Matt is the Lead Pastor of Wellspring Church in Madison, Mississippi.
Isaiah 43:18 says, “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” In a similar vein, Paul says, “Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own;...
Often times when we think of sanctification we think in terms of a condition or status. As the Holy Spirit progressively sanctifies our hearts, we become more and more clean, or Christ-like. This is certainly true. At the heart...
Sanctification (i.e., the process of being conformed to the character of Christ) is a paradox. It is a paradox in two ways. First, in the process of becoming more and more like Jesus, by some mystery the believer simultaneously becomes more fully...
At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” And the sun stood still, and the moon...
I grew up in a home of praying parents. Mom had (and still has) a special prayer chair in the corner of our living room. Next to the chair was a little ottoman wither her Bible and a notebook containing a prayer journal and a list of people and...
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. James 5:16 Christianity requires a great deal of courage. This point can be fleshed out...
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A lot of people wait for God to act in their lives before they start to obey him. This shouldn’t be the case. It’s best to first obey and then expect God to intervene. In Luke 17 we read the story of ten lepers who came to Jesus at a distance...
The book of Ruth tells the story of two disenfranchised women (Naomi and Ruth) who are reintegrated into God’s covenant people through the grace of a man (Boaz) who is both compassionate and faithful to his familial duties. The women in the story...
The themes of temple and kingship fit naturally together as the temple is the place from which the King reigns. We see this in Psalm 2, which works alongside of Psalm 1 as the introduction to the Psalter. As the introduction, Psalm 1 tells its...