Seven Blessings for Empty-Handed Believers

Seven Blessings for Empty-Handed Believers – “Empty-handedness is where the blessing of God begins. People who feel they have something to offer God come to him with their hands full, but as long as our hands are full, we are not in a position to receive.”

Give Humble Counsel

Give Humble Counsel – “Isn’t it interesting that the less you know, the more willing you are to give counsel?” 

Biblical Hope Is a Solid Certainty

Biblical Hope Is a Solid Certainty – “The Christian worldview doesn’t offer some vague, tenuous hope that there might be eternal life and happiness.”

Pray as Slaves

Pray as Slaves – “Brothers and sisters, let our prayers be delivered on bended knees and not with pointed fingers. We are not wise enough, strong enough, or important enough to direct God in how to order His affairs.”

The Valley of Humiliation is Green

The Valley of Humiliation is Green – “Few things strike our sensibilities quite as harshly as humiliation. To be brought low, to fall down, to struggle, to run out of answers, to become weak and poor—this is a hard place to fall into. But what if I told you the ‘valley of humiliation’ is really green?”

How Can We Remain Humble While Pursuing Humility?

How Can We Remain Humble While Pursuing Humility? – “Gospel-humility is not needing to think about myself…I stop connecting every experience, every conversation, with myself.”

 

Leaders Who See the Lowly

Leaders Who See the Lowly – “Leaders who see the lowly and unimpressive are the kind of leaders worth following – and the kind of leaders we should want to become. This is because how we treat the lowly is truly a window into our character.”

The Great Irony of the Christian Life

The Great Irony of the Christian Life – “If you’re feeling weak today – take heart. Your weakness is an opportunity. Lean hard on Jesus and know that when you are weak, then you are strong.”

We Grow Up in Christ by Growing Down in Lowliness

We Grow Up in Christ by Growing Down in Lowliness – “Scripture says Christ must become greater, and we must become less. Does our becoming less make Him greater? Of course not. Can our becoming less show Him to be greater? Yes.”

How Remembering Leads to Rejoicing

How Remembering Leads to Rejoicing – “Remember the gravity of your condition and rejoice in the glories of your Savior.”

The Dark Side of Equality

The Dark Side of Equality – “When equality is treated not as a medicine or a safety-gadget, but as an ideal, we begin to breed that stunted and envious sort of mind which hates all superiority.” The principles are well-illustrated with the story of Korah’s rebellion against Moses.

A Nobody in One Country, Famous in the Next

A Nobody in One Country, Famous in the Next – “It turns out it’s possible to live a completely ordinary life in one country and to be famous in another. Hebrews 11 certainly makes me think so. I wonder if this experience is more common than we think.”

 

40-Year-Old Moses vs. 80-Year-Old Moses

40-Year-Old Moses vs. 80-Year-Old Moses – “God does some of his best work in the wilderness.”

A Declaration of Dependence

A Declaration of Dependence – “I am incredibly grateful for and deeply benefit from the Declaration of Independence penned by Thomas Jefferson; however, my soul needs to be stamped with deeper declaration daily: a declaration of dependence.”

Maturing Toward Childlikeness

Maturing Toward Childlikeness – “It may seem counterintuitive, but Christian growth is a gradual downward movement toward the maturity of childlikeness. Have you ever met a Christian in their later years whose eyes sparkled bright with life? That is a person growing toward childlikeness of heart, not away from it.”

The Uncommon Virtue of Humility

The Uncommon Virtue of Humility – “Christian humility flourishes in the human soul when we stand before the Himalayas of Christ’s grandeur.”

3 Ways to Live Humbly Online

3 Ways to Live Humbly Online – “How might we demonstrate that humility is valuable through our engagement online?”

Unlikely Fighters of the Bible

Unlikely Fighters of the Bible – “When God chooses one of us for His plan, the chosen one is often not who we might have expected. Throughout history, God has proved He uses the most unlikely people for the greatest of purposes.”

8 Bible Characters Who Should Be More Famous

8 Bible Characters Who Should Be More Famous – These are some of my favorites too.

After Two Whole Years: Have We Humbled Ourselves Yet?

After Two Whole Years: Have We Humbled Ourselves Yet? – “Objectively, God has humbled our world through COVID-19, but has our world, in general, subjectively humbled itself before him?”