Category: diligence

This Day, and That Day

I was reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan the other day, since we are going through it in our church’s home Bible studies, and I came across this quote from Martin Luther: “There are...

The Bible’s Call to Action

It warmed my heart to read this, in an old Puritan book called Precious Remedies against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks: ‘If any should ask me, what is the first, the second, the third...

The Balance of God’s Effort and Ours

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch doing some private prayer time with my lovely quilt lying over me. My mother hand-quilted it for me about 10 years ago. She had wanted to make me...

Do Your Best and Commit the Rest

Earlier this week I was feeling discouraged wondering how I could possibly do all of the things I’m supposed to do. Then I remembered Chuck Smith’s saying: “Do your best and commit the rest”....