“So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ.” (Romans 10:17,AMP) Do you know and understand what you hear? Or do you listen to the first half of the sentence and assume you know the rest? Or maybe you simply aren’t interested in what’s being said? […]
you know? You really can’t be chastised, or held accountable for what you don’t know. BUT… And this is a gigantic BUT, #1 this also requires you to learn, to grow, to refine who you are and what you do. Ignorance only goes so far. AND, #2 if you were wrong, to not repeat the
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Since it’s my spiritual birthday today, I wanted to write a more personal blog/post. The theme. Mission, is undoubtedly implicit in nearly all of my writing, but this one speaks directly to this. There is a high correlation between Mission and ‘making a difference’, which is obvious. But when you consider your Mission you need
“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead,
Describe you? Or are you carrying around the baggage of unrepentant sin? Do remember that our sins will find us out (Numbers 32:23) ). Perhaps your situation is that you’ve confessed your sin, sought forgiveness… but can’t seem to let go and accept your forgiveness. You do realize that You have to accept your forgiveness
Do we learn our lessons? Do we know HOW we can ‘prove’ that we have learned? Two simple and observable ways: 1- do we apply what we learn and 2- do we repeat mistakes/sins? Do we truly ‘see’ ourselves? With every learning there is an opportunity to refine ourselves… look us in our eye and
“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health[physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].” (3 John 2) Gives one pause… for me it’s the ‘just as’ phrase. This seems to imply a relationship. Success, Prosperity, Health – JUST AS. Just as your soul prospers. This seems, to me, that we need to attend
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Scary word? Sound like you are giving up ALL control? Does the word leave a bad taste in your mouth? No personal choice? Just how DO you define the word and how is it seen in behavior? Just HOW can we look at obedience, positively? Beginning with a definition to discover if we do understand the word, seems the
Now why would you do that?! You didn’t turn it over until you were at the end of your tether and could do no more, soooo, why take it back? Makes no sense. Yet we do this all the time. What’s our problem! Quite honestly, I’m not too sure we can always point to a
I’m not sure change is ever instantaneous. I believe it takes work: commitment, diligence, patience, intentionally, understanding… and a great deal more. Repeating: it takes WORK, especially when you are trying to ‘improve’ you. And I’m convinced, at least for me, that it is never a ‘walk in the park’ and can be painful. BUT
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
