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 […]
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 […]
The Spirit of God works in us to want to do things right and then to be able to do them right (Philippians 2:12,13). He wants to transform us by renewing our minds (Romans 12:1,2). That’s what repentance means (Luke 3:8). When He speaks to our minds or hearts with a change of attitude, it doesn’t always work out into […]
Jesus replied, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and the greatest commandment. The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:36-40 “For the entire Law is […]
“Follow Me.” (Matthew 9:9) “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” (Matthew 8:22) “You still lack one thing: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” (Luke 18:22) “If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to […]
If I were a soldier in a nation’s army, I would have been taught the basic tenants of how to act as a soldier in boot camp and other early training. When an event arose that thrust me into a situation of my nation being at war, I would need those basic teachings to be well memorized, so that I […]
Once upon a time I was debt-free. I had been in debt, having borrowed money for a home and a car, but I made sacrifices and wise choices for a while, eliminating the debt. I was in the process of shopping for my first keyboard at that time. I had looked at a few, tried a few, and considered how much to […]
I have trouble not being surprised at the number of people who are frequently complaining about Scripture being taken out of context, yet who insist on yoking all of the family of God to a code of rules that includes every “command of Scripture,” with no regard for what a particular commandment’s context was in terms of the hearer’s location, issues unique […]
Recently a strong believer was visiting my home when another believer happened to be present, casting demons out of a woman. I had given the man permission use my home to cast out the demons, but I was in my workshop, not realizing that he had arrived, and that the work was in progress. The believer who happened by at the time […]
If you have listened to me very long, you have, by now, heard me suggest many times that the Bible is not a book of rules, but revelation of a Ruler. One of the most powerful ways to prevent unity from emerging in the relationships of believers is to be more interested in rules than in the Ruler. In Walmart recently […]