Abide Under the Almighty
For Lord’s Day, March 31, 2013 Dear Saints, Last week in the evening, we considered the second part of the Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 117 about preparing for the Lord’s Day to properly sanctify it and the Lord in our…
Pray Without Ceasing
For Lord’s Day, March 24, 2013 Dear Saints, During this Wednesday Night’s study on Revelation 8:1-6, entitled “Pray without Ceasing”, we saw a vivid vision of Christ’s mediatorial role in receiving and answering our prayers, and a great encouragement to…
Family Time with the Father
For Lord’s Day, March 17, 2013 Dear Saints, For this week’s devotion, I’d like to share one of a number of Pastor Jeff Stivason’s emails to his congregation this week preparing them for the Lord’s Supper. His message equally prepares…
Be Thankful for Your Life and Your Heavenly Father
For Lord’s Day, March 10, 2013 Dear Saints It is wonderful to see so many of you support in various ways our church’s participation of the Walk for Life today at Chollas Park to show we want to help bring…
The Cries of Christ for You
For Lord’s Day, March 3, 2013 Dear Saints, Why do we cry? We cry when something hurts either on the outside or on the inside so much that it has overwhelmed us to the point of expressing our deep need…
Carefully Hallowing God’s Name — Watch the Euphemisms
Dear Saints, This week, I heard a sermon by a fine, nationally known Reformed pastor, in which he said several times something like, “Holy smoke”, and it was a euphemism, not an exultation of prayer or praise. Frankly, after our…
Rebounding as a Rule of Life
For Lord’s Day, February 24, 2013 Dear Saints, When you fall short of your goals, especially spiritually and morally as a Christian, how do you handle your setbacks? Let me encourage you to set up your next shot. What…
Worship the Sovereign God of All Things
For Lord’s Day, February 17, 2013 Dear Saints, The heat hasn’t worked all week at the manse, so we had someone stop by Friday afternoon to take a look. It’s now fixed, although thankfully God has made the weather warm…
Sail On!
For Lord’s Day, February 10, 2013 Dear Saints, Before this week’s e-devotion, I’d like to let you know about something I hope as many of you as possible can participate with me and my family in on Saturday, March 9. …
Self-Denial Says and Lives “Jesus is Lord”
For Lord’s Day, February 3, 2013 Dear Saints, I was struck this morning by a comment in a sermon I was listening to by Pastor Jeff Stivason of Grace RPC in Gibsonia, PA. He was preaching on Mark 14:1-11, and…