Jim Novell

Fill in the blank: To live is __________.    In this exercise, I am asking you to identify that which is most important in your life, essential to your life; what it is that gives meaning and purpose to your life, raises your affections, excites your passions – that which above all else occupies your thoughts, […]

I noted in my previous post that for the vast majority of people in this world, physical death, the end of our life – our existence in this world, is dreaded and feared.  And I noted that this fear and dread is for good reason.  One reason I noted is because it represents the loss

If you have ever had to take a timed exam in school or college or some other forum, you always dreaded the one monitoring the exam proclaiming, “Time’s up”, meaning you would no longer have the opportunity to finish questions you had not yet answered, or change answers you had already given but wanted to

One of the most influential, God exalting books I have read in my life was written by John Piper, titled Don’t Waste Your Life.  I read it about fifteen years ago and although it inspired me it also depressed me as I realized how much of my life I had wasted, how much time that

Dear Readers, The link below will take you to one of the most God glorifying sermons I have ever been blessed to hear.  I strongly recommend you take time to listen, truly listen. I guarantee that it will move your heart closer to the heart of our great and glorious God.   None Greater, None Nearer

All of time is ultimately God’s time (Ecclesiastes 3:1-9) (Psalm 31:14-15).  All that occurs in the realm of time is by God’s decree and under God’s control (Lamentations 3:37-38), as He directs the course of history according to His infinite wisdom and majestic power (Romans 11:33-36) to its purposeful end, namely His glory (Isaiah 43:7);

Time has been a noted theme in pop music over the years, particularly in my heyday of the 1970s.  From that era, we have Chicago’s hit recording, Does Anybody Really Know what Time It Is? (“Does anyone really care”).   We have the classic hit from Pink Floyd, Time, with its chastening lyrics “ticking away the moments

The Bible reveals that God created mankind in His image and likeness for His glory; that we would find our greatest joy and pleasure, our ultimate satisfaction and significance in knowing and loving and being loved by Him as His beloved children, willingly obedient to His wise and loving fatherly authority.  It also reveals that

In Matthew 26:36-46, Mark 14:32-42, Luke 22:39-46 and John 18:1-11 we see Jesus in what is referred to as the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives, a place we are told He came frequently to pray.  He has just spent the evening celebrating the Jewish Passover with His eleven closest friends on earth,

Isaiah 53 is the prophecy of what is commonly referred to as the suffering servant – the Holy one of God who in Isaiah 49:5-7 is foretold as the one who will redeem Israel from its exile from God and bring the light of the glory of God (of the infinite perfections of His being)