Blog Archives: October 2011
Love That Will Not Let Me Go
October 24, 2011
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. Psalm 103:11
How easy it is to let these words pass by. How easy to speak them without really absorbing their meaning. As high as the heavens are above the earth—that is high! And that is the measure of God’s love for those who belong to Him.
There was a time when I really grappled with the truth of this statement. There was a time when I questioned God’s love for me. Like David, I asked, “Who am I?” that you should love me? ...
Troubling God
October 04, 2011
Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.
–Dwight L. Moody
I appreciate pastor of yesteryear Dwight Moody’s sentiments here. Sometimes we can become self-conscious about our prayers. We wonder whether we are asking too much of God or whether we are forming our prayers “the right way” or whether our concerns are worth bringing to God. But these questions often miss the more significant truth—God desires our fellowship.
Prayer is ...
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