mastering the minutes God gave you

I have just a few reads to share this week:

Set Your Heart, HT to Challies. “’I just don’t want to be a Pharisee.‘ This is normally how it starts. There is a good impulse to want to avoid self-righteousness or gospel-less obedience. But this good impulse quickly gets co-opted by the devil.”

5 Ways to Worship God in Everyday Life. “Worship includes both words and actions. It is more than a feeling, an experience, an environment, or a ritual. Worship is communicating through what we say and what we do that God is most important in our lives. How do we keep God first every day?”

The World Needs Evangelists with Cheerful Confidence, HT to Challies. “Christians who share the gospel today shouldn’t imagine themselves trapped in a pit of defeater beliefs, scrambling to dig their way up to level ground just to make a case. No. It’s the world that’s in the pit. The believer stands on solid ground, secure on the rock, and calls out with confidence, ‘Come up higher. There is light, there is air, there is life up here.'”

The Mother I Meant to Be, HT to Challies. “Be the best mother you can, but sanctification—for you and them—comes slowly. You will not be enough, and the good in your children will sometimes be in spite of you rather than because of you. That may sound depressing now, but it will be a relief later.”

1,440 Jewels: Mastering the 1,440 Minutes God Gives You. “We all live on the same 24-hour clock, but have you ever paused to consider the sheer number of minutes we are gifted? There are 1,440 minutes in every single day. That’s not just a mathematical fact; for the Christian, it’s a profound spiritual truth. Each minute is a tiny, precious container, filled with potential for worship, service, growth, and connection with our Creator.”