Think about it… who gives us so many opportunities to ‘get it right’, understand, know, grow, change? The only Person gracious enough to understand our stumblings, attempts, wrong motives, etc. is Jesus. And what does He do for us? “Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience […]
The God of second, third, forty-fifth, ninety-nineth chances Read More »
You made Jesus your Lord… even if you don’t know all that this means.Step 2:1.You’ve been saved/born again for a couple of months.2.You have found a church that is Bible believing-Bible teaching and3.you have begun regularly attending.4.You have a Bible and have begun studying it (if not daily, every other day).5.You are learning about praying
I did NOT say… WHO are you! I’m asking… who you are – now and becoming? Since you have accepted Jesus’ invitation and made Him your Lord… do you know who YOU are? Just like there are many roles you play in your secular life, you have spiritual roles as well. Such as? Well you
You do realize that ALL Christians are in an on the job training [ojt] situation – yes? We learn and grow through our successes and mistakes. For me, some of my understandings: Obviously, there are more I could list, but these 4 are always involved in our learning and growing, discovering and acting. However, I
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If you haven’t already guessed I am somewhat obsessive about growth, especially in terms of who we are as pray-ers. And scripture provides us our foundation, our standard, our method to grow. I firmly believe the scripture that tells us we are blessed with every spiritual blessing and part of the reason is so we
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The following is a kinda tease. I’ve begun writing my next book. “Becoming… ME!!!”, And I thought I’d give you a taste (though I have no idea when the book will be published – I haven’t finished writing it yet). Those of you who are familiar with my writing know that my style/MO/approach is to
Matthew 15:17-20 (Jesus speaking) “Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual
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There’s a great quote that says: “Be Yourself! No matter what people think… God made you the way you are for a reason. Besides, an original is worth more than a copy.” [Priya Alice?] True. Do you believe this about and for yourself? Regardless of whether you acknowledge it or not… you did NOT evolve
What does this mean? Do you know? I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase… but WHAT does it mean to and for you? Not just a definition, but definitely a definition too, but how does this impact your day? Or… doesn’t it? “If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never
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Organized and Detail Oriented [D and O] are NOT bad words or actions – I did recognize this many moons ago. People who are organized and detail oriented are NOT uncreative or unspontaneous… they simply get the prep out of the way so it can be tweaked along the way, improved, and there is less
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
