Jackpot…

Big day at Chapters…

Soren Kierkegaard, JC Ryle, Andrew Farley, Tim Tebow & Bruce Feiler

I love books! Time to get busy.

 

10,000…

Finding myself grateful for gifted men like www.mattredman.com who write songs that point to Christ. Love this new album.

Pulpits…

I recently came a cross a wonderful sermon on parenting by Darrin Patrick from The Journey in St. Louis. The sermon, titled “How to teach your children about God” was both convicting and encouraging. A few highlights for me, in point form of course…

1. Discipline attitude not just action.

2. Our kids will learn more from what we are excited about than what we teach them.

3. Don’t worry that you’re children rarely listen to you, worry that they’re always watching.

4. Avoid the “mini pulpit” mentality.

Feeding…

“Oh, what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone.” C.H. Spurgeon

What…

“what is man that you are mindful of him” Psalm 8:4

Monday (VI)…

“Not to be daily mortifying sin is to si against the goodness, kindness, wisdom, grace, and love of God, who has furnished us with a principle of doing it.” John Owen

Obedience…

“Your view of obedience controls how you give directions.” John A. Younts (Everyday Talk)

Monday (V)

“Watch against all eruptions of thy corruptions” John Owen

G.A.A….

To my shame, I have found myself lately, more captured by my eldest son’s goaltending performance than his pursuit of the Savior, his love for his parents and siblings and other behavioral short comings. Of course I want to celebrate achievements, but perspective is key.  A resource I’ve used in the past, and will use again and again is a great series by C.J. Mahaney entitled “Don’t Waste Your Sports.”

Here’s some info and a link from SGM, and incase you wondered? G.A.A. means “goals against average”, it’s a goalie term…

Sports are a gift from God—but we’ll waste this gift if we play for our own glory.
So how do we play sports for God’s glory and not our own?  Don’t Waste Your Sports is for athletes, parents, and coaches. It provides a biblical worldview of sports so that we don’t waste this gift. “I had the opportunity to glorify God in my sports,” C.J. writes, “and I fumbled it. I wasted my sports. You have the opportunity, by the grace of God, not to waste yours.” The booklet includes two sets of application questions: one for athletes and one for parents.

Shrugging…

“Parents can easily fall into the pattern of shrugging off their own sinful behavior with excuses of long days, sleepless nights and ordinary human limits.” John A. Younts (Everyday talk)