Yahweh’s Love, Our Mistakes

Yahweh’s instructions to Abraham never seemed to include any inclusion of Lot’s life in the invitations or directions. He was either Abraham’s idea, or Lot just invited himself on an adventure. My guess is that he was tired of chores at his dad’s place. Repeatedly, Lot was a costly problem for Abraham. When their flocks and herdsmen were quarreling over […]

Emotional and Mental Tiredness

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ […]

Staying Honest

What does honesty look like in every arena in which it can exist? How do we keep its protection as a belt? Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil. For our battle is not against flesh and blood, […]

Motivation

What motivates you with regard to your discipleship? Some common possibilities: Fear of hell Hope for Heaven Fear of being accused of failure Fear of disappointing Jesus Fear of disappointing other people Love for Jesus

Praying

Revoke means “call back.” Provoke means “call forth.” Invoke means “call in.” An invocation, at the beginning of our meetings, is intended to ask our God to come to the meeting. That seems a little pretentious for someOne Who is everywhere. If there are three of us in a room: you, me and our dad, and I say to you, […]

Hidden and Exposed

Just as a tree exists above the ground in a visible way and has its strength to stand built below the ground in a hidden way, our relationship with Jesus in the hidden times gives us strength to stand in the public times.  “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in […]

Laws for Jews and Gentiles

All those who sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous. So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what […]

Fruit that Remains

It is likely that Adam was still alive for more than 300 years of Enoch’s life, according to the information about ages of people when other people were born and lengths of lives that Moses wrote in Genesis. I find it easy to believe that Enoch’s strong desire to walk with Yahweh was birthed through walking with Adam some evenings […]

Prodigal Living

Luke 15:11-32 In Jesus’ parable of the two sons and the inheritance, one son seems to be happy to waste money on a good time with mates and the other seems to be stingy. In a few translations, the younger son is said to have wasted his half of his father’s estate in “prodigal living.” Some others say “riotous living.” […]

Jesus Departed From There

What is there in your life that resembles the practice Jesus had of escaping to deserted places from the crowds of daily responsibility and demands to spend time with His Father? Every time He spent time isolated from the demanders and the needs around Him, He came back with revelation and/or increased power.