Boy, that title even rhymes! The Bible is full of bizarre suggestions, “Do the opposite of your natural inclination and it will work.” Such as: Choose to walk two miles when forced to walk one! When struck on one cheek, do not defend or counter-attack. Roll with it and try to find out where the […]
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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 […]
Just what does a really healthy person experience in regards to delighting in their God-given design and the life He has given them? When I discharge people from the day hospital, I sometimes tell them that my goal for them is that, in a couple of years, they might wake up, sit on the edge […]
Do you struggle with low energy and secretly envy others with abundant ability to serve God, feeling that you are not as important, as pleasing to the Lord. A missionary had been raised in the mission field, was bilingual, and felt that her mission field was in the country where she was raised. She was […]
At every point in life, I can find grace from God to do the right thing or go my own way and do the wrong. There is no choice to go my own way and do the right. Going my own way is the sin of iniquity, the worst sin of all. If I do […]
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IT’S ALL MY FAULT
Whenever I do couples therapy, neither one wants to examine themselves. “Fix the other and I’ll be OK!” They wallow in the universal delusion that looking good is more important that being good. I used to run around being terrified by the delusion that, if I admit the reality that “I am the chief of sinners”, […]
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The Grain of Mustard Seed Faith
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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Angry with God? You sure?
Did you know that God likes it when we are angry with him? For I wish that you were either hot or cold, but you are lukewarm, so I will vomit you out of my mouth. Read Jeremiah 20. Even Jonah was mad at God for not obliterating his enemies. God still listened and talked […]
Reader comment:”Something else that I think about continually struggle with is, proof of, do I have salvation? I often struggle with “am I saved?? What if I’m not?” It drives me crazy?” I believe that the very struggle is evidence of authentic salvation (because it’s evidence of the Spirit living in me). If I […]
The joy of the Lord is my strength. A couple of weeks ago we had a young lady baptized at our church. She was so short that she almost floated when she tried to sink into the water. I think that she was about 7 years old. When the pastor asked her if she had […]
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