“… 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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Revelation, Renewal, Righteousness, Relationship, Replacement This has been a developmental discovery. Initially I had the 3 R’s as my basic foundation. Then another R emerged and so on till I reached this point that there are 5 R’s: Revelation, Renewal, Righteousness, Relationship, Replacement. And they all define the refining process. I fondly call them –
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I am a great proponent of applying learning. What function does learning accomplish if it isn’t tested and demonstrated in one’s life? I typically classify any unapplied learning as ‘interesting’ but not of any great use – a kind of learning for learning’s sake, still with some value. But it is in seeing, intentionally, the
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Since we are told to renew our minds… what does this mean? Have you ever thought about the what, how of renewal? Not only the need to renew our mind… nor only the how to renew… but the renew to what? I realize that I’ve written about this before and probably will again… probably because
Do you? Are you completely convinced and confident of what you know? How do you Know what you know? Where’s your proof?! Context. When I am talking about this aspect of knowing, the reference is spiritual. What do you know and believe and act on when it comes from your spiritual knowledge? What are you learning
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about (fill in the blank) and how do we handle this? There are times and situations when we truly can’t do anything about (fill in the blank). I do believe that this can be times of understanding individual responsibility. We can’t assume the decisions for others – only they can (no matter how accurate and/or
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We all have them. I suspect that sometimes we feel as if we are totally surrounded by them with absolutely no way out. Plus, we may not be completely certain how we got here in the first place. What we need to consider, however, is that sometimes we turn what really are only molehills into mountains.
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
