I’m Tim Hayes, a believer in Jesus Christ, Whom I know and love. I write to help myself and others in our journey after God. As in all things, test what’s here by Scripture. I value all insights, encouragement and challenges.
- 06/23 Our Old Man () Conquering our sin
- 06/23 Delight in the Law () Measuring spiritual health
- 06/20 Him Crucified () Our singular pursuit
- 06/18 Ready to Vanish () The old covenant’s hidden for now
- 06/13 Christ In You () Divinity within
- 06/12 All Things but Loss () Christ vs this world
- 06/11 Honor All () Respect is unconditional
- 06/10 Seek the Lord () Going after God
- 06/09 Strive to Enter () Agonizing to be saved
- 06/03 A Merchant () Finding God’s kingdom
- 05/29 Honor the Son () Christ as divine Judge
- 05/29 Kiss the Son () Receiving Christ’s divinity
- 05/29 Sell All () Called to poverty?
- 05/27 In Your Heart () Loving God by loving His words
- 05/23 I Follow After () Pursuing Christ
- 05/22 The Election of Grace () God’s unconditional election
- 05/21 Instruct in Meekness () Teaching gently and discretely
- 05/21 Desperately Wicked () Man’s total depravity
- 05/19 The Mystery of Iniquity () The insanity of depravity
- 05/14 The Foundation () Local church defined
- 05/13 Tell the Church () Spiritual authority
- 05/06 Speak Not Evil () Deciding others’ motives
- 05/03 The End of the Law () The purpose of Torah
- 04/29 Clothed With Humility () Toward selflessness
- 04/23 Under Authority () Obeying those who create morality
- 04/23 His Own Burden () Spiritual accountability
- 04/22 Despising the Shame () Dealing with contempt
- 04/20 Let the Dam Go () Bases of cultural health
- 04/18 Purge the Leaven () Finding hidden sin
- 04/16 Christ the Firstfruits () Christ rose first; we’ll all follow
- 04/15 God Is Kind () God’s blessing isn’t validation
- 04/15 Save a Soul () Making a difference, one soul at a time
- 04/15 Well Done () The secret of fulfillment
- 04/10 The Wicked Flee () Boldness in blame
- 04/08 Of Man’s Judgement () The power of accusation
- 04/07 Seducing Spirits () Demons entice us
- 04/02 As the Heaven Is High () Infinite, equalizing mercy
- 03/30 Arming Myself () Another weapon
- 03/25 Increase Our Faith () Knowing God better
- 03/23 Take Heed () Being present
- 03/20 My Portion () Inheritance
- 03/19 Fear Not () The sin of worry
- 03/18 False Brothers () Of wheat and tares
- 03/12 Prayer Abomination () When prayer disgusts God
- 03/11 Behold the Beauty () Shadows of majesty
- 03/08 Cleaving to Dust () From empty longing
- 03/04 The Way () A path and a Person
- 02/26 That Which Decays () A pattern in God’s temple
- 02/18 Open My Eyes () The miracle of spiritual sight
- 02/11 Worship in Truth () Purifying our worship
- 02/04 Knowing Good and Evil () The root of depravity
- 01/28 Through Weakness () How God shows strength
2016
- 12/31 A New Creature () The divine heart transplant
- 12/22 Put the Evil Away () The Bible vs the Qur’an
- 12/18 Inhabiting Eternity () God’s timelessness
- 12/11 Speak To Yourself () Worship through truth
- 12/04 All Patience and Longsuffering () Divine strength
- 12/02 Take the Sword () What’s your Bible for?
- 11/26 To Reconcile All Things () All will be well in the end
- 11/25 Raise Them Up () Nurturing and admonishing our children
- 11/24 That Which Is Holy () Pray before persuading
- 11/24 Bold as a Lion () Holy fearlessness
- 11/21 Effectual Fervent Prayer () Praying for nations
- 11/12 Do Good () Voting for the common good
- 11/06 More Than Conquerors () Victorious hope in trial
- 11/05 Esteem Others Better () Holy humility
- 10/29 Exercise Yourself () Pushing our soul limits
- 10/23 Precious Promises () Partaking of divine nature
- 10/08 Emulations () Unholy sameness
- 10/04 A Prating Fool () Steering clear in wisdom
- 10/01 Variance () Unholy differentness
- 09/24 Lord Knows () Resting in God’s infinitude
- 09/17 Perfecting Holiness () Growing reverently in love
- 09/02 The End of All Things () Living soberly in God’s purpose
- 08/29 The Circle of Earth () Proving Earth’s a sphere
- 08/09 Oppositions of Science () Science and spiritual life
- 08/07 He Shall Rule the Nations () Voting for Christ
- 07/28 The Unity of the Faith () The bond of healthy community
- 07/27 Be Found Faithful () On keeping our word
- 07/16 Presumptuous Sin () Prayerfully run from willful sin
- 06/28 The Word of God () Which version is best?
- 06/26 A Falling Away () Before Messiah returns
- 06/25 What Is Truth? () Aligning with reality
- 06/18 Walk in the Light () How to walk with God
- 06/14 A Sweet Savor () Others remind God of Christ in us
- 06/06 Proud in Heart () Pride isn’t optional
- 05/29 Love the LORD () Passion for God isn’t optional
- 05/21 God Is Just () God’s passion for justice
- 05/14 Man of Sorrows () Weeping over brokenness
- 05/13 The Second Death () Pondering Hell
- 05/08 God Is Faithful () Resting in the nature of God
- 05/05 Too Painful () When disquieted by injustice
- 05/02 The New Month () God’s monthly call to worship
- 05/01 The Sword of the Spirit () God’s weapon – our weapon
- 04/28 Root of Bitterness () Temptation in trial
- 04/28 Shield of Faith () Our most important armor
- 04/23 The Gospel Mystery () In calling all God saves only His own
- 04/23 Live by Faith () The basics of faith
- 04/22 Be Persuaded () The basics of repentance
- 04/17 There Is No God? () Proof that atheism is foolish
- 03/27 Right In Our Own Eyes () Making up morality
- 03/19 My Course () Fulfilling our purpose
- 03/13 Your Father Knows () Divine perspective in prayer
- 03/13 Let Us Draw Near () When we’re far from God
- 03/06 Seek My Face () Connecting with God’s heart
- 02/27 What If God? () Why God allows evil and suffering
- 02/22 The Terror of the Lord () Over-focus on God’s love
- 02/20 Eternal Salvation () Eternal security: intrinsic to the Gospel
- 02/20 Not Under Law () A glorious key of spiritual life
- 02/18 My Feasts () God’s call to feast with Him
- 02/08 Edify One Another () Why go to church?
- 02/06 Saved By Hope () Deliverance in God’s goodness
- 01/25 Ponder the Path () Intentionally staying in God’s way
- 01/16 None Good but One () Free will and God’s sovereignty
- 01/10 Keep My Commandments () Torah: God’s litmus test
- 01/09 The Voice of God () Discerning the divine
- 01/02 He Learned Obedience () Gethsemane: the ultimate obedience
2015
- 12/27 Subtlety to the Simple () Growing in Christ’s subtlety
- 12/27 To Know Wisdom () Its importance, and how to get more
- 12/25 Love Your Enemies () Living as children of the King
- 12/20 The Indignation of the Lord () Into the mystery of the gospel
- 12/20 Stony Ground () Patience in trial evidences election
- 12/16 God Is Good () The key to overcoming
- 12/12 Make Your Election Sure () Ensuring eternal safety
- 11/27 Abounding With Thanksgiving () Defines who we are
- 11/22 As Bound With Them () Remembering those who suffer
- 11/07 One Thing () Keeping focus: pleasing God is all that matters
- 10/30 Walk Worthy () Obeying more from love than duty
- 10/16 Our Light Affliction () Heavenly perspective in suffering
- 10/09 Every Perfect Gift () Engaging in the moment, abiding in God
- 10/04 Keep Yourselves From Idols () Discontentment with God
- 10/03 Lest Any Man Fail () Involving community in response to sin
- 09/28 Buy the Truth () Don’t fear being wrong; fear staying wrong
- 09/18 Established With Grace () Grounded in God’s sufficiency
- 09/14 Look for Him () Anticipating Messiah’s return
- 09/11 Feeding in the Majesty () Feasting on God’s majesty
- 09/10 Remember the Days of Darkness () Wisdom’s plea to tepid souls