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Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. The Christian life is supposed to work like this: something wells up inside us and then overflows. @JeremyG220 I don’t know why God answers some prayers immediately and not others. What I do know with full assurance is this: God's given us the freedom to ask him for anything. Perhaps in God’s economy it's most important we have the freedom + faith to ask, + we can rest in His provision. @rebekahlyons The quickest way to shut down your church’s missional response to the gospel is to leverage guilt in motivating them to reach their lost friends... Remember that the gospel will empower on its own. @jaredcwilson One way to kill your prayer life is to overthink it. @jaredcwilson      

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. ( Note to self) Don’t compare with others. You end up either arrogant or miserable and never joyful. It’s a game you can only lose. @andycroft86 For every one look at your sin take ten looks at Jesus. Robert Murray McCheyne via @ScottyWardSmith Jesus is God’s answer to our deepest need, not just for physical healing, but for the deeper healing of forgiveness of sins. (Jack Miller) Change takes place in our lives as we turn to see the glory of God in Jesus. We see the glory of Christ as we hear the gospel of Christ. Moral effort, fear of judgment, & sets of rules can’t bring lasting change. But amazing things happen when we turn to the Lord. @timchestercouk Before we walk into an overwhelming situation, may we set aside an extended time to ...

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. Who we are produces what we do.  It’s not the other way around. But God... changes everything. Jesus did it all! @jaredmenard3 Because God's kingdom is invisible, and our entrance into that kingdom is by faith alone, we should never dare to think we can quantify it according to earthly metrics. We should not seek to *show* people what and where it is, we must pray that the see it instead. @DanielBalcombe Satan hates the thought that we might live in freedom. When you resist the enemy, he turns and runs. Sometimes we need to be reminded on the front lines, in our weakness, Jesus is our greatest strength. @Rebekahlyons That is the new heartbeat of the Christian: the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to the glory and beauty of Christ that we might share...

Over the last four months, I have been reading several books.  And over the last few weeks, I finished three of those books: Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray Rejoicing in Christ by Mike Reeves You Are Free by Rebekah Lyons Here are some quotes from each: justification is the act of God's free grace...We do not justify ourselves...Justification is not any religious exercise...Justify is to declare to be righteous. justification must be one that will take care of past sin as well as provide for the future...Only a perfect righteousness can provide the basis for a complete, perfect and irreversible justification. Adoption is concerned with the fatherhood of God in relation to men. Sanctification is specifically the work of this indwelling and directing Holy Spirit...we do not sanctify ourselves. It is God who sanctifies. Specifically it is the Holy Spirit who is the agent of sanctification. Nothing is more central or basis than union and communion wi...

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. Although you are a Christian, are you living like you still have to pay for your own sin? (Jack Miller) His atoning work complete. Complete. Our firstborn brother in heaven, sitting down with nothing more to do with our sin. Finished. The unadulterated, happy security it gives each and every believer in Christ, weak or strong...  @mike_reeves The grace to come and the grace to abide are both from him alone. That word come was the chord of love to draw you close; the word abide is the band with which he holds you fast and binds you to himself. Andrew Murray via @rebekahlyons Sanctification is specifically the work of this indwelling and directing Holy Spirit... it is not achieved by a process, nor by our striving or working to that end. It i...

Here are some of my favorite quotes from books I have read over the last few weeks: Words can draw us together or they can divide. What we say and how we say it makes a difference...Discussions based on respect for reach person demonstrates the relationship is valued more than the issue being discussed...We accept and love people; we agree or disagree on principles. (The Messy Life of Parenting by Lori Wildenberg) We were born of Adam. There is no hope for us in trying harder or getting some divine leniency. Our only hope is to be taken out of Adam's old humanity, to be born again into a new humanity, to be a new creation. How, then, on that dark day of the fall, must Adam and Eve have thrilled to hear of the Seed, the offspring, the child who would bruise the serpent's head (Genesis 3:15)! Nothing else would suffice. (Rejoicing in Christ by Michael Reeves) The virgin birth is an almighty No! to all our silly attempts at earning salvation. It means that before Jesus is ev...

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. The essence of the Christian message is not "Behave!" but "Behold!" @jaredcwilson Change is possible when you go to where the waters of grace flow. Jesus says there will be in you a spring of water welling up to eternal life – not only enough to satisfy you, but an overflow to others. (Jack Miller) John Calvin on spiritual warfare—“Indeed, conscious of our weakness and ignorance, let us especially call upon God’s help, relying upon him alone in whatever we attempt, since it is he alone who can supply us with counsel and strength, courage and armor.” God wants the person before he wants the person to straighten up. How many times do we fail to reach someone because we’re trying to get them to do what we want before we get close to them...

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. Daily you have to see the glory of Christ. Daily you have to let the cross grip you right where you are as a sinner. When you go to Christ daily you are liberated, then you will know where others need liberation and the river of living water will flow from you to others. (Jack Miller) No sin, no matter how powerful and dark, lurks beyond the defeating, delivering, forgiving and enabling power of God’s grace. @PaulTripp Jesus doesn’t say you can be or may be or will be free. He says you are free. Therefore, we must declare—we must confess—truths like the following: Romans 8:17; Romans 8:38-39; Galatians 5:1 @rebekahlyons   We would argue that life for the believer is fueled by a constant flow of good news. “God is good with you child” is our ulti...

I am a little behind on my reading, but here are some quotes from books I have read recently: "Without coming out and saying it, we consider the gospel powerless to help with such sophisticated struggles...The gospel lifts the burden of self-help off of the victims we have unwittingly placed it on...The grace of god will help him repent of the root and not just the symptom...The cross is the remedy." Byron Yawn in What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him "People share their struggles and, with every good intention, others give good advice or try to step in to be the solution themselves. People do need answers. They are in need of help. But we fail to truly help them if we don't give them Jesus. He is the best answer and the most powerful help they can receive." Jeff Vanderstelt in Gospel Fluency "In other words, what was Christ doing "B.C."? He was experiencing what it means--tasting what it would mean--to be Savior, King, Prophet, Pri...

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. I want to see more broken people come to Jesus.  Let's not get upset about things that don't matter.  Stop fussing. Let's work together. @don_missionUSA @usmbchurches At a church where the goal is to be better and better, the comparison game is strong. When the goal is for Jesus to be clearer and clearer, real change can happen. @JeremyG220 The Gospel isn’t an after thought or a tidy way to tie up a sermon. It’s life. It’s balm. It’s healing. It’s everything. @Thejesslou Despite what most people assume, the greatest commandment is not the standard of Christianity. Jesus Christ is. The gospel is “my commandment.” I am righteous before God because of what someone else has done.  @Byronyawn Repentance is not a work that we perform, but ...

Christmas has come and gone.  So, every year after Christmas I share new books that I received as gifts.  I love to read and appreciate the gift of books.  So, here is today's New Book Friday: