Reformed Reflections
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22.02.202500:53
Ever singing, march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music leads us sunward,
in the triumph song of life.
—Henry Van Dyke
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music leads us sunward,
in the triumph song of life.
—Henry Van Dyke
18.02.202520:53
15.02.202521:59
Faith is not built on circumstances but on God’s unchanging promises. When trials come, you can either focus on the hardship or trust in the certainty of God’s faithfulness. No suffering is wasted when your hope is in Him—every trial strengthens your faith and draws you deeper into His presence.
Consider how you are responding to difficulties in your life. Are you trusting in God’s promises, or are you letting circumstances dictate your faith? Choose to cling to His Word, and know that His plans for you are filled with hope and purpose.
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." — Romans 8:18
—Daily Dose (#0147)
Consider how you are responding to difficulties in your life. Are you trusting in God’s promises, or are you letting circumstances dictate your faith? Choose to cling to His Word, and know that His plans for you are filled with hope and purpose.
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." — Romans 8:18
—Daily Dose (#0147)
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25.01.202523:32
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
17.01.202519:16
When I say that a man in Christ is a man, I mean that, if he is truly in Christ, he is therefore manly. There has got abroad a notion, somehow, that if you become a Christian, you must sink your manliness and turn milksop.
It is supposed that you allow your liberty to be curtailed by a set of negations which you have not the courage to break through, though you would if you dared. You must not do this, and you must not do the other: you are to take out your backbone and become molluscous; you are to be sweet as honey towards everybody, and every atom of spirit is to be evaporated from you. You are to ask permission of ministers and church authorities to breathe, and to become a sort of living martyr, who lives a wretched life in the hope of dying in the odor of sanctity. I do not believe in such Christianity at all.
The Christian man, it seems to me, is the noblest style of man; the freest, bravest, most heroic, and most fearless of men. If he is what he should be, he is, in the best sense of the word, a man all over, from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot.
He is such a man because he has realized his own personal responsibility to God. He knows that to his own Master he stands or falls — that he shall have to give an account in the day of judgment for his thoughts, his words, his acts — and therefore he does not pin himself to any man's sleeve, be he priest, or minister, or whatever he may be called. He thinks for himself, takes the Bible and reads for himself, and comes to God in Christ Jesus personally, and on his own account. He is not content to do business with underlings, but goes to the Head of the great firm….
Young men, to you I would honestly say that I would be ashamed to speak of a religion that would make you soft, cowardly, effeminate, spiritless, so that you would be mere simpletons in business, having no souls of your own, the prey of every designing knave. Young men, I have tried the faith of Jesus Christ, and I have found it give me "pluck" — that is an old Saxon word, but it is exactly what I mean. It puts soul into a man, firmness, resolution, courage.
—Charles Spurgeon
It is supposed that you allow your liberty to be curtailed by a set of negations which you have not the courage to break through, though you would if you dared. You must not do this, and you must not do the other: you are to take out your backbone and become molluscous; you are to be sweet as honey towards everybody, and every atom of spirit is to be evaporated from you. You are to ask permission of ministers and church authorities to breathe, and to become a sort of living martyr, who lives a wretched life in the hope of dying in the odor of sanctity. I do not believe in such Christianity at all.
The Christian man, it seems to me, is the noblest style of man; the freest, bravest, most heroic, and most fearless of men. If he is what he should be, he is, in the best sense of the word, a man all over, from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot.
He is such a man because he has realized his own personal responsibility to God. He knows that to his own Master he stands or falls — that he shall have to give an account in the day of judgment for his thoughts, his words, his acts — and therefore he does not pin himself to any man's sleeve, be he priest, or minister, or whatever he may be called. He thinks for himself, takes the Bible and reads for himself, and comes to God in Christ Jesus personally, and on his own account. He is not content to do business with underlings, but goes to the Head of the great firm….
Young men, to you I would honestly say that I would be ashamed to speak of a religion that would make you soft, cowardly, effeminate, spiritless, so that you would be mere simpletons in business, having no souls of your own, the prey of every designing knave. Young men, I have tried the faith of Jesus Christ, and I have found it give me "pluck" — that is an old Saxon word, but it is exactly what I mean. It puts soul into a man, firmness, resolution, courage.
—Charles Spurgeon
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02.01.202511:31
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
02.01.202501:01
1 Timothy 3:1-7
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
01.01.202521:32
Men,
We are all called to be leaders—in our families, our vocations, and in our Churches.
Even if we are not called to serve the body of Christ in an official capacity, we ought to hold ourselves to the qualifications of overseers and deacons. If we sincerely believe there is a priesthood of all believers, we should embody that priesthood in whatever capacity we are called to lead.
Can you (like the Apostle Paul) instruct those around you to “imitate me”? Are you dignified, faithful, and above reproach? Do you teach those in your charge the things of God, both by word and deed?
This is my resolution for the year of our Lord 2025. I pray that men everywhere will make it theirs as well.
—Adam
We are all called to be leaders—in our families, our vocations, and in our Churches.
Even if we are not called to serve the body of Christ in an official capacity, we ought to hold ourselves to the qualifications of overseers and deacons. If we sincerely believe there is a priesthood of all believers, we should embody that priesthood in whatever capacity we are called to lead.
Can you (like the Apostle Paul) instruct those around you to “imitate me”? Are you dignified, faithful, and above reproach? Do you teach those in your charge the things of God, both by word and deed?
This is my resolution for the year of our Lord 2025. I pray that men everywhere will make it theirs as well.
—Adam
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Faith is not built on circumstances but on God’s unchanging promises. When trials come, you can either focus on the hardship or trust in the certainty of God’s faithfulness. No suffering is wasted when your hope is in Him—every trial strengthens your faith and draws you deeper into His presence.
Consider how you are responding to difficulties in your life. Are you trusting in God’s promises, or are you letting circumstances dictate your faith? Choose to cling to His Word, and know that His plans for you are filled with hope and purpose.
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." — Romans 8:18
—Daily Dose (#0147)
Consider how you are responding to difficulties in your life. Are you trusting in God’s promises, or are you letting circumstances dictate your faith? Choose to cling to His Word, and know that His plans for you are filled with hope and purpose.
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." — Romans 8:18
—Daily Dose (#0147)
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