Harley Snode

In Christ. Husband. Father. Pastor. Counselor. Blogger.

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Lord, help me to embrace your "workroom of grace" that suffering uniquely allows in my life.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Suffering is dangerous because it exposes your heart to temptations as never before, but it is also a workroom for grace.
How you view God in suffering will determine if your suffering will produce a lasting legacy of weakness and disillusionment or increased strength and greater joy.

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Yes!

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

Those bound for heaven must be willing to swim against the stream, and must not do as most do, but as the best do.

Matthew Henry

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Since so few of my "evangelical" friends will definitively say it, I will.

This is both:

1. Sad-May he realizes before it is too late the full, free forgiveness of our God!

2. The exact opposite of the Gospel-May all those influenced by him realize before it is too late that his current theology will never lead them to heaven!

Mt 6:14-15 "14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Whether they admit it or not, this is what every sincere pastor needs to hear from their church on the regular...and especially on Saturdays as they gear up for the overwhelming and with-eternal-implications task of preaching God's Word.

Here are a few reasons why it matters so much:

1) It reminds them that they don't have to compete with the celebrity preachers/content creators online; they just have to serve the real people in a way that is impossible without proximity.

2) It encourages them that the sermon is not a monologue for them to perform but a dialogue that the congregation is prayed up and ready to respond to.

3) It elevates what often feels like an exercise in futility that "nobody remembers anything I said" to a glorious duty that is savored/anticipated through changed lives.

I am grateful for so many who practice this @NorthLifeBC and encourage members everywhere to go and to likewise with yours TODAY!

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

@KenFielder Grateful to read how God is blessing your family and ministry. Heidi and I will be praying for Mrs. Linda's mother.

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Grateful for these precious memories with my son Landon...yes, even the ones made at the Big House 😉.

They have the bittersweet effect of:

1) Helping me incrementally grieve again to a lessor and lessor degree how much we have missed in recent years. (Oh how I miss that pain-free smirk/smile!)
2) Reaffirming that, by the same grace of God that provided them in the past, there are more of them to come.

#healthforlandon

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

@mattgoins77 Love that you made that connection. Grateful that God is redeeming the pain and grief experienced by both of your families to comfort others!

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Here's my heart on this election day 2026. God of all mercies, may your will be done so that your servants-including me, my family, our church-can freely, fully serve this world with your gospel?

2 Ti 2:1-4 "1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Yes!

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

A sermon is NOT:
- a commentary
- a lecture
- a pep-talk
- a TED talk
- a therapy session

A sermon IS:
- a declaration from the text
- an application from the text
- a proclamation (of the gospel) from the text

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Could not agree more!

[David L. Allen @DrDavidLAllen]

Long term pastorates may not be a guarantee that a church will grow. But short term pastorates may indeed be a guarantee that a church will not grow.

God give us pastors who will stay for the long haul at a church.

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

What a beautiful fall hike with my favorite person in the world yesterday!

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

New Blog Post:

"Do you realize how pervasive chronic disease is in our day? According to the CDC, 'Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease, and 4 in 10 have two or more chronic diseases.' While some of these conditions are honestly self-inflicted, the only thing more prevalent than chronic disease is what is unhealthy in the rest of us that attempts to fills in the gaps with insensitive assumptions, short-sighted remedies, or even pious judgmentalism..."

https://t.co/sh05OQ4YXz

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

And one of our 25 ton ground units that services our auditorium in getting replaced this morning as the sun rises @NorthLifeBC . Thank you to all who gave to our #anniversaryoffering a few weeks ago!

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

@DrCoppernoll From what I know it was mutually arrived at.

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

This picture captures so much. Just an undershepherd and Christ's local flock throughly savoring an "average Sunday."

I have continue to have the privilege of traveling/preaching a fair bit in other places, but there is no place like serving and worshipping in the local church provided personally to you and your family by God Himself.

Here are a few probably-overlooked-by-others praises from my Lord's day yesterday that just have to shared:

1) Tremendous vulnerability/encouragement in my small group over where we as men get stuck in our Bible study.

2) A thoughtful bag of homemade snacks on my desk from a family in our church for Landon.

3) Morning worship that "lifted the roof" and a room full of hands (and the hearts connected to them) afterwards that indicated God's powerful working through the preaching of His Word.

4) Dedicating to the Lord a precious little 6-year-old girl who just got adopted by one of our missional families.

5) Opportunity to witness at length in the lobby after the morning service to a dear young man who is truly searching. (Please pray he gets saved this week!)

6) Watching my dear wife facilitate as only she can a lunch out with one of our church families and new family who recently started visiting our church.

7) Our student pastor's wife sitting outside mentoring one of our young adults when I arrived back at church in the afternoon.

8) Three of our teen guys who sat on the front row with eager engagement in our PM service.

9) A very, very moving "Hymn Sing" that our worship leader put his whole heart into as we reviewed how the "Church has always sung."

10) Some shared tears and "I love you, man" swapped with a young man I have been discipling to close out the day.

There is nothing like it. For those holding out on the local church, you are missing out. For those persevering through a dry, difficult season in your church, it's worth it to stick with it when others are not.

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

#OTin2026 Takeaway for 10/25:

Unlike the capricious and manipulative gods of this world, my God is distinctively and persistently faithful...even when I am not.

Only with Him can both of the following statements be true:

1) "Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of ISRAEL" (5b)

2) "For ISRAEL hath not been forsaken...of the Lord of hosts."

This God is committed and invested in His relationship with me like no other. Why would I not respond in like fashion again today?

~ Jer. 51

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

#OTin2026 Takeaway for 10/24:

All it takes to be a "lost sheep" wandering from the Lord's character/promises is to forget that He alone is to be my:

1) Heart/Body's Resting Place (6)
2) Soul's Satisfaction (19)
3) Sin's Pardon (20)

~ Jeremiah 50

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

@KennyFryman Thank you, Kenny! Yes, still a ways to go, but now we have clarity on the direction. Thank you for your encouragement over the years on this journey!

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

Rejoice with us wherever this finds you today...the nail/screw aisle at Lowes or elsewhere!

Here's the most recent #healthforlandon update:
https://t.co/84NiYEYWMN

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

#OTin2026 Takeaway for 10/23:

I serve the God who will ultimately fill all places with His glory and break anyone/anything/anywhere ("vessel") unwilling to yield to this agenda on their own.

Are my heart, home, and church places that will fully surrender to what PLEASES HIM again today?

~ Jeremiah 48:38

[Harley Snode @HarleySnode]

So true from the GOAT.

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

WORK ETHIC ELIMINATES FEAR

“I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear.” (Michael Jordan)