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 […]
How do you ‘see’ the God of the Universe? Friend? Family? GOD? Do you consider the Triune God soooo very ‘out of your league’ that the only thing you know how to do is to keep Him as God and untouchable? If so, then I find that incredibly sad. No blame… no foul – just
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I may have taken a right when I should have continued straight ahead, but I got intrigued with the word – devotional. Do we really know what it means? Do we know how to ‘do’ it? So I did a bit of a deep dive. Most of the scriptural references on this word are found
Have you ever visualized yourself sitting in your favorite chair and the Lord sitting across from you and you two were just chatting. You weren’t praising, or worshiping, or seeking an answer … just talking. Maybe He was teaching or showing you something. Maybe you were acknowledging something you were contemplating and needed His assistance
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Know what this means? Do you appreciate what this accomplishes? Do you practice this? I decided that I was wondering what the scriptural definition of ‘reconciliation’ was, however this is Google’s: “Biblical reconciliation is the process of two previously alienated parties coming to peace with each other. Because God has reconciled us to himself through
I know I’ve mentioned this before but it is soooo very relevant in a variety of ways. Recently I was faced with a difficult relational problem. Frustrated and a bit irritated, I decided I would just walk away. Good plan… yes? Partially. My reality is that I was also walking away with unresolved ‘forgiveness’ –
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[The subtitle is Church, Part 2] You go to the golf course to play golf, you go to the grocery store to purchase food, you go to a doctor to get well. What do all these ‘activities’ have in common? Yep. Purpose situations, and many more examples I could have chosen. Point: each had a
I’m preparing to host a rather large ‘prayer event’ encompassing people who will be joining from various areas. I’m a detail type, no apologies, so I’ve been focusing on the technical details to make certain that those who wish to attend will be able to access the event. The other part is to be certain
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There’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ church! By definition churches are populated by people… and they are ‘operated’ by people and people are NOT perfect. So we could never believe that the Father’s fallen creation could create ‘perfect’. Or do we? Do we expect the leadership and Pastor to always do ‘the right thing’
If you think this is going to be another discussion on relationship… you’re right! Then again, I’m not certain that we ever stop learning about relationship(s) because they are always growing…… or if not, then they are atrophying and do you really desire a relationship with the Lord that’s atrophying???!!! Do you know how you
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
