Written by: April J. Buchanan If God’s grace were in any measure weak or impotent, then I would exhaust it before the evening. His grace cannot be exhausted. His mercy does not end. His wisdom has no beginning and no end. For He is God. He is God eternal, God immortal, God self-sufficient, God all-powerful.…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Oh God of my righteousness, I praise Thee all the day. For in Your Word I find strength, grace, hope, and every assurance and confidence in Christ. And in Your Word I behold the terrifying and fearful judgment of the wicked, that judgment every man deserves. Where else may I…

Written by: April J. Buchanan For often we think the hardened man to be a cruel and dangerous man, only that kind of man whom you do not make eye contact with and do not engage with. And yet Scripture teaches of men whose hearts continue to be hardened in their rebellion against God. They…

Written by: April J. Buchanan A man left to himself may come to ruin, for the inward corruption of the fall brings forth what it will when unrestrained. One man, burdened by inward thoughts of darkness, comes to see himself as worthless and without hope. He lingers there, and his thoughts become destructive. Another man,…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Some of our greatest sorrows and deepest troubles are not external, though we are often quick to ascribe them as such, but are self-inflicted. Many are eager to blame circumstances, other people, or providence itself, while seldom stopping to look rightly at their own hearts. And if a man continually…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Be joyful, a command not forced, but that which is wrought within by the gracious work of God. How can the saint be joyful? Is he able? Yes. As he attends to the means of grace, what is unnatural to the flesh becomes the visible work of God within. The…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Scripture is so much bigger and so much smaller than the sentimental and superficial eye may see. To look upon the text with ever increasing delight in its riches that reveal the beauty and glory of God is far different from approaching it merely for a word, a motivational message,…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Bountiful in much, a man may boast and yet find little delight, for his heart is not satisfied. Men have acquired the world’s wisdom, power, wealth, successes, and praises only to discover that it is all worthless. It cannot satisfy the heart of man. The heart is wicked and deceitful,…

Written by: April J. Buchanan There are those who create a “safe place” for questions and for “testing” beliefs. They are open and welcoming. They are friendly and have some “convictions” formed by their testing, yet they are often marked by an openness to being challenged and “corrected.” When you come out of bad theology…

Written by: April J. Buchanan When we misunderstand perseverance, much like when we confuse justification and sanctification, men once again begin to trust in works or merit alongside faith in order to complete the race and stand before God. Yet Scripture makes clear that it is He who began a good work in us, and…