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Nobody by nature delights so much in the character of God that he hungers after the true God. We are by nature children of wrath (Ephesians 2:3). As David said in Psalm 51:5, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me.” We come into the world bent on being independent from God and loving the things of the world. Something has to happen to us if we are to be saved from the wrath of God (1 Thessalonians 1:10). We must be profoundly changed. - John Piper
For the full text this quote was take from please visit this link. A very good explanation of the Holy Spirits work in conversion.
Psalm 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Oh Lord thank you for the promise of this verse! It gives confidence to saint and sinner alike. If we would but turn from confidence in ourselves and fall on your mercy and grace. You anger is slow towards us because you know our weakness. By the power of your steadfast love we can be changed.
I heard this today while listening to John Piper’s podcast.
“When the world looks at the church do they see a love that can only be explained by the supernatural work of God?”
A very good question. What do the people around us see? Are our lives only explainable in this way?
While reading in Matthew chapter 6 I was struck by a word that I had never noticed before. How thankful I am that the Holy Spirit stopped me there on that word! The word was “Therefore” which means “for that reason” or “because of that”.
Matthew 6:24-25
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. [6]
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on.
We cannot serve God and money, so because of this Jesus tells us not to be anxious about our life. When we are anxious about our life whom are we trusting? Money or God? If we are trusting in money or the world we are trusting them to meet our needs and we are serving them. If we are trusting God to satisfy our needs we are serving Him. If God can be trusted why are we anxious about our life? What does our anxiousness say to our God about our trust in Him, and what does our anxiousness say to the world about the trustworthiness of our God?
