How much of your life is beyond your ability to control it, or fix it, or even understand it? Joseph prevailed in Potiphar’s home because he thought it was normal to be awesome because of his identity rather than waiting until his circumstances confirmed it. He prevailed in Pharaoh’s prison because he thought that it was normal to be in […]
Seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness. How very different will our lives be today if we make no change other than to pray before we have problems?
I know, Lord, that a man’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps. Discipline me, Lord, but with justice— not in Your anger, or You will reduce me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:23-24 Holman Christian Standard Bible®©) If you knew all the details about your future, you would likely be more focused on […]
John 7:17 “If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God.” Perhaps the opposite is true, too – if you are convinced that what Jesus teaches is true, you will be more certain to discover what God’s will is for your life and be empowered to walk in it.
The more distance you either put or allow between yourself and Jesus, the less you know Him. The less you know Jesus, the more distance you either put or allow between yourself and Him. The more you know Him, the less distance between yourself and Him you will tolerate. The less distance you tolerate between yourself and Jesus, the more […]
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!What more can He say than to you He hath said—To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? “Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed,For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and […]
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but healed instead. (Hebrews 12:11-13 Holman Christian Standard […]
I marvel when I think about how much torment fellow humans suffer at the hands of “health care providers” without complaint. While managing a health care facility for 6 years, I frequently tried to cheer patients who did have complaints, with the idea that physicians invented the term “patients” to describe the people who were patiently enduring their services. I […]
Being filled with the Spirit of Jesus is important. Luke’s descriptions of being filled include the fact that some of the people who were filled with the Spirit in chapter 4 of Acts had already been filled in the event he had described in chapter 2. The idea that someone should be called “Spirit-filled” as if it were a condition […]
It’s a very odd contrast that we are called both to take up our crosses (or some fresher method of accessing our deaths) daily, but also be the most joyful creatures in the universe. Therefore since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares […]