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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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