Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 NLT Like a hungry baby… I receive answered prayer with joy… and an impatient desire for more…! Quick…! Where’s the rest…? I’m not satisfied yet… more… more… hurry God…! And I feel a bit bratty……… Continue reading seeking a seven-course faith…
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. Colossians 3:10 NLT Jesus came as the Word made flesh… so we could wear His Word… Put it on… live it out… Off with the old… lust… greed… lies… immorality of all kinds… worship of the worldly……… Continue reading wearing His Word…
“…He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn and burning the chaff with never-ending fire.” Matthew 3:11-12 NLT Teaching… what a great way to…… Continue reading winnowing… now…
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus… Philippians 2:3-5 NASB For Jesus… the needs…… Continue reading Jesus-like…
“…And when [the Helper] comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment…” John 16:8 ESV I saw it… and I knew I should… but I didn’t… I passed right on by… I waited for conviction to do its work… but it didn’t come… Still… I knew I should… so I turned…… Continue reading thoughts on conviction…
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty. Jeremiah 15:16 NIV I’ve practiced this spiritual discipline for several years now… the discipline of asking God for one word as a theme for the year… A word to speak to my…… Continue reading new year… new word…
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 ESV In the course of a conversation… I was told I tend to… over-spiritualize… I wonder… Can Believers over-spiritualize…? Consider… Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary…… Continue reading can Believers over-spiritualize…?
