We just got back from our first marriage retreat with our home church, Bethlehem Baptist. It was so rich with help, grace, and hope. Guest speaker, Paul Tripp, provided marriage saving perspective as well as an unbelievable sense of humor! We laughed, cried, hung out with other couples, and spent quality time together and with other couples. Continue reading
The Book, How to Worship Jesus Christ, has been speaking to me a lot as of late. This is a series on having and creating a true heart of worship.
“Andrew Murray, who has given us possibly the best devotional classic on Hebrews, has this to say about a true heart:
In man’s nature the heart is the central power. As the heart is so is the man … Our inmost being must in truth be yielded to Him… It is only as the desire of the heart is fixed upon God, the whole heart seeking for God, giving its love and finding its joy in God, that a man can draw nigh to God.
This may possibly cause you to think, ” What hope do I have for a true heart? Can I fix the desire of my heart upon God? Can my whole heart seek for God, giving its love to and finding its joy in God? Can i do that?”
