Around the middle of July 2018, I suspended this blog due to significant changes in my personal life and ministry. The Lord in perfect sovereignty and providence allowed difficult events to impact my life so that I could not continue working on the blog. Energy and opportunity failed me but not desire. In inexhaustible mercy and infinite grace, the Lord guided my family and me to a place of new relationships and opportunities. While our immediate future is still uncertain, I look forward with the optimism that genuine faith gives to what the Lord has in store for us.

I enjoy blogging and hate that I had to suspend it. It was always in the back of my mind, but the tyranny of the immediate prevented me from work on the website. Recently, new friends encouraged me to revive the blog. My current life situation allows for my energy to follow my desire to continue this work.

Here is a reminder about how to use this website. First, please subscribe to the website (options are located on each post and at the bottom of the website). Second, please share the posts. Third, please comment in a positive way. This doesn’t mean that criticism isn’t allowed. It does mean that you are encouraged to distinguish between error and personal preference. Comments that are caustic or toxic will be removed or not allowed to display. Let what you say be filled with grace and seasoned with salt (Colossians 4.6). Fourth, the website offers a search function at the bottom. You will find the authors as categories and the topics or subjects as tags. A search dialog box (which looks similar to the subscription box) may be found at the bottom of the website. Fifth, if you know me, please do not think that I weaponized the website if I post a quote that coincides with a recent interaction with you. I do not do that. If there is a problem between us, I will communicate directly with you, not air my grievances on social media.

For my regular followers, thank you for your patience, and I hope that you will continue to find encouragement. For new readers, I welcome you as we walk together with Christ, learning from the wisdom and teaching of godly men and women.

God bless you all!

To my Life Is Worship readers, thank you for your patience. The nasty flu that’s been going around knocked me back about 10 feet. I was down for the count for two weeks and played catch up for the next two. Then several other events occurred all at the same time, conspiring to keep me from blogging.

I will renew my efforts tomorrow (February 21). Thank you for being patient.

God bless!

Matt

Thank you, readers, for making this website a success. There are over 1,800 quotes posted on this website. Here are a few other stats about the website.

As always the reading guides for The Knowledge of the Holy by Tozer (over 27,000 downloads), The Incomparable Christ by Sanders, and A Call to Prayer by Ryle are very popular download pages.

You can purchase the quotes on this website on Kindle from Amazon.

Here are the Top 10 most read posts from 2016.

#10 — Faith Rests on What You Think about God

#9 — Behold Thy God at Work

#8 — Preach the Gospel to Yourself Daily

#7 — The Great Cost of Answered Prayer

#6 — Is Your Rebuke for Revenge or Restoration?

#5 — My Wife, My Better Half and Heart’s Treasure

#4 — Forgiveness Is about Us, Not Me

#3 — Wanting God for His Blessings and Not Himself

#2 — Does Your God Contradict You?

#1 — Prayer Is the Christian’s Vital Breath

Here are the Top 10 all time most read posts.

#10 — Thou Art Coming to a King

#9 — Just Two Choices on the Shelf: Pleasing God or Pleasing Self

#8 — He Must Increase; I Must Decrease

#7 — An Old Quaker Prayer

#6 — Man Will Always Disappoint

#5 — The State of the Nation Depends on the State of the Church

#4 — God Uses Broken Things

#3 — Amazing Grace shall Always Be My Song of Praise

#2 — Brokenness before God

#1 — The Importance of Music in the Church

Thank you, readers, for making this website a success. There are over 1,500 quotes posted on this website. Here are a few other stats about the website.

As always the reading guides for The Knowledge of the Holy by Tozer, The Incomparable Christ by Sanders, and A Call to Prayer by Ryle are very popular download pages.

Here are the Top 10 most read posts from 2015.

#10 — Christ, The Friend Who Sticks Closer Than a Brother

#9 — Free Stuff Friday — A Description of Christ by Richard Sibbes

#8 — “Speak, Lord, for Thy Servant Heareth”

#7 — Embracing Brokenness

#6 — God Hides Blessing in Trouble

#5 — There Are No Shortcuts in Ministry

#4 — Just Two Choices on the Shelf: Pleasing God or Pleasing Self

#3 — The Word of God and Prayer

#2 — Show Thyself Strong

#1 — The State of the Nation Depends on the State of the Church

Here are the Top 10 all time most read posts.

#10 — God Hides Blessing in Trouble

#9 — Brokenness before God

#8 — An Old Quaker Prayer

#7 — There Are No Shortcuts in Ministry

#6 — Just Two Choices on the Shelf: Pleasing God or Pleasing Self

#5 — God Uses Broken Things

#4 — The Word of God and Prayer

#3 — Show Thyself Strong

#2 — The Importance of Music in the Church

#1 — The State of the Nation Depends on the State of the Church

As always the reading guides for The Knowledge of the Holy by Tozer, The Incomparable Christ by Sanders, and A Call to Prayer by Ryle are very popular download pages.

Here are the Top 10 most read posts from 2014.

#10 — There Is One Mediator

#9 — The Reasonableness of Faith

#8 — On This Day the Earth Shall Ring

#7 — Jesus Christ Was Conceived by the Holy Spirit, and Born of the Virgin Mary

#6 — The Reason Why Christ Suffered

#5 — My Soul, Wait Thou Only upon God

#4 — Free Stuff Friday: Nehemiah — By God’s Grace You Can Make a Difference

#3 — Beware of Empty Orthodoxy

#2 — Christian, Don’t Live in an Ivory Tower

#1 — Learning to Obey God One Choice at a Time

Here are the Top 10 all time most read posts.

#10 — Worship Is at the Heart of Obedience to God

#9 — Thou Art Coming to a King

#8 — Christian, Don’t Live in an Ivory Tower

#7 — Amazing Grace Shall Always Be My Song of Praise

#6 — Man Will Always Disappoint

#5 — God Uses Broken Things

#4 — An Old Quaker Prayer

#3 — Learning to Obey God One Choice at a Time

#2 — Brokenness before God

#1 — The Importance of Music in the Church

I have posted a resource page.  As I come across or develop resources useful for ministry, I will post them on this page.