RADICAL MINDFULNESS: And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing (metamorphosis) of your mind. Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus. For His ways are not my ways nor His thoughts my thoughts. So take every thought into captivity. As I think in my heart […]
Did you know that 100% of the things you feel think and do today will be PREPROGAMMED? What if the program is messed up? I must first admit that my programming is not godly and then cooperate in the process of rewiring the brain. Most of my decoding of what is going on, how I […]
INIQUITY = Deciding for myself what is right, doing this “right” in my own strength and moaning and groaning about how hard it is to do “good” so that we get extra credit from others. In the middle of your brain is a device known as the limbic system which God intends to fill you […]
The Lord has helped me not to want anyone to agree with me. As Paul says “Who is Paul?who is Appollos? For that matter who is Verle? It is the Lord that counts, I hope that they discern God’s thought and AGREE WITH HIM. I have had the interesting experience of debating with someone and […]
A scriptural meditation on the “heart cure” HEART: The inner “chatter”, what I am really thinking deep within while my outside actions and words seem fine. My heart is deceitful above all things! If I want it cured and truthful I will need the Holy Spirits help to: Take heed, keep my soul diligently so […]
Recently I watched a child react to a simple request to share an idea with those who love him most. His mind shut down at the terror of sharing a simple thought. He was afraid that they would be judgmental. Then I was listening to a tape on children who develop anxiety disorders which said […]
What a gift it is to be seen by friends and family! Too often we are so preoccupied with our media or own thoughts that we do not really LOOK at the people around us. Matthew 13:13 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they […]
Blessed: are the ones who sense how poor their spirits are and their need for spirit strengthening and enrichment from God. Does God really, want me to see that my spirit is far more needy than I realize? “YUP” Wouldn’t that make me beat myself up when I see the poverty of my spirit, or make […]
I recently had a friend with severe longterm diabetes mellitus. The high sugars had destroyed his ability to feel pain. He stepped on a nail and walked around for a while wondering who was getting blood on the rug. By the time he realized the source, he had to have major surgery on his foot. […]
When I was a child, my father said that the mission board did not want the folks back home to be told the truth about the struggles of spiritual warfare. “Make it all sound good or the supporters back home will stop giving.” Question: is God ever served by making things sound better than they […]
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