Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ. But God was not pleased with most of […]
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Improving at Finding Faults
A client was in my office this week who has visited my office over 10 times so that I could do work related to his deceased wife’s estate. It occurred to me when he left that every time he has been with me, he informed me about someone’s failure or someone’s ill-intended actions. In other words, every time he has been in my office, I heard an accusation of sin […]
Be Filled by The Well!
When I was baptized through death into Christ, I was put in Him in a way that transcends time and space. I am now seated with Him in Heavenly places. I was crucified with Him. I was chosen in Him before the foundation of the earth. When He baptized me through His Spirit, I was put in the earth in a way that transcends my humanity. I can now do […]
Parts Filled With Power
Atoms and molecules have tiny parts that are drawn together by a design that takes their intrinsic natures and abilities and knits them together to build something. They don’t think about what they would like to do and look for an opportunity to real-ize their dreams. They are inescapably drawn into function. Church is a human institution that was miscreated by the misdirection of two kings – Constantine and James […]
Well-Equipped Saints
The silliest of people who have learned how to listen to the Spirit of God and obey Him will do greater exploits and win more and greater prizes than the greatest of the wise who are only wise in light of the wisdom of the world. The wisdom of the world may be able to split an atom, but the Spirit of God can reveal how an atom was made […]
Rich in Every Way
Remember this: the person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not out of regret or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in […]
Sweeter Roses
Some roses smell nice, but some others have little aroma. The ones that smell weak can’t work harder at being sweet smelling and therefore achieve it. Better fertilizer, more water, more sun; these things may help, but holding its breath and squinting its eyes will not force more rose smell into the air around it. What will help me be more awesome? Can I just promise to try harder? What […]
Missed Opportunities
You may not see many opportunities to serve Jesus very effectively in your school, your job, neighborhood, or trips to buy groceries. It is probably always a good presumption to believe that there is more around us than we happen to perceive, though. Elisha’s servant walked out of their home one morning and saw more than he wanted to see – they were surrounded by an enemy army. Elisha could […]
Power Filled Words
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. Everything that exists was created through Him, and nothing that got created was made without Him. The Word became flesh, and lived with us. (John 1:1,3,&14a) First, the Word was just a word. Father used the Word to create everything that got created. Then, the Word became flesh, and was with us as a […]
Might be Useful
Many movies that become popular start with the person who later becomes the hero being unpopular, wimpy, nerdy, but passionate. Passion at its root meaning speaks of pain. Their passion is both in their ideals, which they are not able to attain because they are not powerful enough, and in their rejection as outcasts by the popular and handsome and pretty people. Something then happens in the story, either supernaturally […]