“To the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; to the upright man You will show yourself upright.” (Psalm 18, v.5) God reflects back onto and into our lives the ideas and attitudes we entertain about Him. So if we’re accurately reflecting his mercy and love to begin with through our ongoing communion with Him and a … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Shooting Bull In The China Shop
“Watch out there!!” My wife cried out to me. O my goodness! You’re just like a bull in a china shop, even when there’s no china……………….or just one little ole teacup left in the shop! I seemed to find my way to that lone teacup, like the American politician who was known in England as … Continue reading
Tormenting Baggage
I tend to carry too much baggage from the past. You torment yourself. Torment myself? Why do I do that, there is one who specializes in that and he so good at it that he needs no help from me. Why be in league with the tormentor? That’s bush league, or worse, baggage league. Jesus … Continue reading
Lose Losing Lost
She forgot her book, here it is, it’s called “Losing It.” That’s appropriately titled. What do you mean “losing it?” We already lost it! That’s the sequel to this book! Lose…losing…lost it. Continue reading
Flash of Flesh on the Dash
One sure way that we know as believers in Jesus Christ that we are not moving or operating or “walking” (as the Bible calls it) by the Spirit of God is when we are yielding to condemnation in our thinking processes.(Romans 8, v.1) Often these thoughts take the form of inner accusations over forgiven incidents … Continue reading
Learning Obedience
The Bible tells us that Jesus learned obedience by the things that he suffered. (Hebrews 5, verse 8 of the New Testament) Does that mean, some may ask, that he was disobedient until he learned better? No, it doesn’t, because his sinless life made his sacrificial death on the cross effective or efficacious to … Continue reading
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