“…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…
prepare… verb… 1 a: to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity… b: to put in a proper state of mind… 2: to work out the details of: plan in advance… 3 a: to put together: compound… b: to put into written form… preparer noun –Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th Ed.) Preparing… I did some today… some new… some almost done… some ongoing for years… The…… Continue reading preparing…
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV84 This is my favorite translation of the biblical definition of faith… It’s a translation no longer available… but to me it most clearly defines faith… being sure of what is hoped for… certain of what…… Continue reading thoughts on faith…
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you,because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 ESVThe one who trusts Him…has a mind stayed on Him…The Hebrew translated… stayed… means… “to lean upon”… (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament)What does it look like to have a mind… leaned upon Him…?Thoughts always leaning toward Him…not…… Continue reading lean on Him… Isaiah 26:3…
Any thoughts on what went in the blanks of yesterday…?Well… here they are… filled…There is a word that comes to my mind when I think about our company and our people. That word is “love.” I love Starbucks because everything we’ve tried to do is steeped in humanity.Respect and dignity.Passion and laughter.Compassion, community, and responsibility.Authenticity.These are…… Continue reading blanks filled…
Too often… after an act of obedience… following through on the call… to speak… act… offer… I critique… analyze… think about way too much… what I’ve done… how I’ve done it… Too often… I go back… consider… pick it up… pick at it… mentally… emotionally… and wonder if it was right… self-consciousness taking over… after…… Continue reading lay it down…
The key to doing for Him…is to look to Him…Let us fix our eyes on Jesusthe author and perfecter of our faith…Hebrews 12:2(emphasis added)fix… to make firm, stable, or stationary…fix our eyes on… translated from the Greek… aphorao… to turn the eyes away from other things and fix them on something…Fixing eyes on Jesus… means seeing only Him……… Continue reading the key…
