2 Timothy 2:3,4 YOU, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Do not let yourself be entangled with the affairs of this life, strive lawfully in order to please Jesus who has chosen you as a soldier. In Exodus 13:17-18 God decided that his people were not ready for battle. He knew that […]
Recently there was a blind lady who won a Special Olympics race on a circular track and stayed in her lane the whole way running at full speed. How? She trusted and placed her hand in the hand of the guide who could see. We only need guidance for one step at a time. If […]
In the poem by Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven, he flees the Lord, running to anything else to meet his needs because he fears, “Lest, having Jesus, I must have nothing else.” Obviously he felt that Jesus was not enough and that he had to have something to relieve his needs and that something […]
Many “godly” people seem to deny that sin has any pleasure attached to it, any relief of stress, any sense of control, any feeling of being loved and worthwhile. However the devil loves to take God’s delicious worms and put an invisible hook in it. The wine dances in the cup and is beautiful and […]
Aside: Remember that when the devil grabs God’s sweet fruit and talk us into using these good things in wrong ways, God does not instantly cause the fruit to rot and stink. No, it tastes good going down. The sin is seldom in the pleasant thing but the sin is in our using it to […]
I am told that my blogs come across all black and white and lack the grace needed for people to hear the truth without becoming defensive. Well, if there are any out there that read my blogs, please remember, always, that your worth/power/ and security come from God and can in no way be affected […]
In Philippians, we read, “be careful for nothing” which does not mean to be sloppy and careless but rather to not be anxious. Remember the basic Bible principle that it never suggests that I just cut it out in my own strength. First I am weak and can do nothing without the help of the […]
It is interesting to ponder why anyone does what others want them to. In studying people, we find that obedience is driven by different things at different stages of maturity. In fact one can measure the life maturity of someone by the “why” of their obedience. So, where are you in the maturing as to […]
Ezekiel 11:19 God will knit my heart back together, I need this because I have given bits and pieces of my heart to so many, “gods”. He will give me a unified heart, unified to him and to others. He will do this by putting the Holy Spirit in me to take out my stony […]
Grace, grace, God’s grace, grace that is greater than all my sin. Understanding the enormity of grace is crucial to a godly life.
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