Michael Reeves

It's been a joy to welcome students to our Ministry Centre for their MTh classes on Scripture and Hermeneutics, and Spiritual Formation, with @mike_reeves, @danhames and John Evans!

Idols drain us, because they are insufficient and hollow; God gives and blesses us, because he is so super-sufficient, so full.

Why read your Bible this week? John 15:11 - "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."

On this day in Middle Earth, The One Ring was destroyed in Mt Doom and Sauron defeated.

The proud are blind. The humble see the truth about themselves and so they cry, “Nothing in my hands I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling.”

If your theology puffs you up, you’re doing it wrong. It should drive you to your knees in wondering worship.

You are coming to a king— 
 large petitions with you bring.
 For his grace and pow'r are such,
 none can ever ask too much. Newton

Don't despair when you feel and hate the sin within you; it is evidence of the Spirit's enlightening.

Those who look to idols become like them (Psa 135:15-18). Those who look to the Lord are radiant (Psa 34:5). You will become like whatever you fix your gaze upon.

Prayer to the Father is the privilege of the Son, shared with us.

Satan is the Accuser. His work is to turn your eyes in on yourself and despair. The Spirit is the Comforter. His work is to turn your eyes to Jesus, the rest for our souls.

If you want to kill your joy and ministry, make your ministry your identity.

If you treat food and drink as the true source of your satisfaction, you will lose your appetite for God.

Growth in humility means growth in joy, for it looks to a greater source of joy than self.

Your weaknesses are no handicap to God. Where you are weak is likely where God will use you most, and where he will make you most beautiful.

Christian, God did not call you to himself in ignorance. Don’t imagine there is anything in you he has overlooked that might make him change his mind or forsake the work of his hands.

When you are full of yourself, you will be empty of God. The more pride, the less grace.

The first voice we hear after the fall is the voice of grace, God coming to man: "Adam, where are you?"

There is no Second Class in Christ’s church, for nobody is left with anything to boast in except Christ.

Don't believe the lie today. Sin, by its very nature, cannot bring about any good.