Believe it or not, it IS easy to tell the difference between a test and a temptation or attack. Always start with checking out the source and your spirit. Do you feel embarrassed or even worse – condemned? If so… not the Lord, not how He works. Sometimes, your emotions give you a sense of […]
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When I was growing up in the dark ages, one of the more favorite sayings was ‘jack of all trades and the master of none’ typically preceded by a somewhat critical tone implying either – is this what you want to become or applied to another person. I think that the implicit assumption/judgement was that
Did you grow up knowing you needed a Savior? And ‘needed’ is spelled in capital letters. I suspect that unless your family was Pentecostal, the probability for most of we who were raised in mainstream churches didn’t. Baptists did though. Point being is that if you didn’t know… how do you know? What was your
Do you find yourself using those or similar words? It’s the same lament that Paul wrote about – doing the things he doesn’t want to do and not doing the things he did want to do (Romans 7:19). I definitely get irritated with me when I do this … and it’s not just the 1st
Do you ever take the time to put teachings, verses together when one confirms the other. I certainly do – example: “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe [Me] because of the [very] works themselves [which you have witnessed]. I assure you and most solemnly say
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Not you? If you are a born again Christian then, yes you are sent. Read again the Great Commission [Matthew 28]. We have work to do. Equally important is: “ But how will people call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in Him of whom they have not
I wonder #2 is a series of ponderables or wonderings. Mostly it’s asking and not answering questions. Each a study in contemplation? Perhaps. <<<>>> TeachableDo we realize that we react based on our experiences, definitions, and understandings? One of the most apt questions and wonderings from this is: am I teachable? And, what do I
We are told to ‘consider’, tests and challenges and trials!!! Who would ‘consider’ that? Doesn’t mean it isn’t a good thing though. But… what do we get from doing this? How do we view tests, challenges, and trials? Unfair? How are we to ‘consider’? “Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come
Trustable. Are you trustable? It probably would help if I provided my definition for this word so you’d know how I was defining and expressing this word. I do realize that most people would use ‘trustworthy’ which is a great word and more well known and understood, but I like ‘trustable’. In my world of
My goodness… I didn’t realize that I was sooo performance based! No, not in relation to others, as a basis of comparison – just in terms of me. And while some of you who are more familiar with me, I suspect this comes as no great shock. Was it my family? my friends? my standard?
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
