I can only know Christ when all else is stripped from my soul, and I bow in the dust... desperate. Lost without him. Weak, helpless, dependent. If "let go and let God" means throwing myself into Jesus' arms... running to him and abandoning the idolatrous need for validation and affirmation from other things and other … Continue reading Let go and let God
Author: Ken Hood
Happily married. 8 kids. Lots and lots of grandkids. Following Jesus.
At wits’ end
I've gone down to the sea to do business on great waters... waters too big for me (Psalm 107:23). I'm in over my head. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. I'm crying to the LORD day and night in my staggering. I know He … Continue reading At wits’ end
The duty of believing
From the book, Sanctification, or The Highway of Holiness, by Walter Marshall: If we put the question, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?" Christ resolveth it, "That we believe on Him whom He hath sent" (John 6: 28, 29). He putteth us first upon the work of believing which … Continue reading The duty of believing
Comfort before duty
I must first experience the comfort of the gospel before I can practice the duties of God. The gospel must be the "comfort food" for my stress... the binge-eating pizza for my soul... the crutch for my emotional needs. And this comfort "binge-eating without end" of Christ himself must precede any and all holy duties. … Continue reading Comfort before duty
At Rest In Him 