Thumbing through my copy of John Stott’s classic book Basic Christianity after recommending it to someone today I found this passage I had highlighted when I last read it. I thank God for the work of the Holy Spirit in me. It is by the Spirit of Christ that we can be transformed into the […]
Help Me To Be Rich Toward Thee
When sensual pleasures tempt me, purify and refine me; When I desire worldly possessions, help me to be rich toward thee. From The Valley of Vision, A Christian’s Prayer.
O God the Holy Spirit Teach Me
O God the Holy Spirit, That which I know not, teach thou me, keep me a humble disciple in the school of Christ, learning daily there what I am in myself, a fallen sinful creature, justly deserving everlasting destruction; O let me never lose sight of my need of a Saviour, or forget that apart […]
O Holy Spirit Lead Me Into All Truth
O HOLY SPIRIT… …Come as teacher, leading me into all truth, filling me with all understanding; Come as love, that I may adore the Father, and love him as my all; Come as joy, to dwell in me, move in me, animate me; Come as light, illuminating the Scripture, moulding me in its laws; Come as […]
Cruciform Press books
I highly recommend the following Cruciform Press book.
The Hole In Our Holiness
Kevin DeYoung’s The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness is a fresh and needed challenge to the church today. Here are a few quotes pulled from my reading: “You can think of holiness, to employ a metaphor, as the sanctification of your body. The mind is […]