Who? How? Why? These 3 questions need answering before one acts on following. ‘Why’ is the basis for our ‘who’ and ‘how’ and ‘What’ is the reason and foundation for our why. Fundamentally, we need to have meaning, purpose in the reason. The result is a willing following that has foundation. Does that mean a […]
Does that sentence end with a ‘.’ or a ‘!’ or maybe a ‘?’ Why? Is that outfit you bought for a special occasion 5 years ago still hanging in the closet… unused? Did that ‘special occasion’ never occur or maybe wasn’t special enough … but why? We all do this about some item (whether
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Do you ever accidentally look in the mirror and wonder who it is that is looking back mouthing the exact words you are saying? Surely not You! Do you do a double take to make sure there’s no one standing behind you? I must admit that I didn’t realize I LOOKED so old. Looking and
One of the greatest gifts- reconciliation. Let me try and put this into a context. If God was only God and man being man how can the two communicate? Why would they since God is Creator and man is the creation. God is perfect and man isn’t even close to being perfect. God is omni
“Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and
Part 2 Healed Are you more familiar with ‘healed’ than hurt … or less? Maybe one of the questions is – when do you know you are healed? Feelings, yes but more – that knowing that goes beyond mere facts. And healed is more than the lack of pain. And where’s the location of healing:
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First, I’m not talking about you feeling you are taken for granted. Nor am I referring to You taking another person for granted. I’m talking about do you take the Lord for granted? The answer is a rousing – YES. But we all do. The fact that we all do is not a license that
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Part 1 Hurt I read (or heard) a phrase that really captured me. “Hurt people hurt people. Healed people heal people.” I have no idea who to credit this to but goodness, what a picture is painted. If you say that this is obvious and rather simple – I’m not so sure. Sometimes it is
We know we are so much more confident and enabled to be fruitful when our senior partner is the Lord. And we even might do a good job of inviting Him in… but do we involve Him? Do we let Him be Lord in the midst? Or do we kinda smile and say ‘Welcome Lord’
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I’ve been thinking about the phrase, ‘giving God the glory’. What does this mean? How is this displayed? Do we only give lip service to this? Or, is it a conscious understanding that we do give the glory to God – at the moment? Granted each of us has to answer these questions for ourselves,
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
