Speaking Truth in Love

This honest man suffers in his sinfulness and longs for deliverance.

It perverts me and it hurts me

They teach us to weigh things for what they actually are

We forget that these commandments spell out how love works out towards God and our fellow human beings

Obedience lives out this wise love on a human scale

We hear stories, commands, promises, a worldview interpreting all that happens. We witness who God is, what he is like, what he does. He promises mercies. He warns of consequences. He tells us who we are, why we do what we do, what is at stake in our lives, what he made us for

You keep Genesis 1 by remembering that you, too, are a dependent creature whose purposes are accountable to your Maker

Entire systems of counseling revolve around reconstructing self-talk so you’ll be happier and more productive. But Psalm 119 gets you out of the monologue business entirely. It gets you talking with the Person whose opinion finally matters. The problem with self-talk is that we aren’t talking to anyone but ourselves. A conversation ought to be taking place, but we repress our awareness of the Person who threatens our self-fascination

’s relentless, not repetitive. It’s personal, not propositional

He persuades us not by argument, but by infectious faith