On vacation I saw a tourist with a shirt that read, “Jesus loves you but I ‘m his favorite!” I loved it because it spoke to me. I even bought the T shirt and wore it. How do you react to the thought? Deep in my heart I tend to feel the opposite, that God […]
I did this blog twice and it disappeared. I guess that is a good metaphor for how I feel these days. After 21 years my work decided that they no longer needed me. My natural response? Feel worthless, hurt, review all the things that I thought they should have been more grateful for, be a […]
Who I am: I am a child of God who loves to go to the Bible and ask the question, “If these things be so, what manner of person ought I then to be? God has designed me with a “So then, what?” brain. Then, to help me find and share answers, I was saved […]
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The whole world is rushing to get rid of passion. They think that if they get rid of anxiety, anger, sadness, desire, burdens, goals, fear etc. Then they will be happy. NO! They will be the living dead. They crush out any real life filling passion with alcohol, TV, videos, video games, food, sports, pot, […]
Put on the whole armor of God. OK, but what does it mean to put on the armor? I am so prone to read a verse and agree and move on without asking “what exactly am I supposed to do with this?” First remember the three fold response to EVERYTHING? That’s right THANKS, HELP, SHOW […]
If I love God and live in unhealthy ways, will he cover for my poor choices and let me live long and well? NO! One of the basic principles of life is: That which a man sows–that will he reap. If anyone could break this rule, it would make a fool of God. Good luck […]
When tempted to do wrong, we often make the mistake of just trying not to do the wrong thing rather than figure out my legitimate God given need and the godly way to meet it. Just not doing wrong creates a vacuum which allows sin to gain power. It promises to meet a genuine need […]
Philippians 4: 6-13 God never expects me to create a vacuum by just trying to quit a negative. He wants me to put of the old by putting on the new. So what would the opposite of worrying look like? Be anxious for nothing, NOTHING- the first thing I do is say “YES, BUT! in this case […]
We humans love to write poems about our self determination, “I’m no slave, I’m my own boss.” William Henley writes” Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced […]
I. Ask God, “please teach me!” James 1,5 II. Watch for the triggers of my bad reaction, in the upcoming events of the following days, expecting him to teach III. Have a bad reaction. (Pretty easy huh?) To react with stinking-thinking, foolish-feelings, awful-actions. (WE may now pick from the following popular options or invent our own,: […]
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