Psalm 139:23

[23] Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!

GM, Happy Reformation Day!

The rock on which the Church is built is Christ the cornerstone. He is a stone of stumbling and rock of offense for those who reject him, but is the rock of salvation for those who believe.

Jesus, the rock of ages, cleft for you. Trust him.

Prayer for today:

“Slay utterly, O Lord, and cast down the sin which does so easily beset us; bridle the unholy affection; stay the unlawful thought; chasten the temper, regulate the spirit; correct the tongue; bend the will and the worship of our souls to you and so sanctify and subdue the whole inward man, that setting up your throne in our hearts, to the dethronement of all our idols, and the things of earth we hold too dear, you may reign there alone in the fullness of your grace, and the consolations of your presence, till the time arrives when we shall reign with you in glory. Amen.”

- Richard Brooke

O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power and his love:
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.

Every church we drove by on our way to church on Sunday had noticeably more cars in their parking lots.

We had new visitors, too.

Praise God.

True freedom is the liberty to choose the good. Big difference from freedom as the liberty to do whatever you want.