Rescued by Jesus. Rebuilt by the Spirit. Responding to God's grace.
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:25-26 NIV) The psalmist laments over the prosperity of the wicked: they have no struggles (Ps. 73:4), speak with malice (v.8), […]
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? (Psalm 42:1-2 NIV) In the wilderness, under the unrelenting heat of the sun, we thirst. Our very lives depend on quenching this […]
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. (Luke 4:1–2 NIV) The wilderness is where we are stripped of our […]
