How about this from Ambrose? “[Christ] alone is our mouth, by whom we speak to God; he is our eyes, by whom we see God; and also our right hand, by whom we offer anything unto the Father.”

Some top tips here from hbcharlesjr 👇

‘Any time you feel your unhappiness turning into bitterness, you have to check yourself. You can live with unhappiness, but bitterness will kill you.’ Richard Osman We Solve Murders

‘Our rest is found not in our understanding, but in trusting in the one who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good’ - Paul David Tripp Sunday Matters

‘When I think back on that once-dreaded Sunday, Psalm 42 comes to my mind. Read and reread it, and then run to the assembly of God’s people. Drag yourself there if you have to, but go. That assembly is a gift of God’s grace to his weary children.’ - Paul David Tripp Sunday Matters

So it’s 10 years since I joined “Twitter”. It’s not what it was, but I’m still grateful for so many here. I’ve listened far more than I’ve talked, but have benefited hugely over the years. Especially thankful for the many thought-provoking pastors / theologians who’ve helped me.

Augustine on the incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ, in “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” ⁦Crossway⁩

"Many pastors find it easier to do the Lord’s work than to be in the Lord’s presence." thegospelcoalition.org/article/pastor…

“God is taking you through things that you would have never chosen in order to produce in you things that you could have never achieved on your own” (Paul David Tripp Sunday Matters)

'The greatest need today is the power of the Holy Spirit in and through individuals.' – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Listen to 'Lloyd-Jones: His Letters and Books' ➡️ow.ly/7BKM50V98V3

Thought-provoking mini-thread from Marcus Honeysett of Living Leadership 👇

“Let me … rejoice that I am under the care of one who is too wise to err, too kind to injure, too tender to crush” - The Valley of Vision Banner of Truth

Sparked by a comic strip from Sophie Killingley (Sophie Killingley) on this week's blog we're thinking about when leaders are treated like a vending machine. ➡️ buff.ly/vRyiyKr

“O heart of God, I see you nowhere as at Golgotha, where the Word incarnate reveals the justice and the love, the holiness and the tenderness of God in one blaze of glory” - C H Spurgeon

“When thou art absent all sorrows are here, when thou art present all blessings are mine” — The Valley of Vision Banner of Truth

“In Christ’s God-to-humanity relation, he is a prophet; in his humanity-to-God relation, he is a priest; in his headship over all humanity, he is a king” — Herman Bavinck

Commenting on Acts 2 this Pentecost Sunday: “Following the Spirit always leads down from the upper room and out to the outer courts” — Pete Greig

“The goal of theology must never be reduced to merely getting right ideas into our head. The reason we care about theology … is so we can know God more deeply, enjoy him more fully, and walk with him more obediently” — Kevin DeYoung

“We do the hard work of careful, precise, intellectually demanding theology that we might see and savour the glory of God in the face of Christ” - Kevin DeYoung

“We should not fear the weakness that drives us into our Lord’s hands. What we should fear are the delusions of strength that tempt us to live independently.” — Paul David Tripp Sunday Matters