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Too many debates about the Lord’s Supper in church history have concentrated on what the bread and wine “are like.” But our central focus should be on what God is like. He is our Father—He gives, He bestows, He provides.

A good short meditation on the Lord’s Supper by Pastor Wilson, particularly the quote above, reminding us (and me in particular today) that God, not the elements, is the focus of the sacrament.

HT: Kyriosity.

Paul Tripp Ministries: Realistic Expectations
There’s no escaping it, this world isn’t functioning as it was designed to function.

Another really good post from Dr. Tripp on Psalm 27.

Paul Tripp Ministries: Psalm 27: Why Would God Ever Answer Me?

“Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.” (v.7a)

Paul Tripp again puts something together that is both encouraging and convicting, and a reminder of God answering our prayers, not because of what we’ve done but because of who He is.

Paul Tripp Ministries: Psalm 27: The Shortest Distance between Two Points

The life to which God has called us is the ultimate straight line. This line starts with dead rebels and ends with people alive and reformed into the likeness of God’s Son. The problem is that our living is seldom a straight line.

Another good post from Psalm 27 by Dr. Tripp for you to read today.

Paul Tripp Ministries: Psalm 27: Safe

I am safe,
not because of
money
or power,
or position,
or intellect,
or who I know,
or where I live.
I am safe because of the glorious mystery of
grace.
I am safe because of the presence of
boundless love.

Read the rest here.

Paul Tripp Ministries: Psalm 27: Singleness of Focus

Do you live with singleness of focus? Is your life shaped, structured, and directed by the pursuit of one glorious, fulfilling, heart-satisfying thing? Or is your life a picture of a constantly changing narrative of fickle affections careening from one hope to the next?

You see, you don’t live by instinct. Your life is directed by the thoughts and motives of your heart.

Read the rest here.

Paul Tripp Ministries: Psalm 27: Someday
The reason our “somedays” are more fatalistic than hopeful is that in our sane moments we all know that we don’t have the power and control over our world that we would need to have in order to guarantee the realization of our dreams.

Seeing the goodness of the Lord in this life takes faith. Paul Tripp has another encouraging post from Psalm 27 here.