Reformed Doctrine Blog

    These are 52 Scriptural Devotions, one for each week of the year.  Each gold mine is based on Scripture and has a title which summarizes the central vein.  Each gold mine is also based on an actual diary letter that I wrote to my best friend, Harry Sieplinga, about my struggles in life and my attempts to discover and apply Scripture to my life during that time.

     I chose the following Scripture in Jeremiah as the Theme of the Book, because I conclude that we should focus more on who God is and what He has done than we should focus on us and what we have done.   

“Thus says the LORD, `Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;  but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,’ declares the LORD.  Jeremiah 9:23-24

• GOLD MINE 1:  DEUTERONOMY 33:12

  • THE BELOVED OF THE LORD REST SECURE IN HIM.

• GOLD MINE 2:  ROMANS 4:5

  • FAITH IS RECKONED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS

• GOLD MINE 3:  RUTH 2:12

  • MAY THE LORD REWARD YOUR WORK AND MAKE YOUR WAGES FULL

• GOLD MINE 4:  I KINGS 17

  • MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT GOD DELIVERS US OUT OF THEM ALL

• GOLD MINE 5:  JOSHUA 1:9

  • GO UP TO THE ALTAR AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH YOUR CHILD

• GOLD MINE 6:  PROVERBS 3:5-6

  • GOD WANTS US TO SEEK HIM ON EASY DAYS AS WELL AS DIFFICULT DAYS

• GOLD MINE 7:  JOHN 6:27-29

  • WHAT SHALL WE DO TO WORK THE WORKS OF GOD?

• GOLD MINE 8:  PSALM 19:7-11

  • GOD’S WORD IS MORE DESIRABLE THAN GOLD

• GOLD MINE 9:  EPHESIANS 2:4-7

  • DON’T SEEK ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR DIVERSIONS.  BASK IN GOD’S LOVE.

• GOLD MINE 10:  PSALM 34:5

  • LOOK TO GOD AND BECOME RADIANT.

• GOLD MINE 11:  MATTHEW 18:3-4

  • WHOEVER HUMBLES HIMSELF AS A CHILD IS GREATEST IN KINGDOM OF GOD

• GOLD MINE 12:  PSALM 52:9

  • GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOREVER, BECAUSE GOD HAS DONE IT.

• GOLD MINE 13:  MATTHEW 6:33

  • FIRST SEEK GOD;  FIRST BELIEVE CHRIST

• GOLD MINE 14:  JOHN 7:38

  • BUBBLING UP AND OVERFLOWING

• GOLD MINE 15:  PSALM 138:8

  • GOD WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT CONCERNS US

• GOLD MINE 16:  JOHN 6:16-21

  • SEEK CHRIST’S PRESENCE MORE THAN HIS PRESENTS.

• GOLD MINE 17:  PSALM 34:6-19

  • GOD DELIVERS US OUT OF ALL OUR TROUBLES.

• GOLD MINE 18:  ISAIAH 41:10

  • GOD HELPS US IN UNEXPECTED AND DIFFERENT WAYS.

• GOLD MINE 19:  PSALM 92:4

  • ARE WE GLAD ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE OR BY WHAT GOD HAS DONE?

• GOLD MINE 20:  PHILIPPIANS 2:13

  • GOD IS AT WORK IN YOU.

• GOLD MINE 21:  HEBREWS 12:2

  • WE CAN’T FOLLOW CHRIST UNLESS WE KEEP OUR EYES ON CHRIST.

• GOLD MINE 22: I CORINTHIANS 2:9-12

  • THE SPIRIT REVEALS TO US THE THINGS FREELY GIVEN TO US BY GOD

• GOLD MINE 23: LUKE 9:38-43

  • AMAZED AT THE GREATNESS OF GOD

• GOLD MINE 24: JOHN 14:1-6

  • JESUS IS THE CURE FOR DISCONTENTMENT

• GOLD MINE 25:  ROMANS 8:6

  • SELF-IMPROVEMENT OR GOD’S IMPROVEMENT?

• GOLD MINE 26:  PSALM 92:12-15

  • DON’T BE A HORSE;  BE A TREE.

• GOLD MINE 27:  JOHN 14:27

  • PRINCE OF PEACE

• GOLD MINE 28:  JOHN 20:29

  • SIGNS AND WONDERS

• GOLD MINE 29:  MATTHEW 11:28-39

  • CHRIST’S YOKE WAS THE CROSS;  OUR YOKE IS THE SPIRIT

• GOLD MINE 30:  I PETER 1:7

  • PROOF OF FAITH IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD

• GOLD MINE 31:  ROMANS 8:28-32

  • GOD HAS FREELY GIVEN US ALL THINGS

• GOLD MINE 32:  PSALM 116:7

  • REST

• GOLD MINE 33:  HEBREWS 11:6

  • COME TO GOD SEEKING A REWARD

• GOLD MINE 34:  I PETER 3:18

  • CHRIST BRINGS US TO GOD

• GOLD MINE 35:  PSALM 33:13-22

  • A SWEEPING VIEW OF WHAT IS VALUABLE TO GOD

• GOLD MINE 36:  PSALM 96:3

  • LOOK AT WHAT GOD DID!

• GOLD MINE 37:  JOHN 6:35

  • JESUS IS OUR BREAD OF LIFE

• GOLD MINE 38:  PSALM 40:10

  • ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

• GOLD MINE 39:  LUKE 10:38-42

  • PATIENCE

• GOLD MINE 40:  PSALM 16:1-2 and GALATIANS 2:20

  • ULTIMATE SATISFACTION

• GOLD MINE 41:  DEUTERONOMY 31:6-8

  • GOD SOMETIMES DELAYS DELIVERY TO PROVE OUR FAITH

• GOLD MINE 42:  ISAIAH 60:11

  • JESUS SHINES THROUGH US

• GOLD MINE 43:  HEBREWS 11

  • DON’T HAVE ENOUGH?  AREN’T GOOD ENOUGH?

• GOLD MINE 44:  JOSHUA 21:45

  • HAVE FAITH!  NOT ONE OF GOD’S PROMISES FAIL.

• GOLD MINE 45:  PSALM 31:23

  • THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL AND PUNISHES THE PROUD DOER.

• GOLD MINE 46:  I SAMUEL 12:6-22

  • CONSIDER WHAT GREAT THINGS GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU!

• GOLD MINE 47: ROMANS:15-16

  • “ABBA!” – “DADDY!”

• GOLD MINE 48: LUKE 8:26-39

  • TRUST THE POWERFUL RESULTS OF GRACE

• GOLD MINE 49: ROMANS 12:3

  • GOD EVEN GIVES US FAITH

• GOLD MINE 50: COLOSSIANS 1:22

  • CHRIST PRESENTS US HOLY, BLAMELESS, AND BEYOND REPROACH

• GOLD MINE 51: ROMANS 5:15-17

  • WE REIGN!

• GOLD MINE 52: PSALM 119:160

  • TRUTH IS THE SUM OF GOD’S WORDS