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Both are important. And, obviously, we have to put off before we can put on. We need to rid ourselves of  our secular/carnal approaches and rid ourselves of past baggage as we become the new. It’s important to realize that we are engaged as both subject and actor in becoming the new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). Colossians 3:8 […]

Do you ever feel that you’re in the wrong place? Or maybe you think your timing is off, that you’ve somehow ‘missed it’ or that it’s for so far in the future that it isn’t ‘currently’ viable? My first words of advice are: Don’t Assume! Too often when things are not going as we have

We live lives of opposites. And opposites do co-exist… or do they? For example: can you have faith and still fear? The quick answer is – of course. But not on the same issue, simultaneously. There are many examples of opposites: light – dark, faith – fear, hope – despair are only a few of

That phrase simply leapt out at me. It was a comment in a Christmas letter that a friend had sent. In it was the statement: God’s gift of rescue. Outside of when you are in dire need, do you ever think about rescue? Rescue… is it simply a ‘saving from’? Webster defines the word as: to free from confinement, danger,

A Happy New Year to you! I hope that you make 2012 all that you need and want it to be. Whatever else happens will be like frosting on your cake – but it is you who make the cake. A couple of things… 1- my ‘regularity’ in writing in the blog may become spastic

Do you? For you, for your life? Or do you expect that the absolute worst will happen for you? That the ‘great things’ happen to others, not you? I’m not talking about ‘pie in the sky’ or looking at life through rose colored glasses, but what is your expectation? As I’ve said before, I’m a

You have 2 choices: you believe it or you don’t believe it. Either it is authority… or it isn’t. It doesn’t depend on you understanding every thing, it depends on whether you accept it as infallible. Very simple and yet life hangs in the balance – your life. Sometimes it’s only an issue of pride

You do realize that the moment you accept Jesus as Lord you enlist as a soldier in the army of the Lord? You do. Like it or not, in this life you have an enemy that will try to defeat you and defeat all those around you. And… he doesn’t play fair. He will use

Each one of us is on a quest – at some level of intensity, whether or not we consciously realize it. I would submit that the reason is because there’s a hole in all of us – right smack dab in the middle of us. And, that hole can only be filled with something greater than

I realize that the phrase sounds strange, but it really isn’t. My advice is: 1- never, as in ever, allow someone else to make the decision about who you are, what you do, how you go about doing it! Certainly seek advice or allow those you trust to speak into your life – but the