Temptation. Behaviors. Deeper

"Every temptation to sin is, in the moment, a temptation to disbelieve the gospel-
the temptation to secure for ourselves in that moment
something we think we need
in order to be happy,
something we don’t yet have: meaning, freedom, validation, and so on.

Bad behavior happens
when we fail to believe
that everything we need,
in Christ we already have...
when we fail to believe
in the rich provisional resources
that are already ours in the gospel.

Conversely, good behavior happens when we
daily rest in and receive
the finished work of Christ
in deeper and deeper ways,
smashing any sense of need to secure for ourselves
anything beyond what Christ has already secured for us."
-Tullian Tchividjian, Jesus + Nothing = Everything

(Thanks to Katie Orr, for sharing this quote on Do Not Depart!)

Abba God, thank You for always providing all that we need in Christ Jesus. I ask that You convict me each time I'm tempted to doubt. I often get tired of waiting on You to do what only You can. However, You do know best. You love me more than I have loved myself. I know Jesus has called me to choose DAILY to trust You for all my needs. Thank You for continually training me and directing my paths... reminding me of truth. May others see You in me & may all the glory go to You! In Jesus' name...

Fabulous Friday!

Reminder heading into the weekend.

“… we can study the Bible, read books, attend church and listen to worship music as much as we want, but to really experience God, you have to go and live out what you believe. There’s only so much that God can teach us unless we actually step out of our comfort zones and walk in faith, trusting in Him even when the road ahead of us is dark -- Michelle Knisley

"[Truth]'s true, whether you believe it or not." - Betsy Shatto

Refreshment from Abba's own Word:

"Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God."

"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."

-Psalm 43:3-6, TNIV

Abba God, Thank You for being with me this week. You are good. You are faithful. You love me. I celebrate these truths (even if I struggle to always believe them). Help me remember the life lessons You're teaching me, and to walk in faith more each day. In Jesus' name... 

A quote worth reading

"Give me 100 men who fear nothing but sin in their own lives and want nothing but God and God alone; I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they will shake the gates of hell and set up God's kingdom upon the earth." - John Wesley 

Quote - Oswald Chambers - Glorify God in every day

"We have a tendency 

to look for wonder in our experience, 

and we mistake heroic actions for real heroes. 

It’s one thing to go through a crisis grandly, 

yet quite another to go through every day

glorifying God when there is 

no witness, 

no limelight, and 

no one paying 

even the remotest attention to us." 

Oswald Chambers 

My Utmost For His Highest