What does that even mean? Do you have any understanding? OK… admittedly, this is undoubtedly an individual definition, but the concept – Practicing Christian – do you have your definition? Let me provide mine so you have a context. Being a Christian is meant to permeate all of who we are, everything and everyone we […]
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Do you have many you’s? Not unusual… many people do. However, it will entail a bit of a juggling act and knowing which you to present to which ‘group’ when you are with the world. Quite honestly…….. is it worth it? And what do you gain when you do this? Isn’t it tiring? I really
Nor is it ‘easy’. And accepting Jesus isn’t a free ride nor does it exempt us from problems. Jesus tells us in John 16:33, MSG: “I’ve told you all this so that trusting Me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take
Recently I’ve been thinking about ‘more of God’. Knowing, understanding more of the who and how of the Lord. We really do need to understand the who of the Lord, but we also need to know how to express this. Then the rabbit trail took me to the question of… if we don’t apply and
Perhaps a bit of a ‘duh’ but understanding is based in learnings. The next ‘duh’ is that this is never one and done, it is always a continuous discovery, thus in layers. You do appreciate that when it comes to the essential and eternal, you never learn and understand everything about (fill in the blank)
Spoon fed answers are never as effective or long-lasting until they are owned. And someone else’s answers rarely provide the ownership. After a certain point, many of us don’t like to be spoon fed – we want to know for ourselves, to make our own decisions, to come to our own answers. It’s really not
“… we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” (Ephesians 4:15-16, ESV
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I don’t know how many times I’ve said this, written about it, or implied that Everything that is of major importance in life is a process! Nothing is instantaneous… and when it comes to essential issues, it probably is never ending too. Experience suggests that whatever the major issue is.. it is either atrophying or
“As far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us…” Believe this? Act on it? We do tend to hold on to previous bad behavior/sin and apologize to the Lord over and over again… why? Though this will sound incredibly stupid… sometimes it’s because that’s who we
“And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:27) You may think my question presumptuous, but this is serious! It would be my contention that we are all told to carry our cross(es). But do we wimp or moan about this. Do we simply sit down on the
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
