Over at Blazing Center, there are two great posts.
One on grace!
One on worry!
Take five to read them both. And let God’s Word transform your life today! Be strengthened by God’s grace as you learn that worry is rooted in a faulty view of God. And then rejoice that there will always be grace.
Archive for the ‘worry’ Category
Grace and worry
Posted in Christian life, worry, tagged grace, worry on July 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Our only comfort!
Posted in worry, tagged comfort, gospel, heidelberg on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Question 1. What is your only comfort in life and death?
Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the [...]
Peace to you!
Posted in worry, tagged peace, worry on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
“Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.” (Psalm 119:165, ESV).
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” (Romans 15:13, ESV).
“May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.” [...]
The scariest things on the planet
Posted in Christian life, worry, tagged running scared, welch on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
“Whatever you think you need will control you. If you need something from other people–love, acceptance, and approval–they hold the keys to something very valuable to you. You will live in fear that they might not deliver. . . .Why do adults fear a little extra weight? Health is [...]
Is worry that bad?
Posted in worry, tagged running scared on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
“Worry reveals allegiances. Fear and worry are not mere emotions; they are expressions of what we hold dear. They reveal the loyalties of our hearts. If we know Christ and have affirmed our allegiance to him, worry is a sign that we are trying to have it both ways. We certainly don’t want to [...]
What worriers look for
Posted in Christian life, worry, tagged running scared, worry on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Quotes to “munch” and “meditate” on from chapter 14 of Ed Welch’s Running Scared
Worriers should be experts in a handful of Scriptures”: Exodus 16 [the manna story], Matthew 6, Luke 12, and Psalm 27 are good for starters.
Our anxious tendency is to amass information so that (perhaps) the sheer weight of it would subdue our [...]
Anxiety meets grace
Posted in Christian life, worry, worry, tagged grace, running scared, welch, worry on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am back to reading Ed Welch’s new book Running Scared: fear, worry, anxiety and the God of rest. In chapter 12 he makes this insightful comment:
Anxiety asks for more information so it can be prepared for the coming apocalypse. It also asks for more information so that it can manage the world [...]
Grace for the final exam!
Posted in Christian life, worry, tagged finals, running scared on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Ed Welch in Running Scared provides this great illustration of worrying about something before we actually have to face it. He writes,
Let’s say that you are taking a class, and the first thing the instructor does is hand out a test. As you scan it, you know nothing. Little signs and symbols, words [...]
