I take a look at the world around me, starting with the tip of my own nose. That, and everything else I see will cease to exist in a blinding flash of intense heat. Considering that, what should my priorities be? 2 peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief […]
Dear ones. Do you struggle with fear and anxiety? Remember Philippians 3. (Dr. Bell’s version) When I find myself anxious: I should choose to praise God for who he is, then beg him for help, thank him for both the problem and for what he is going to do about and through it, and point […]
Healthy balanced living never comes from RELIGION and doesn’t even seem to come from regular church participation or from trying hard to be good. It only comes from RELATIONSHIP with Jesus. Not just a head knowledge relationship but a “he lives in me and I am his and he is mine” relationship. Being “possessed” by […]
God wants me hot or cold. This lukewarm stuff is nauseating to him and he wants to “spue” me out of his mouth, a nice way of saying he is disgusted with lukewarm. He’ll take a passionate David any day, even if David is passionately messed up at times, over a person who sits in […]
There is a struggle understanding our need for JESUS vs. our need for OTHERS. Sure, Jesus is enough, more than enough, but he himself will lead us to minister to and receive from others. If he says, “I will guide and uphold you through your brethren”, and I say, “That’s OK I prefer to have private […]
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be MARRIED to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead (JESUS!), that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Romans 7,4 If I am the bride of Christ, what does that mean in terms of […]
TOWARDS THE SINNER Genesis 8:21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord SAID in his HEART, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; The Lord had just wiped out everyone and everything on the face of the earth except for Noah and his family and the animals […]
TOWARDS SIN (PS: If you don’t like the concept of sin, this blog is not going to add to your comfort. Remember I am a doctor of medicine and rejoice in clarifying just what is wrong so something can be done about it. Even so as a doctor of the heart I love to clarify […]
TOWARDS AUTHORITIES Genesis 20:64Judges 5:9 My (God’s) HEART is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. In I Corinthians 16 15 we read “I beseech you brethren that ye submit yourselves to those that have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints and to everyone that helpeth and laboureth […]
1 Samuel 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine HEART and in my MIND 1 Samuel 13:14 the Lord hath sought him a man after his own HEART. 2 Samuel 7:21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own HEART, hast […]
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