Is this what we should be aiming for? Does this mean abandoning your own understandings and interpretations? Are you supposed to accept whatever the norm is? Who acts as the dispenser of knowledge and understanding in determining that ‘norm’? Are they always right? What does one accord mean!? “Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence […]
The first question is … who set your boundaries? You? Circumstances? “Life”? Did you give this power and authority to someone else to make those determinations for/over you? Why? Did you simply stop because you didn’t know? You can know and understand them… you don’t need to walk in ignorance or error. Scripture has clearly
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What is ‘good’? Do you have a definition or is it ‘intuitive’? How does ‘good’ feel? Does it inspire you? Is it only a feeling? Do you search for good? Or better? Or best? Do you try to be good? Scripture tells us that there is no one who is good, except the Father. “There is none
“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” (Joyce Meyer) Patience is not a subject I typically write about. We have never been great mates. However, as I’ve ‘grown older’, we seem to have developed a cautious detente. Oh, this is not something I brag about,
However you refer to this act and status – salvation, born again, saved – this is not something to be taken lightly. I know I talk about this subject… often, both implied and directly. The reality is that when it comes to spiritual matters… we are always learning, always seeing new understandings about the ‘topic/subject’.
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It appears that we are far more adept at seeing specks in other’s eyes (life) than the log in our own. Is this because it is so much simpler to focus on someone else’s ‘deficiencies’ than to work on correcting our own? Or are we simply attempting to deflect the attention away from ours by
Mean what you say? Clarity of message? Perhaps the question should be, do you listen to what you say? If you heard you, would the message be clear and understandable? Honestly… what’s more important to you – the message or your recognition? If the message isn’t the focus, emphasis then why bother getting upset when
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Humble. Meek. Do we really know what these words mean? Or do you think you know? And what kind of behavior demonstrates these words? It would be my contention that most people really don’t know what the definitions are nor what behavior accompanies them. Mostly it’s a reaction to both words demonstrating negative connotations. Always
What you do now begins to determine what a year from now becomes. What do you want it to look like, who do you want to be? What do you plan – plan, not just hope – will you have accomplished? What will next year look and feel like? Granted, you can’t see tomorrow from
As a Christian we have principles and standards that are found in scripture. These are strong statement that the Lord gave… not ones that can be misunderstood or changed. Do you know, or only think you do, what they are? Can you substantiate what are the Christian’s principles and standards with scripture? And then, do
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
