William Gurnall today. Brief and to the point.

A man is diligent about the thing that satisfies him. . . . The soul that really loves Christ, then, delights in holiness and spends all his strength on it. If only this man can be more holy, he does not mind if he is behind in every other race.

Jesus is the bread of life (John 6:35). Let us eat and be filled.

Desiring God has a post on their blog from a sermon by Pastor John some time ago. It reminds me that what our staff and interns do on Monday mornings at 6:30 AM makes all the difference in the world as to what progress we do or don’t make for the gospel at OGC. The same could be said for all our prayers, of course. You can check it out here.

You betcha. Check it out on Justin Taylor’s blog here. Prepare to be convicted.

Scroll down to the title Be Slow Like God.

Amanda Walton has posted a delicious looking recipe from Salerno on their blog.

Check it out here and be sure to leave a post saying how much you love them and pray for them and miss them but rejoice that they serve King Jesus in Italy for the cause of His gospel.

If you will recall from the previous post, lesson number one was this:

Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray.

Here is lesson number two from D. A. Carson in his book A Call to Spiritual Reformation:

Adopt practical ways to impede mental drift.

Is this guy reading my mail or what?

Among the helps he suggests in this section of the first chapter are to vocalize your prayers, pray over the Scriptures, pray through the worship sections of better hymnals, pray through the segments of the Lord’s prayer, uses lists, and journal.

Class is in session. May we get high grades in Jesus’ school of prayer.

Brett and Nicole Bradley posted a link to a pretty sweet video they viewed recently at Campus Crusade’s staff training in Colorado.

This is stunning stuff. You can check it out here.

D. A. Carson has written a book entitled A Call to Spiritual Reformation. The subtitle reads Priorities from Paul and His Prayers.

This from William Gurnall in yesterday’s entry:

In business we first pay the biggest debts which are already due. Are you more deeply indebted to God or to your mate? Travel as far as you can with your relatives in God’s company, but no farther–because you do not want to leave holiness and righteousness far behind. No one–family or otherwise–can ever repay you in the loss of those treasures.

Jesus made the terms of discipleship plain. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me (Matt. 10:37).

May Jesus be uppermost in all our affections.

One of OGC’s own has started a business in the area along with a partner.

You can check it out here.

Yes, there is help for those of us who are a-mechanical!

Justin Taylor notes on his blog today this fact:

John Newton–the blaspheming slavetrader turned grace-filled pastor and hymnwriter–was born this day in 1725.

Taylor’s post includes a brief video biography of Newton from Mars Hill Church.

Check it out here.