I remember a friend in Anchorage AK who had been saved for a little over a year. At that time, I had been saved for about 40 years. He wanted to know when he could expect to arrive and no longer have to struggle with slipping into sin, no longer having to apologize for messing […]
I am told that prairie pioneers would see a prairie fire racing towards them and deliberately set a fire between their house and the oncoming fire. The larger fire was sucking air in to feed itself, so would pull the smaller fire towards itself. This created a charred area between the big fire and the […]
Be very clear as to what you want. The greeks said that when the god’s want to punish someone, they give the person what he wants. Getting what we want and doing whatever we naturally want— is the definition of slavery and the total loss of identity. Instead of turning to God for real worth, […]
We often portray Jesus in song and sermons as carrying our sins on his back. The scriptures say, “God the father MADE Jesus sin, who knew no sin, that I might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law, being made a […]
I have often pointed out that I am the shyest person that I know. People often laugh when I say that, because, by the grace of God, I do not act in the shyness that is still strong in me. One time I was given the privelege of doing a devotional for my high school […]
Be afraid, be very afraid! Tremble in your boots! Jeremiah 33:9 Ezekiel 26:16, Jeremiah 5:22 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.Job 28:28 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil and hunger for righteousness. God shows his “secrets” to those who fear him.Psalm 25:14 When I fear the Lord, I […]
When the king of England wanted to dictate how to worship his god, so that he could have more personal control; he sent his soldiers to stop a growing movement of godliness in the countryside. The people resisted and one of their leaders was a man named Cromwell, who was given leadership over a few […]
A lot of times we get our balance skewed by doing good things, while neglecting the most important. Luke 11:42 There is a basic, inflexible, rule: If I sacrifice higher priorities in order to attend to lower ones, then everyone suffers, even the ones I think that I am, “helping”. On the other hand, if […]
First, it is actually impossible, even for brilliant minds, to focus on two things at the same time, either we will focus on one and ignore the other or focus on the other and ignore the first. Sure, we can flip rapidly between two things but will handle them both poorly. What is my one […]
When I am straining under much labor and feel heavy laden, then Jesus asks me to,”Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest unto your soul, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” I have an invariable rule […]
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