If you want to grow in Christlikeness by using your time wisely, monitor your “Word-to-world ratio.” If we are Christ’s disciples, we will want to gradually displace time in the world with time in the Word. In this way, we will be conformed to the image of Christ instead of the image of the world.
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1 Samuel 9: Trusting the True King
The temptation to seek after the visible and temporal rather than the invisible and eternal is not new. Looking at 1 Samuel, we see that the Israelites struggled with this temptation in regard to their rulers.
Read MoreThe Wisdom of Pursuing Christ
The key to living a life of wisdom is to recognize that the things that matter most are the things the world cannot provide.
Read MoreTime and Work
Righteousness requires training, not trying. It involves redeeming the time, doing temporal tasks for the glory of God and submitting your plans to Him.
Read MoreDeuteronomy 6: The Pitfalls of Prosperity
God wants us to love Him enough to trust and obey Him. While adversity may be difficult, prosperity has its own set of potential pitfalls.
Read MoreMorning Affirmations 4
When you wake up in the morning, what is the first thing you think about the upcoming day? Proverbs 3:5–6 tells us that our daily perspective ought to be founded on trust in the Lord.
Read MoreThe Voyage of Life: Living in Light of the End
We are moving to an end without end in the Kingdom of Christ, and we are wise if we live in light of that destiny. Thomas Cole’s paintings call us to this life of wisdom in all seasons, ages, and stages.
Read MoreThe Voyage of Life: Setting Our Hope on Eternity
We are pilgrims being prepared for home. We are not home yet. Life was never meant to be about ourselves, but about God. For this reason, it is the eternal that gives meaning and hope in the temporal arena.
Read MoreThe Voyage of Life: Perspective on Death
In the end, we will either search for earthly gain or trust in the Lord. The path that we choose determines our perspective on suffering and death.
Read More2 Peter: Living in Light of the End
The apparent delay of Christ’s return is due to His patience with sinful humanity. He desires more and more people to come to a saving knowledge of Christ before He comes in judgment. Therefore, Peter exhorts us to live each day in light of that coming Day and to grow in our knowledge of Jesus Christ.
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