Coram Deo. A husband, father, pastor, and friend. Learning to be present while seeking His presence. Ps 104:5
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Ryan Smith retweeted
The pastorate will crush any man who isn't anchored in and regularly refreshed by the truth of the Gospel. I don't care how gifted a speaker or leader he is, how intellectually astute or go-getterish. He will not be able to shepherd the flock apart from Gospel-thick thinking and living.
- B.A. Purtle
Ryan Smith retweeted
SGA IS YOUR 2024-25 NBA MVP 🏆⚡️
32.7 PPG | 6.4 APG | 5.0 RPG
OKC GOT ONE 🌟
(via @ShamsCharania) nitter.gq/BleacherReport/status/…
“That God would lay down His life for another.”
Can we even comprehend this kind of love?
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Ryan Smith retweeted
You are not the author of your life; God is. Every aspect of it—every location, situation, relationship, triumph, defeat, sunny day, and dark night—was written into his sovereign book before you took your first breath. Your story has been written by the wise, powerful, and gracious hand of the King of kings.
God wants you to be holy. Through faith he already counts you holy in Christ. Now he intends to make you holy with Christ. crossway.org/articles/in-san…
Ryan Smith retweeted
“There will be three effects of nearness to Jesus:
1. humility
2. happiness
3. holiness.”
— Charles Spurgeon
Ryan Smith retweeted
There is no one, no matter how far down on the human scale they may be, that cannot be blessed if they will receive the kingdom through faith in Jesus Christ. No one. #DallasWillard #TheScandalOfTheKingdom
Ryan Smith retweeted
At the core of a Christian ethic is love, even for our enemies. Not celebrating their views, not affirming all their positions, but you must love.
You cannot practice Christian morality and use the Enemy’s weapons of slander and mockery. This is not soft, it’s cruciform.
Ryan Smith retweeted
This pandemic of pastoral disqualifications should probably compel more pastors to give up platform-building “for the gospel” and embrace a kind of evangelical anonymity instead.
Love and be known by the Lord…your wife…kids…church…close friends.
And let that be enough.
Ryan Smith retweeted
God’s discipline is a sign of his perfectly faithful father-like love, not a tool of his condemnation.
Ryan Smith retweeted
The secret to freedom from enslaving patterns of sin is worship. You need worship. You need great worship. You need weeping worship. You need glorious worship. You need to sense God’s greatness and to be moved by it — moved by who God is and what He has done for you.
Beautiful song of worship released today. Been singing it at Bridgeway awhile. So good!
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Ryan Smith retweeted
Jesus is coming for everybody who is born again of the Spirit of God and walking in the light; walking in obedience! He’s coming for a Bride, not a bag-woman! He’s not coming for a crippled, lame, half-blind Church! He’s coming for a Church that’s been revived and purified.
“21st-century temptation for pastoral ministry to morph into something it was never intended to be is everywhere…” gcdiscipleship.com/article-f…
“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 1:13 ESV bible.com/bible/59/1pe.1.13.…
