Author Archives: Pete

A Righteousness Revealed

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Pete

Reading in Romans this morning and thinking about power. Not just any power, but the power of God. In particular, I’m chewing on the power of God for salvation. Own it or not, we’re all in need of salvation. Whether … Continue reading →

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Behold and Be Still

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Pete

There is a direct correlation between who God is and how His people are to respond. What we know and believe about our King should make a difference in how we respond to our circumstance. I’m chewing on Psalm 46 … Continue reading →

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A Heart Song

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Pete

You start in on the song and it’s not long before you sense that these verses addressed “to the king” transcend any known king at that time and are intended to point to “the King.” Any doubt of that is … Continue reading →

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The God To Whom I Belong

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Pete

D, U, M, B . . . dumb!!! That’s what it was, dumb. A dumb decision to set sail. It was the majority decision, but it was the wrong decision. It was the expedient decision, the pilot preferring another port, … Continue reading →

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Grace by Day, Songs at Night (A Rerun)

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Pete

Meditating on Psalm 42 this morning. And, if I’m honest, I’m probably more in the “downcast soul” condition (v. 5) than I am in “lead others to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise” frame of … Continue reading →

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Continual Praise

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Pete

Evils had encompassed the songwriter. His iniquities had overtaken him. Strength to “suck it up” and “gut it out” had dried up as his heart failed him. And his enemies, those who delighted in his hurt, laid in wait like … Continue reading →

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The Terror and The Touch

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Pete

If the New Testament had already been written and he had already read it, maybe at that moment Peter was thinking, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. 10:31). Or perhaps verses … Continue reading →

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A Willing Heart

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Pete

I’m a sucker for happy endings. Maybe that’s why I get all squishy inside as I read the final chapters of Exodus. I know, I know . . . the end of the book isn’t the end of the journey. … Continue reading →

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Saturated

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Pete

It’s one thing to wonder at the limitless nature of God, it’s another to appropriate it as our own. One thing to acknowledge that with God there is goodness beyond comprehension, another to believe that He has bestowed all that … Continue reading →

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Going With Us

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Pete

For Moses it was the ultimate litmus test that he and his people had found favor in the sight of God. Beyond their deliverance from bondage; greater than escaping their enemies by walking through a parted sea; more indicative than … Continue reading →

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