Notice Where the Guard is Posted

“‘Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips’
Psalm 141:3

“. . . Notice where the guard is posted. Not at the ear—to protect us from being hurt by words we might hear, or at the heart—to shield us from the wounds that are sometimes caused by what others do.

Rather, the Psalmist asked God to post a sentinel at his own mouth knowing that the greatest danger he faced was not what others might do to him, but rather, what he might say that would harm others...”

From Nancy Leigh DeMoss The Power of Words,

A Transforming Difference

I watched this and now I am pondering this:

Our difference from the world,
not our similarity to it sets us apart.

But even though Christ followers
are called to be different,
we’re also called to
transform the world.

Here lies the tension.

We can’t be so far removed from the world
that we lose contact,
and we can’t be so much like the world
that we’re no different from it.

~ Kary Oberbrunner

I Want the Whole Gospel

By James MacDonald

I Want the Whole Gospel

Every single ounce of truth; give it to me straight just like it is in the Bible.

I want the whole gospel:

Don’t dilute the living water—it might not quench my thirsty soul.

I want the whole gospel:

Turn on the light of Jesus Christ and don’t shield my view—I need every beam of His radiant glory to dispel the darkness in me.

I want the whole gospel:

Don’t block the door, or I might not get through.

I want the whole gospel:

I need an accurate map to the narrow road, because only a few are finding it.

I want the whole gospel:

Because I am wholly lost, God’s verdict is wholly just, and my damnation is wholly certain.

My heart is wholly depraved and my sin is wholly mine.

My efforts are wholly futile and my escapes are wholly hopeless.

I need a whole Savior, whose whole suffering, wholly satisfies a holy God.

Please, please don’t cut the corners. It’s appointed unto man once to die and I have to be sure I get it right.

I have to have the whole gospel—give it to me straight. Nothing else will do!

Yes…God help us, let’s give the whole gospel.