What does God expect of me?

On his new blog, my friend and prayer partner Pastor Ken McHeard asks “What does God really expect of me?” Please click and visit A DEEPER LOOK blog. This is the start of his answer…

Have you thought about that recently? I have. The prophet Micah during his third message in his book answers the question ‘what does God expect of me?’ when he writes:

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (NIV) Micah 6:8

It is interesting that God didn’t merely say “be merciful” here. He said love mercy. Loving mercy is to be a pattern of life. It is not something one is to do episodically but habitually.
(read the rest here).

Is God your Father?

“If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means the he does not understand Christianity very well.”
— J. I. Packer