This particular post is a wee bit different from the typical post I make. I just had an experience that called into question what I believe and act on. Back to the title… Complaint? Excuse? What do You mean by ‘private’? It is a kind of wall we can stand behind… but do we know […]
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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 »
What ARE your desires? Are they only carnal/secular? Will God answers these? (The answer is… I think it depends on what those desires are.) “Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” [Psalm 37:4] ‘And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do.
Have you ever considered the fact that the God of the Universe, the Creator of all things wants to be in relationship with you… and that He calls you ‘friend’! It’s true. He has done everything for us, not to ‘buy’ our affection – He is not a sugar daddy – but has and is
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
Know what this means? who it refers to? After a cursory study of this phrase, I thought it referred to God’s chosen people – the Jews. Then in one scripture I saw that it referred to us (Gentiles) “Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; …” [1 Peter
“For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh using the weapons of man. The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying sophisticated arguments
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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Do you expect the Pastor and leadership in your church to do everything? As an aside… those ‘things’ that you feel/think they aren’t doing – do you criticize them? gossip? complain about??? And what about YOUR responsibility? What are YOU doing to fill in the gaps or add your hand to? Do you honestly think
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
