If you’ve never read the prayers from The Valley Of Vision it’s a collection of Puritan prayers and devotions that’s not just food for the soul, but is also a help for our own personal prayers as a springboard for areas we should be working through.  I’m hoping to put out a prayer each week from The Valley Of Vision that I hope will encourage you in your prayer life.

Blessed Spirit Of God,
Four evils attend my ministry -
The devil treads me down by discouragement and shame ...

Help me in my work to grow more humble ...
... Then, whether I succeed or fail,
nought matters by thee alone.

p.336, The Valley Of Vision

Whitefield’s criteria for self-reflection each day

by Eugene Hor on December 2, 2009[edit]

George Whitefield’s Diary begins with a list of criteria which he used each night as a basis of examining his actions during the day. Here is his list (which I’ve edited slightly given that it was in old english).

The Gospel and the Poor

Tim Keller

Tim Keller is senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, NY and an adjunct professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.

The original question I was asked to address was "How does our commitment to the primacy of the gospel tie into our obligation to do good to all, especially those of the household of faith, to serve as salt and light in the world, to do good to the city?" I will divide this question into two parts: (1) If we are committed to the primacy of the gospel, does the gospel itself serve as the basis and motivation for ministry to the poor? (2) If so, how then does that ministry relate to the proclamation of the gospel? Read the rest of the article here on the Gospel Coalition Themelious publication

 

A terrific summary on Tim Keller's perspective on the gospel and the poor, and what the church should be doing in terms of mercy ministries

Check out Justin Moffat's 7 things he's learnt about preaching the last 7 years from NYC to downtown Sydney!

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Using Windows is like living in a communist bloc nation circa 1981. And don't change it.

I admit it: I'm a bigot. A hopeless bigot at that: I know my particular prejudice is absurd, but I just can't control it. It's Apple. I don't like Apple products. And the better-designed and more ubiquitous they become, the more I dislike them. I blame the customers. Awful people. Awful. Stop showing me your iPhone. Stop stroking your Macbook. Stop telling me to get one.

Seriously, stop it. I don't care if Mac stuff is better. I don't care if Mac stuff is cool. I don't care if every Mac product comes equipped with a magic button on the side that causes it to piddle gold coins and resurrect the dead and make holographic unicorns dance inside your head. I'm not buying one, so shut up and go home. Go back to your house. I know, you've got an iHouse. The walls are brushed aluminum. There's a glowing Apple logo on the roof. And you love it there. You absolute monster ... read the full story here

GUARDIAN

Mac users - you will love this! It's the reason why I left Windows a long time ago!

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