We Are His House
3 min
Becoming a Christian and being a Christian happen in the same way: by hoping in Jesus.
Solid Joys Daily Devotional
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Wipe Your Fears Away
3 min
When anxiety blurs our vision of God’s glory, it does not mean that we are faithless. It means our faith is being attacked.
Marveling at the End of History
3 min
One day, we will see God’s glory, and marvel at it in such a way that he will be glorified in us for all the world to see.
We Honor What We Enjoy
3 min
It is possible to pursue God without glorifying God. If we want our quest to honor God, we must pursue him for the joy of fellowship with him.
Is God’s Love Conditional?
3 min
There are precious experiences of the love of God that require that we fight pride, seek humility, and cherish the nearness of God.
Love One Another Gladly
3 min
Loving acts are genuine to the degree that they are not done begrudgingly.
Do You Neglect Your Salvation?
3 min
Being a Christian is a very serious business, though not a sour business. We are simply blood-earnest about being happy in our great salvation.
The Real Problem with Anxiety
2 min
What you thought was a mere struggle with an anxious disposition might really be a far deeper struggle with trusting God.
The Meaning of Suffering
2 min
It is truer in suffering than anywhere else that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
Rejoicing in Pain
3 min
Whether we focus on the riches of the reward or the refining effects of suffering, God’s purpose is that our joy in suffering be sustained.
Christ’s Sufferings in Us
2 min
We exhibit the sufferings of Christ when we ourselves suffer for those we are trying to win.
The Seminary of Suffering
3 min
God designs suffering not only as a way to wean Christians off of self and onto grace, but also as a way to spotlight that grace and make it shine.
The Danger of Drifting
3 min
Be satisfied in Jesus so that you do not get lured downstream by deceitful desires.
Sin, Satan, Sickness, or Sabotage
4 min
Suffering proves our allegiance to Christ’s goodness and reveals his worth as an all-sufficient prize.
Radical Recompense
2 min
Jesus himself makes up for every sacrifice he will ever call us to make. It is worth it to lose it all in order to gain Christ.
Possible with God
3 min
God has a people in every people group. He will call them through the gospel with Creator power. And they will believe!
Medicine for the Missionary
2 min
“All things are possible with God!” — in front the words give hope, and behind they give humility. They are the antidote to both despair and pride.
The Great Missionary Hope
3 min
God’s call is irresistible in the sense that it can overcome all resistance. It is infallibly effective according to God’s purpose.
Christ Is Like Sunlight
3 min
We see the sun by means of seeing the rays of the sun. So also we see God the Father by seeing Jesus.
God’s Final, Decisive Word
3 min
The Word that God spoke by his Son is the decisive Word. It will not be followed in this age by any greater word or replacement word.
Hedonism for Husbands and Wives
4 min
When Christ redeems marriage, he does not dismantle loving headship and willing submission. He restores it.
The Mystery of Marriage
3 min
Husbands and wives should seek to live after the distinctive model of God’s pure and glad design for Christ and the church.
Prayer’s First Priority
3 min
The first priority in praying is to ask our heavenly Father to cause his name to be hallowed. In us. In the church. In the world. Everywhere.
Love’s Greatest Happiness
3 min
The union between Christ and his bride is so close that any good done to her is a good done to himself.
Jesus’s Joy in Marriage
3 min
Jesus did not want a dirty and unholy wife. Therefore, he was willing to die to cleanse her so that he could present her to himself.
The Purpose of Prosperity
3 min
You can steal to get; or you can work to get; or you can work to get in order to give.
Fear and Hope in God’s Jealousy
3 min
It is a horrifying thing to use your God-given life to commit adultery against the Almighty.
Plan for Prayer
3 min
One of the main reasons we so often fail to have consistent habits of happy, fruitful prayer is simply that we don’t plan to.
God Heals by Humbling
4 min
God takes out our old proud hearts and gives new soft ones, which are easily humbled and crushed by the sin that remains.
The Master Servant
3 min
The very heart of God’s glory is the fullness of grace that overflows in kindness to needy people.
Beware of Serving God
3 min
God aims to be our servant, because he aims to get the glory as the Giver.
We Can Do Nothing
3 min
God is glorified when we turn away from ourselves to him in the confidence that he will provide the help we need.
Best Passage Ever
3 min
The greatest news is that the cross upholds the worth of God’s glory, the honor of his Son, and the eternal salvation of his elect.
God’s Wise Mercy
2 min
The good news is that God himself has decreed a way to satisfy the demands of his justice without condemning the whole human race.
Our Good Is God’s Delight
2 min
All the omnipotent energy that drives the heart of God to pursue his own glory also drives him to satisfy the hearts of those who seek their joy in him.
We Wait, He Works
3 min
Be freed from the burden of bearing your own load. Let God do that work. God loves to show his God-ness by working for us.
The Happy God
3 min
When we share in the happiness of God, we share in the very pleasure that the Father has in the Son.
Joy Unbound
3 min
Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. One day, God’s delight in his Son will be in us.
Absolute, Sovereign, Almighty Love
3 min
God does not need us. Instead, his infinite self-sufficiency spills over in love to us who need him.
God Isn’t Gloomy
3 min
If none of God’s purposes can be frustrated, then he must be the happiest of all beings.
The Most Liberating Discovery
3 min
Joy is not a mere option alongside worship. It is an essential component of worship.
Make War with Unbelief
3 min
Take up the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit for help, lay the promises up in your heart, and fight the good fight — to live by faith in future grace.
Our Good Is His Glory
4 min
God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him.
The Power of a Superior Promise
3 min
The truth of Christ frees us from the slavery of sin, for the freedom of holiness.
Live Confident in God’s Sovereign Power
2 min
Confidence in God’s absolute control is the source and power of radical obedience to the call of God.
Life Hangs on the Word of God
3 min
The Bible is no empty word. It is your very life — the foundation and kindling of your joy!
Jesus’s Pursuit of Joy
3 min
What sustained Christ in the dark hours of Gethsemane was the hope of joy beyond the cross.
Hope for the Worst of Sinners
3 min
When it comes to being a candidate for grace, your background has nothing to do with God’s choice. That’s good news.