In the Trenches: God’s Standard Goes Before Us
Blessings Friends, “For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.”—John 17:19 This is part of Jesus’ prayer for His disciples and ultimately us, the longest recorded conversation between God and God! Of course, the prayer was for our benefit, since The Father knew very well why His Son was sanctifying Himself […]
YOU: A Poem of Surrender
YOU Though confusion blackens my world, I will hold fast to Your hand You are my eyes Though a sea of lies roars around me, I will know the truth You are my ears Though my heart is pierced with sorrow, or my body wracked with pain, I will sing Your praise You are my […]
Lessons From Job: Knowing God’s Heart vs. Knowing God’s Mind
Taken in part from CarePages, April 16, 2010 Blessings Friends, Job 38:2: “Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?” What is it in our nature that makes us think we should be privy to understanding? Is it some remnant of the forbidden fruit? That grievous lie that led mankind to believe they […]
Power in the Blood
Taken in part from CarePages, February 3, 2010 Blessings Friends, I have been doing a lot of thinking about miracles lately. I guess I’m still trying to fit The Devine into my limited brain. Yesterday was a pretty achy day for me and I began to wonder if I would ever see a day without […]
HOSANNA!: Looking Toward Palm Sunday
Blessings, Hosanna! (Save now!) This is the cry that greeted Jesus as He rode into Jerusalem for the last time. “Blessed is He that comes in the name of The Lord!” (Quoted from Psalm 118:25-26) The multitude threw their garments and palm branches before Him, the symbol of victory, hailing this Man who had healed […]
Completion
Blessings Friends, Some people may wonder who I am and what brought me to create this blog. Briefly, in September of 2009, I was struck down (literally) by excruciating pain in my right hip, which robbed me of the ability to walk, sit, sleep . . . . An MRI revealed a tumor about the […]
The Bread of Life: Are You on a Spritual Diet?
Blessings Friends, When you are hungry, do you have someone eat your food and then regurgitate it into your mouth? Just reading those words is enough to make most people sick. Yet, that is exactly how many take in spiritual nourishment. Jesus said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by […]
The Taming of theTongue
Blessings Friends, Today’s promise is James 5:9: “Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!” I can’t help but smile at this, because I’ve just taken a break from preparing the lesson I’ll be teaching on Sunday entitled “Dealing with Problems in Relationships.” The […]
Journey’s End–Just the Beginning
Blessings Friends! Matthew 5:6: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. I was going to post more fasting info this time, but I didn’t get it done before my surgery, and I’ve now concluded my first forty-day fast, so I thought it more appropriate to talk about that. […]
Growing Pains
Blessings Friends, Jeremiah 33:3: “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” What an invitation! The question is, are you ready to know great and mighty things? My prayer for a deeper relationship with Christ has yielded some interesting results. Sunday evening, our […]