Should it ever happen that on some day you do something that the Holy Spirit convicts you of as sin, you should repent of it with depth of heart and permanent change. “Repent” means a responsive change of mind: you thought a certain way or believed a certain thing, then something happened, and now you think a different way or […]
If my answer to excuse my failure is ever, “Well, I am only human,” should I feel less than human when I walk righteously? If it is my nature to do stupid things, am I not living up to my real nature when I walk in wisdom? Would such unnatural behavior be failure to be honest to my identity? Jesus […]
When He finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. (Exodus 31:19 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul. And if I drive out demons […]
Maturity, in my estimation, is measurable by how quickly a person responds to a situation (without regard for whether the situation is opportunity or danger), with a response that has been birthed in the Fruit of the Spirit listed by Paul in Galatians 5:22-23. A further, more refined look at the issue becomes, in my estimation, how quickly a person’s […]
Physical Therapists have discovered the best possible exercise program for your particular physical issues and body type. It is the exercise program that you will actually do. There may be 1476 other programs that have the potential for greater strength impact or weight loss or other changes in your life, but the one that you will actually do faithfully is […]
“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed. So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’ “But his master replied to him, ‘You evil, […]
Almost everyone had imaginary friends when they were children. Even Barbie and GI Joe fit into our friendships. Pups and cats were the victims of thousands of hours of one-sided conversations. The adult version of imaginary friends is FaceBook. Graduating from that use of our imaginations to interacting with Jesus as a Friend is quite a leap. He is not […]
Yahweh knows what will happen next. He knows why it will happen. He can change it if He wants to. He has already changed the “proper” results of circumstances in your life many times. No matter what your view of a situation leads you to believe about what will happen next, His view is better and His power to change […]
As we mature, we subject more and more of our lives and our stuff to the reign of Christ over it. If you take a 20 minute trip in your vehicle, constantly worried about whether your worn out tires are going to pop, you will be more exhausted than if you took a 2 hour trip during which you were […]
Some people throughout the ages have been given assignments from the King of Heaven who carried them out very obediently, even though they neither honored him as King or as Savior. They were slaves in the Kingdom – not family members. As once Jesus told some Jews who believed Him, “A slave does not remain in the household forever, but […]