Tag: pride

  • Staying Humble in Good Times

    Staying Humble in Good Times

    Alan Kearns, my dear brother in Christ from the Kingdom of Fife (Scotland), regularly posts jewels of wisdom from the late English pastor Charles Spurgeon. Today’s Spurgeon’s Morning – August 29 was especially insightful. We have need that the Lord should have mercy upon our good works, our prayers, our preachings, our alms-givings, and our…

  • Follow the Music

    Follow the Music

    Opening one of my favorite devotional books on an early Friday morning, bleary eyed and half awake, I struggled to make sense of the words. “I’d better read that again,” Have you been looking forward to talking about trusting Jesus, but instead He is asking you to show what trust is? from Streams in the…

  • Fears in the Ears

    Fears in the Ears

    It started innocently enough. Friends and family began to mumble in everyday conversation. It got harder to understand them, especially if there was any background noise. “What’s going on?” I thought to myself. “Doesn’t anyone speak clearly these days?!” Around this same time, I had a telephone conversation with my oldest son. I’m sitting on…