My wife really, really, really likes Christmas. The day after Christmas she says, “Well, 364 more days to Christmas”. As soon as it is reasonable to put up Christmas lights they go up and stay up until the neighbors start to complain. I have to admit that I have become a “Christmas nut” myself. Still […]
Jesus was so much more than anything that we can imagine or desire. One thing that he is and longs to fulfill his role in our lives is that he was The Way. Jesus said, I am the Way the Truth, and the Life! John 14:6 You can’t come to the Father except through Me!” […]
When we were home-schooling, our children were always striving to get by with the least possible. It was as though they asked, “Just how much of this knowledge and skill do I have to put up with?” I see the same thing in myself and my brethren. “OK I have been forgiven and given everlasting […]
The old comment said that if you eat chinese food, you will soon feel hungry again and want more. But is that so bad? We are to hunger and thirst for righteousness and we will be filled. Is that the end? “So now I’m filled so it is time to coast. It almost feels wrong […]
In the classic of our faith, by Hannah Hernard, called Hind’s Feet On High Places, Jesus looks at Ms. Much Afraid and asks her, “If I did not keep my promise to take you to the high places and give you feet like a deer, would you still love me?”. She looked at him with […]
Anything that you “have” will soon have you. Anything you, “own” will soon own you. Anything you “control” will soon control you. Knowing this to be true, should we run screaming from all possessions? NO! God loves to entrust to us, resources skills, and groups to belong to. He just wants them to be a […]
The devil is so smart, but then he has been around for a long time and he has found that certain approaches work, so you might as well continue to destroy people the way you always have. One of his major accomplishments is getting us, us Christians, to be allergic to reproof. I remember talking […]
The devil gets us to resent or ignore the here and now suggesting that our happiness is in the future, in a future fantasy where we have no work or responsibilities. As children, we resent chores and school and can’t wait till recess, weekends and Summer. As adults we continue to resent school work, regular […]
In James 3:1 it says, “My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we should receive the greater condemnation. In Hebrews 13:17 it says, obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves. In Matthew 28: 8-10,14 we read, “Do not seek to have people call you honorable names like teacher or master […]
Oh, we long to be in control. We love rules that we think we can achieve. Legalism is a list of those rules and the suggestion that if we strive a little harder we can control even God and guarantee his acceptance. However both God and the devil want us to feel that our efforts […]
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