Scott Hubbard | Desiring God

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Scott Hubbard

Scott Hubbard is a graduate of Bethlehem College & Seminary and an editor for desiringGod.org. He and his wife, Bethany, live in Minneapolis.

Most Growth Will Be Slow Growth

Most Growth Will Be Slow Growth

The road to heaven is long and slow. It’s a lifelong journey, not a sprint. Don’t despise the small steps of obedience you need to take again today.

God Will Daily Bear You Up

God Will Daily Bear You Up

If you are in Christ, God will bear you up today. He will show you mercy. He will make you new. And when tomorrow comes, he will do it all again.

God Does Not Forgive Excuses

God Does Not Forgive Excuses

God does not forgive excuses. He does not forgive qualifications. He does not forgive “buts” and “I was justs.” He only forgives sins.

Why God Made Your Mouth

Why God Made Your Mouth

God could not have given our mouths a higher calling than to be channels of grace. When you open yours, does the world become a better place, or worse?

The Dragon Hiding in Your Desires: Why Temptation Feels So Harmless

The Dragon Hiding in Your Desires

Why Temptation Feels So Harmless

Many of us fail to defeat sin because we refuse to use our imagination. If we could really see what sin will do to us, temptation would lose its power.

Three Ways to Purify Your Thinking

Three Ways to Purify Your Thinking

Your thought life will not become pure spontaneously. You will have to fight for it. But if you are in Christ, you won’t have to fight alone.

Do Everything Without Grumbling

Do Everything Without Grumbling

When unmet desire dissolves into discontentment, we grumble. When unmet desire draws us closer to God, we rise in worship.

End Your War Against Weakness

End Your War Against Weakness

Your weaknesses are not meaningless, and they are not mistakes. They are given by God. And in the end, they’re for your good.

He Loved the Children to Death: The Unassailable Strength of Weakness

He Loved the Children to Death

The Unassailable Strength of Weakness

When God wants to silence the devil’s accusations, defeat the strength of his foes, and shame the wisdom of the world, he teaches the children to sing.

The Good We Can’t Let Go: How to Guard Against Subtle Sins

The Good We Can’t Let Go

How to Guard Against Subtle Sins

If you are on guard against only bad things, you are asleep to half the battle. For many of us, the greatest danger comes from good things we can’t let go of.

The Harlot, the Virgin, and the Bride: How God Makes Us Sexually Whole

The Harlot, the Virgin, and the Bride

How God Makes Us Sexually Whole

If you are in Christ, a day is coming when you will no longer ache for complete purity. You will see Jesus’s face, and you will be pure as he is pure.

God Awakens Us in the Wilderness

God Awakens Us in the Wilderness

If you find yourself in some wilderness of life, take heart. Steadfast love has brought you here, and he will never leave you nor forsake you.

How to Overlook an Offense

How to Overlook an Offense

We do not overlook offenses by focusing on the offense itself or grasping for some inner strength. We overlook offenses by looking up to God.

You Are Not You Without Him

You Are Not You Without Him

You will never find the true you by focusing on yourself. You will find the true you only when you forget about yourself and become consumed with Him.

I Take You: Our Vows for the Unknown Country

I Take You

Our Vows for the Unknown Country

Today, we make promises bigger than both of us. To have and to hold. For better or worse. To love and to cherish. Till death do us part.

God Moves in a Mysterious Way: Hope for the Hard Years Ahead

God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Hope for the Hard Years Ahead

We do not need to grasp all that God is doing. In the end, God will show that his ways, so high above our own, were perfect at every turn.

His Heart Is Broad as Heaven: Why God Delights to Forgive

His Heart Is Broad as Heaven

Why God Delights to Forgive

What makes God glad to forgive you? Not your merits, not your vows, and not your future potential, but rather the worth of the Lamb who was slain.

Give the Gentle Kiss of Honesty

Give the Gentle Kiss of Honesty

We hate to receive it, we cringe to give it, and we easily justify withholding it. But love demands it. Give the gentle kiss of honesty.

God Is Bigger Than Your Problems

God Is Bigger Than Your Problems

When your problems feel overwhelming and you don’t see a way out, lift up your eyes and behold your God.

Roll Your Burdens onto God

Roll Your Burdens onto God

How did George Müller handle the worries of ten thousand orphans? He took them off his own shoulders one by one, and then he rolled them onto God’s.

Awaken Me to Today: Three Daily Reminders

Awaken Me to Today

Three Daily Reminders

When you wake up tomorrow, look up to God. Look around to his world. Look ahead to your life that day. And ask God to awaken you.

God Will Conquer All Your Sins

God Will Conquer All Your Sins

If you have tasted God’s grace in Christ, and long to enjoy more of him, but carry the awful weight of sin, know this: God will win the warfare he began.

Let Your Dream Small Group Die: Five Ways to Meaningful Community

Let Your Dream Small Group Die

Five Ways to Meaningful Community

When your Christian community disappoints you, avoid the urge to flee. Instead, let your dream community die, and learn to love the one you have.

What to Do While You Wait

What to Do While You Wait

Have you been waiting far longer than you expected? Let Psalm 37 lead you: Don’t fret. Commit your way to God. Do good. Delight yourself in the Lord.

Five Prayers for Those Who Wait

Five Prayers for Those Who Wait

When you find yourself in a season of prolonged and painful waiting, here are five ways to focus your prayers.