pleases. We are not our own, we are bought with a price—let us recognize the rights of the redeeming blood.”
(from: Evening, September 18, Morning and Evening: Daily Readings, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
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Archive for October, 2007
Bought with a price
Posted in Pathway ponderings, Quotes on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Restores my soul
Posted in Pathway ponderings on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This has been one of those stressful days at work today for me. It is good to get home and leave the work place behind. It is even better to remember that my Shepherd is the Good Shepherd and He is the one who restores my soul (Ps. 23:3). If you’ve had [...]
In the morning
Posted in Scripture on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” [...]
Come let us worship
Posted in Pathway ponderings, Scripture on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Daily time with the Lord is important if we are to grow in our relationship with Him. Psalm 95:6-8a give us a pattern that may be found helpful and encouraging in our time with God. It is not all inclusive, but can remind us of important aspects of our time with Him.
“O come, [...]
My Sheep hear My voice
Posted in Pathway ponderings on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
John 10:27 tells us that Jesus’ sheep hear His voice:
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (KJV)
When the Lord causes a scripture to “jump” out at us, to really “speak” to us, then we know that we are hearing from Him, that we are in relationship with Him, and [...]
The grace of God trains us
Posted in Pathway ponderings, Scripture on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Consider Titus 2:11-15:
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself [...]
A devout man
Posted in Quotes on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
William Law wrote this at the very beginning of his book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life:
“Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted, to God.
He, therefore, is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of [...]
All our littles
Posted in Pathway ponderings on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!” (Psalm 139:17 KJV)
God thinks about His children! How precious indeed this is. When I am having a tough day (or even a good day), what a blessing if I remember that God thinks [...]
All we like sheep
Posted in Pathway ponderings on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6 KJV)
What an apt description of all of us outside of knowing Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We have gone astray, [...]
