Diligently Seeking Blog
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How to Trust God When You Can’t See Him: Lessons from Psalm 23
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. —Psalm 23:4 For the past few weeks, I’ve been co-teaching a Wednesday course at my church on apologetics. This past...
Re-Wired: Learning to Love Reconciliation More Than Wrath
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;...
Re-defined: Remembering What Surrender Really Is
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. —Psalm 139:23-24 Facing My Resistance to Spiritual Surrender I don’t know if any of you can resonate with this, but...
Re-identified: Remembering Who We Are
And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.” —Mark 5:34 This past week was fall break in my school district. This is only the second year that we’ve had a full week for fall break, and I’m fully convinced...
When God’s Plan is Hidden: Learning to Rest in His Sovereignty
To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things. —Ephesians 3:8-9 This...
Just Listen: The Power of Listening to God
My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver And search...
