“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians […]
We are told numerous times that we, as in WE, need to renew our minds. But exactly what does this mean? (Always remember that when we are asked, commanded to do something, that it really is something we can do.) Scripture provides many verses that speak to this issue: 2 Timothy 1:7, Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 12:34-35, Proverbs
What are your givens? We all have them. They provide us with our contexts, our ‘ordering’, our frame of reference. Either we do this subconsciously or we do this deliberately… but this isn’t a negative. Unless we put people in cement, givens are our way of responding to our world. The tragedy… or at least
You do realize that your ‘want’ is critically important… don’t you? Who you WANT to be and become factors significantly on what you do, learn, say, think, etc… Your want is the glasses you look through and how you think about and judge you.It is always considerably easier if we do a frank and honest
Religion according to Webster: “…the service and worship of God or the supernatural; a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices; a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith…” Somewhat lifeless, though the final part of the definition has more life. And what is
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Do you know, understand, and appreciate – YOU? Do you know your identity? Is this important to and for you to be who you are? If you are a Christian then the resounding answer should be… I’m in the process of discovering me! Colossians 3: 1-10 gives us much to think about as our new
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We all find them… or they find us. Is there only a certain amount of preparation we can do to avoid them? Do we take the opportunity to learn from our previous mistakes or just keep repeating them? If we know we will get burned if we stick our fingers into the flame, are we
We do need the times of the ‘safety of the shore’. But… we will need to venture forth after some time in our safe or sanctuary place. When you are in your ‘safety’ place/time, what are you doing? Vegetating? Investigating (if so, what)? ‘Relaxing’? Beginning to see all that’s on your plate (and what to
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Do you extend restoration to those who hurt you but regret this and want to maintain the relationship. I must admit that this is another of my favorite words… because the potential result (restored) holds so much promise. However, how do you define restore? Do you believe this possible for yourself? in relationships? with the Lord?
I think most of us, if not all, would like to do Great Things (those words with quotes, underlined, highlighted, and bold). Of course we don’t define either ‘great’ or ‘things’ and leave it as a kind of unknown and undefined goal and accomplishment. This act leaves us free to have this as a goal
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
