by sdbarnard | Jun 4, 2021 | Featured |
Time for Battle (Joshua 10:6-8) Last month we considered Joshua 10:1-5 and how Adoni-zedek’s fear of Joshua and Israel and their new peace with Gibeon led him to form a coalition of pagan kings to fight against God rather than seek God’s mercy. This month I would like...
by sdbarnard | Feb 26, 2021 | Featured |
Weaned from Self Beloved, What would it look like to live weaned from SELF? To be sure, Christians want to live weaned from the world, but what about self? David presents this reality in Psalm 131 (many thanks to David Powlison here).. Psalm 131:1-3 O LORD, my heart...
by sdbarnard | May 1, 2020 | Featured |
In Whom Do You Trust? In whom do you trust? This question may not be one you have ever really considered but the answer to it is often revealed when difficulty or suffering arrive at one’s doorstep. It is revealed in how one responds to the difficulty or suffering...
by sdbarnard | Apr 7, 2017 | Devotional |
This question is the one asked by the Psalmist in Psalm 42. He expresses his desire for God with these words, “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?...