I have noticed lately that I am more likely to get headaches when my attitude toward projects or people includes dread. Dread is a soup made from various portions of fear, anger, laziness, unforgiveness, and more. Sometimes it is heavier with one ingredient or another. In contrast, thankfulness, joy, peace, patience, love are sources of life to me, and make […]
Neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party have as their agendas the process and structure of an honest, generous governance of the United States. Some individuals in each party probably do, but the two-party structure that operates as our government exists with the twin goals of control and profit. When “Obamacare” was legislated into existence, the greatest number of […]
Yahweh likes it when we build and create. We were born of the Spirit in the image of Jesus, and everything that has been created in the universe was created by Him, through Him, and for Him. Creating is the Family business. Be creative!
Jesus died to give you the life you are living. What are the goals you have for it? Do you hope to overcome sin? To become free of fear? Are pride, stinginess, offendability the hurdles you hope to jump past before you die? What impact do you hope to leave in the earth by your hours, days, years? Frequently, the […]
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:56-58 Holman Christian Standard […]
You need to be well-informed. You need to be strong in your understanding. You need wisdom. You can do things to increase these in your life. However – if you are knowledgeable and wise and have great understanding, but are not under the influence of the Spirit of Jesus, you are like a soldier with no connection to an army. […]
The greatest two skills you can develop in life are the ability to make decisions and the ability to follow through with the decisions you make. The greatest way to practice these two skills is under the influence of the Holy Spirit. I will praise the Lord who counsels me— even at night my conscience instructs me. I keep the […]
My strength cannot find its source in my self. It has to find strength that is like gravity or light or heat. If my ability to stand or to be settled or be committed is from within me, it will be relative in its ability to be maintained. It will be questionable in its ability to discern truth. It will […]
Action confronts and can overcome fear. Delay acquiesces to and can strengthen fear. So then, brothers, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh, for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. All […]
One of the most powerful hindrances to our ability to hear the Spirit speaking to us and to our strength to thereafter obey what He says is our religious heritage. We are programmed to believe certain religious practices and objects and designs have spiritual value. Some of what we value is actually very costly liability. We are taught by our […]