Men like to make things out of materials that are uniform and straight and fit together without much trouble. God likes to make things that are alive be built together into something that seems misshapen and asymmetrical and poorly attached to each other from our carnal perspectives. Peter wrote: “Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and […]
When a story passes through enough peoples’ lips, it is no longer the story it was when it was first told. Words that have been abused long enough become something new. Part of Archie Bunker’s fame came from his misuse of words and stories. He was poorly educated, but strongly opinionated. His vocabulary increased by hearing other people use words, […]
Yahweh is “the God Who sees me,” according to Ishmael’s mom: “Yahweh-El-Ro’i“. Abram was told by Yahweh that he would become the father of many nations: “Abraham“. Much time passed, without the promise being fulfilled. Abraham’s wife suggested a less supernatural way of doing it than the one Abraham interpreted as the promise of the Lord: have a son by […]
Listen and hear my voice; pay attention, and hear what I say: Does a farmer sowing keep plowing forever? Does he never stop breaking up and harrowing his land? No — when he finishes levelling it, he scatters his dill-seed, sows his cumin, puts wheat in rows, barley where it belongs, and plants buckwheat around the edges; because his God […]
You have a ministry. It is your service to Yahweh, according to the meaning of “ministry.” “Mas” means “more” in Latin and Spanish. “Mini” means “less.” The relationship between a MINIster and a MASter is that one is little and one is big. One is less, and one is greater. The little one is the servant of the big one. […]
A proverb I try to use to motivate people to prayer is, “You get what you pray for. If nothing is what you’re praying for, you get that quickly.” Asking the Spirit how to pray or what to pray for is wise. Then praying as He leads is powerful. We frequently need answers to questions that we don’t feel are […]
You are truly awesome! You are the son or daughter of the God Who imagined and then spoke into being everything that exists! But… You’re in that stupid flesh. The likelihood of any of us getting anything right in the circumstances in which we live is pitifully low. Even on the days when we have a sober look at our […]
We have the mind of Christ when you add your part of the picture to my part. We have it. He has revealed by His Spirit things that He has prepared for us. However, among the mature we do speak a wisdom, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to […]
Socialists, both the political types and the scientific types, have problems deciding how to balance their toleration of intolerant people. The problems come from every direction; if you are intolerant, it usually means that at some point you become intolerable. If I don’t tolerate you being intolerant, who wins that argument? If I, in hopes of being right and nice, […]
John the Baptist stayed in jail and died there. Peter was led out of jail by an angel. Paul and Silas were freed from jail by an earthquake. John was finished with his work. Peter was covered with prayer by intercessors, and not exactly the best ones – they didn’t believe God had answered their prayer by freeing him. Paul […]