Each Friday, I’ll post links to 3–5 resources from around the web you may want to check out.
Rushing Our Quiet Times
Jo Gibbs writes about how modern busyness has affected our devotional practices. She offers some advice and shares her personal practices.
For many of us, the busyness of our day shapes the way we approach Bible reading and prayer. We grab ten minutes of Bible reading on the way to work, our minds already racing ahead to our To Do list. We choose devotional books built around a short passage, a brief comment, and a two-sentence prayer. Just browsing some devotional titles says it all: 3-Minute Devotions for Women, The One Year Love Language Minute Devotional, A Mindful Moment: 5-Minute Meditations and Devotions. Convenience often become our priority, rather than depth. Our quiet time becomes something to get done, rather than a space for real growth in our relationship with God. That’s one reason our quiet times sometimes aren’t working.
Advice on How to “Preach the Gospel” to Yourself
What does it look like to preach the gospel to yourself? Micah Colbert offers some guidelines and reasons why we should pay attention.
Preaching the gospel to ourselves is a discipline that we should consistently practice in order to mature in Christlikeness. But what does that actually look like? Practically, how do we “preach the gospel” to ourselves? Recently, a young woman in our church asked me those very questions—ones you may be wondering about as well. If so, I hope the advice I gave her will be helpful to you too.
Dry
Our poem of the week: Dry, by Kate Bluett. This short poem begins with the crossing of the Red Sea and ends with a plea to God for rain.
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