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     “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom      of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many      will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in      Your name, cast our demons in Your […]

    We … well many of us, put a positive spin on the teaching on sowing and reaping. It is positive. When we read in John (15) about abiding in the vine that we reap a fruitfulness. We also learn that apart from abiding we can’t achieve the fruitfulness… we are told that apart

  Isaiah 49:8      “Thus says the Lord: ‘In an acceptable time I have heard you. And      in the day of salvation I have helped You:’”  which is repeated by Paul in 2Corinthians 6:2 as he continues this thought;         “Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”  

  How do you walk – as forgiven or still dead in your sins? When you’ve gone to the Lord repentant, seeking forgiveness, and determined to not repeat do you then walk as forgiven or do you hold on to your guilt? For many, they still walk as condemned which means that they are hanging

  “You can’t undo history but you can make it.” Isn’t that a great line? This comment was uttered in a program I was listening to, and it captured my thinking. Maybe not particularly original, but it still is a good thought. It should also cause us to stop and consider where our emphasis is – then or

  How would you finish that sentence? How do you describe and define you? And yes I know I’ve asked this question multiple times before and in multiple contexts. Still a valid question… and a continually evolving one. Do you define yourself in terms of the things you do? Perhaps you define yourself more than

  Since no man is an island, I’ve interpreted this to mean that everyone follows someone. Yes? Most important – who do You follow… and why? Do you know? There must be a reason! Their power? Their personality – intelligence, charisma, forcefulness, reasoning, (fill in the blank)? There has to be a reason why you

   This is another of those ‘topics’ that we may talk about and yet have differing definitions… mostly dependent upon our ‘experiences’. I really don’t believe we can self-declare it for ourselves. I know I’ve written about righteousness a number of times because I keep learning more about what it means. I’m going to cut

but it’s not the me I want me to be! Ever feel like that? To me it’s the lament Paul talks when he says he does those things he doesn’t want to do and doesn’t do the things he wants to do. (Romans 7:15.19) What’s our answer? What can we do about this issue or

  Stage 1: first comes knowledge. Knowledge is a willful act – you must willingly pursue it. Scripture, Proverbs, tells us to seek knowledge. It isn’t always an issue of liking the knowledge, it’s not valued this way. Knowledge doesn’t hide or elude us but it does require us to pursue it, to discover. Knowledge