The Practical Disciple » Entries tagged with "eliminating sin"
Living excuse free
In a recent post I addressed the problem of rationalizing our sins. PD reader Laurie shared 4 of her most common excuses. That inspired me to share mine. My experience has been (and my experience is vast) of rationalizing that most of my rational lies fall into one of about 4 categories. 1) Begging off on other people. ”Everyone does it.” ”I am not as bad as her.” “They made me do it.” These type of statements are examples of blaming others for the choices you make. Such words deny personal responsibility. 2) Thinking ourselves inadequate. “I couldn’t do that I am too old, young, can’t speak well enough.” Truth be told you are inadequate. You need God. God doesn’t call the equipped he equips the called. So whatever your lacking, trust … Read entire article »
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Escaping the Mine Field of Sin
In a recent post on prayer pitfalls I shared that sometimes I fail to plan for changed behavior around sins I have confessed. That insight came to me several years ago while reflecting upon how to get out of sins I couldn’t seem to escape. Also, around that time I realized that repentance was a process and that if I missed parts of the process then I got stuck in certain sins. If you want to … Read entire article »
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Informative post on confession
I just read a wonderful post on confession at Tim Challie’s blog, Tim offers a reformed theological perspective on a variety of issues. If you are someone interested in understanding classic reformed theology better, then Tim’s blog would be a great place to start. I haven’t posted anything by him before simply because my site is much more application focused, but he offers some great theological reflection. So, I would encourage you to check him out sometime. I hope you find the post on confession helpful. I did. Blessings to you today from The Practical Disciple. … Read entire article »
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Praying for Pruning
A couple of weeks ago, I made a post about pruning habits that draw our energy away from following God. After the fact, I realized that I only gave you half of the instructions need. The Sunday after creating that post, I happened to preach on the passage in the gospel of John where Jesus describes himself as the vine and we as the branches. Here is that passage. I am the vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the … Read entire article »
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