Jimmy Davis

Grateful husband, dad of 3, learning to be shaped by the cross into the shape of the cross. A Praying Life Coordinator for Student Ministries at seeJesus.

[Times Free Press @TimesFreePress]

Dolly Parton's 1989 hit, "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" was cowritten by Signal Mountain's Randy Thomas.

The song went on to top the Billboard charts as the No. 1 country song that year. https://t.co/AJtocKxBF9

[Nathan W. Bingham @NWBingham]

How unspeakably wonderful to know that all our concerns are held in hands that bled for us. —John Newton

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.” - Ps 138:8

God's purpose and His passion for us cannot be thwarted!

[Jim Branch @hcnarbj]

The older I get, the more “Lord, have mercy” feels like the only legitimate prayer.

[Scotty Smith @ScottyWardSmith]

Nothing humbles, centers, and gladdens me more than affirming with Paul, “the Son of God loved ME and gave himself for ME” (Gal. 2:20). This isn’t spiritual narcissism; it's more necessary than my next breath. It’s not privatizing the Gospel; it’s treasuring the Gospel.

[Nathan W. Bingham @NWBingham]

The self-reliant person feels no urgency to pray because, in their mind, everything is already under control. Health, wealth, and success can quietly create the illusion that we are sufficient on our own, masking the reality that we are all dependent creatures.

Your prayer life reveals where you place your trust.

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, God would have put you there.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Jim Branch @hcnarbj]

God doesn’t always want to take away our thorn in the flesh, whatever it might be. It is an invitation into a deeper life with him. An opportunity to experience the sufficiency of his grace. A chance to display his power and find his strength in our weakness.

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

Fun Facts about the Psalms:

1- Most quoted OT book in the NT

2-Ps. 110 is most quoted OT chapter in the NT (33x)

3- All but 22 of the 150 psalms are quoted or alluded to in the NT (thus 85% of psalms found their way into NT).

4- The Gospels comment on all the major events in Christ's life via psalms.

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.” - Psalm is 68:19

The God who saves us is the God who sustains us every single day. We are more dependent than we realize.

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Satan is the Accuser. His work is to turn your eyes in on yourself and despair.
The Spirit is the Comforter. His work is to turn your eyes to Jesus, the rest for our souls.

[Dane Ortlund @daneortlund]

As to your complaints, I shall be always glad to hear them with attention, and esteem myself very happy to bear a part of your burden. I could likewise repeat numberless complaints in return: but instead of that, permit me to mention my 'cordial,' which, amidst all my complaints, helps me to many a quiet thought and many a sound sleep, which is--'If God has given me Christ, what can I have to complain of?'

Thomas Charles, 1780 letter

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

The picture of perfect faith in suffering is not always full of peace and comfortable.

Sometimes it looks like Jesus in Gethsemane - 3 hours on His face, overcome with sorrow, sweating drops of blood, crying out to the Father for rescue, entrusting Himself to God’s will.

Deep anguish and deep faith are not enemies.

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

Try reading the Psalms by asking: How did Jesus pray this? What did it sound like for Jesus to sing this?

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

Do you struggle to let go of resentment? To give up the last word? To not win the argument? 

Humble people do not engage in conflict with a sense of entitlement. They do not feel a right to be treated better than Jesus was. 

Instead, the humble trust that God will vindicate them in his time. And that frees them from the need to demand their rights in this world.  

Message: “How Does Humility Lead in Conflict?”

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

Many pastors carry a pressure unlike anything else in history. The temptation to compare, to innovate, to keep up, to launch a podcast, to preach at a certain level, to grow the church, and to produce visible results are just a few. So many begin to feel like failures, questioning whether the ordinary means of grace can really accomplish what today’s demands require.

Christ never called pastors to be celebrities, brands, or ministry entrepreneurs. He called them to be faithful shepherds. The Word preached, the sacraments administered, prayer offered, and people loved may seem ordinary in a world obsessed with metrics and platforms, but God has always delighted to work through what appears weak and unimpressive.

The pressure to produce what only God can give is crushing. Results belong to Him. We plant, water, but God gives the growth (1 Cor 3:6). Pray for pastors today!

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Christ cried to a Father who was silent as he let him die, so that you could cry to a Father who will hear you and give you what you need to live.

—@PaulTripp

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

There is no constraint to Christ's love, only to our willingness to receive. If our souls were a thousand times larger, still there is an ocean of comfort in him far beyond our capacity.

[Jason Kovacs @jasonkovacs]

“The love of the Father is the only rest of the soul.”

- John Owen

[John Newton @JohnNewtonProj]

The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption.