I am always impressed by evil masterminds who want to take over the world in books and movies when they plot and plant and wait and develop and in 40 years have created the machine and evil manpower to (they hope) make their plan work. The patience, the foresight, the design, the recruitment, all of it seems to be impossibly […]
Yin and Yang are structures ancient Chinese philosophy offered to explain or identify balance. Yin is dark and passive. Yang is bright and aggressive. Yin is female, Yang is male. Generally, they are presented as balancing or completing each other, not competing. Represented as a circle with a white drop opposing a black drop, there is a black dot in […]
Wherever you are having the most trouble in your life – the most discouragement, the greatest fear or worst disappointment, Yahweh is at work. There, He wants to heal you or free you or change you or empower you. You have to be born again to see the Kingdom. Then you have to look. He loves it when you ask […]
It is a very valuable blessing to see things that you say or do bear fruit in others’ lives. As you bear the fruit of the Spirit to anoint your work, people flourish at times because they were with Him in you. There are other times though, when, because you have been bearing fruit well, the Keeper of the King’s […]
Learning to make good decisions happens in a process that includes learning to discern the direction and instruction of the Spirit of God (including what He speaks through other believers), learning to reject the noise your flesh never stops making, learning to reject the deception that unclean spirits never stop attempting (including what they speak through other believers ), and […]
The references here are chapter and verse from the revelation of Jesus that John experienced: One day, Jesus will sit on a throne for judgment of humanity. The awe of His might and glory as He sits for the first time as a Judge will be so terror inspiring that heaven and earth will try to get away (20:11). Every […]
Religion is a product of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In order to practice religion properly, you have to know the rules. What is right and wrong – good and evil. The arguments religious people get into are always about information, including the rules. Religion is a foundational part of every culture. Every […]
* What is gathering food for your household like: (a hunting expedition, a treasure hunt, a boring drudgery, taking a beating, etc.) * What are some of the types of food in your cupboard? (Fresh, perishable, long term storage, frozen, etc.) * What is your favorite means of preparing food? (Frying, baking, stewing, microwaving, raw, etc.) * How much of […]
Today a friend went through a test. As a result of a series of errors in their judgement, other people suffered loss. Before they went before a court to determine what they were guilty of and what their sentence should therefore be, we prayed. I felt led to ask our Wondrous Father for much grace and surprising favor. When I […]
John 4:19-24 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. […]