What does this day mean for you? Do you recognize the significance? Or do you get caught up in all the attendant activities associated with the day? Are your memories warm and fulsome? Or sad and empty? Is the day focused on the reason for the day – Jesus? Or that jolly Santa? Both? There’s […]
Have you ever thought about God having feelings? Too trite or insignificant or maybe too disrespectful? Why? Put away those reactions and think about the question – there is a reason. Do you believe the Triune God has feelings? “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [but seek to please Him], by whom
Do you know what ‘a meaningful life’ is, means? Do you have your definition so that when ‘life’ happens, you recognize whether or not it’s part of your definition? At the end of the day as you are lying down and putting your head onto the pillow – what are your thoughts? Are you ‘happy’
That whine is really most unbecoming. And we do this in so many ways and times. For the Christian it really should never pass our lips … but it does even though we are told to take off the old man and put on the new man… “If in fact you have [really] heard Him
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I know I’ve written on Mary and Martha before, but not in this context. If I had a choice, I would want to be Mary. But I think there could be too much of Martha in me. Not to disparage Martha – she had many admirable qualities and if Martha was like Mary… Still, I’d
(I think I shall blame this on my mood when I penned this.)The following conversation you may never have experienced – I did. You can reverse the parent role, but the dialogue was always the same. Me: Mom can I go to (fill in the blank – movie, local teen hangout, etc.)Mom: Ask your Dad.Me:
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We do… no argument. But… Why do we leak? And leaking what? We leak: who we are as a new creation, what we can do, though Ephesians tells us in chapter 2 that the Father says: “For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from
If He said it …. do you believe it? Scripture says: “All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal
” So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest—the promised land] because of unbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God. Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short
Prayer is composed of praise, worship … and asking. Do you ask the Lord for what you think (and even hope) you need? Do you think He’s really not interested? Do you think you have no right to ask? And I think you could probably come up with some other questions. Point being: how do
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
