In C.S.LEWIS’s Narnia, a little girl Lucy is beckoned by the lion Aslan to go left. He then disappears and she tries to tell her siblings to go left. They chose to ignore her and go right getting into a lot of trouble and messing up their task. Later she sees Aslan and runs to hug him. He […]
Pause and think as to what is going on when we are lukewarm. Remember that important Bible study tool FIGURE OUT MY NATURAL RESPONSE, HOW I LEND MY BODY MEMBERS SLAVES TO INIQUITY AND UNCLEANNESS/ GOD’S WAY WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH THE OPPOSITE. When I assume that I must be doing things right, I always […]
The Lord wants me to, RELAX and invest in the seemingly hopeless cases around me–with gusto! To be calm and care intensely, peaceful and passionate, urgently patient, etc. First, he wants me to witness to my daughter and son who have decided to be the “masters” of their own life and decide for themselves what […]
I recently had the privilege of showing a young mother the practicality of God’s ways and wisdom. I had about an hour to help her look at what she was doing in her response to life that was burning her out. She went back to some of my coworkers and was reported to say, “Another […]
“But WHY do I even HAVE to be a fellow-sufferer with Him?! I DON’T feel happy about the evil parent God gave me, I have spent thousands and thousands of dollars in therapy, years of my life have been taken from me, and I screwed up my step-son in the process, I mean royally screwed. […]
I’ve always struggled to see what was the point of Ecclesiastes. Recently I was participating in a sunday-school class for veterans and the Lord led us to Ecclesiastes chapter nine verses 5-10 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; […]
When should I cast my cares on Jesus, and when, instead, do I join him in his agonized praying? I have often said that I can always tell when I have crossed the line and gone to meddling with God’s part of any situation; When I feel oppressed. Yet the Lord doesn’t say that he […]
So many people struggle with problems that have lasted a long time. Often they hang on by focusing on the hope that things will get better in the near future, then if things don’t get better they can become bitter. Meanwhile they are waiting till things get better before grabbing ahold of life. Joni Erickson […]
As I observe people in psychiatric help locations or, for that matter, everywhere, even in church, I see a lot of “hands that hang down”. It may be OK for the world to walk around with faces and bodies screaming, “poor me!” but I don’t feel that it pleases the Lord or reflects well on […]
When Jesus was being abandoned by the big crowds and the wishy-washy followers, he turned to Peter and asked if he was going to abandon him also. Peter replied, “Whom else can I go to? Only you have the words of life” John 6:68. This is the grain, the tiny-but sufficient-grain, of mustard seed. When […]
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