One person asks another person for something on December 15th. The second person replies, “Well, I wouldn’t normally, but since it’s Christmas…” We’re nice to people on their birthdays when we wouldn’t give them anything on another day. Especially our birthday. Social pressure requires generosity at times and seasons, and liberates us from any responsibility at other times. In the […]
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one […]
I measure maturity by how quickly a person responds to a situation with an answer that is influenced by the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22,23). I believe that our motivation to work and to service progresses through stages until we are finally moved to respond to opportunities by the power of the Spirit – manifesting the fruit of His […]
John 21:14-19 (NKJV) This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, […]
Recently I made a mistake buying a bag of dog feed. Haste made waste. I looked at the breakdown of percentages of protein, fat, etc, but I forgot to check the ingredients. The previous bags were purchased at a discount when the local K-Mart was going out of business. They were expensive because they were primarily chicken. The puppy liked […]
The deepest, most powerful physical contact combines a manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit that is agape and the fruit of the Spirit that is faith. When the apostles laid their hands on the 7 young Hellenistic believers who were going to be assigned the responsibility of taking care of daily provision to Hellenistic widows, they were empowered by […]
Need a hug? If so, why? What does a hug do for you, to make you want one, or more so, need one? Being touched by someone is powerful in many ways. Being touched by restaurant servers increases the tips that customers leave. At two informal restaurants, waitresses had assigned to them customers who were randomly divided into three categories. […]
Normally, when John mentioned himself in what we call his gospel, he called himself “the beloved disciple,” or in some translations, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” Scriptures don’t clearly offer a doctrine on the issue, but I am convinced there is a direct cause/effect relationship between the fact that he knew he was much loved and the fact that he […]
Eu – Logos: good word. Eulogy is how its spelled if its at your funeral. Some people get to pick the epitaph that goes on their grave stone. Others have one written for them or about them. Some wouldn’t be what the deceased would have hoped for. Nobody knows you better than Yahweh. If He was going to write something […]