READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Paul welcomed exhaustion, suffering, poverty, dangers, and death because they helped him to grow into the image of Christ. The important task before each of us is to be truthful to ourselves first, so we can be truthful with God. We need to be the person God wants us to be and allow Him to reign…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… The church in America today needs more than revival, it needs Bible and re-Bible – meat, not milk. The regrets of the future are avoidable today. We can, right now, change our future to one of no regrets. The void in our souls is God-shaped. Everyone has eternity in their heart, put there by God. As…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Believers must be a force for good against evil. We must look beyond ourselves to those still longing for God. Where are you looking? Look into God, then look at the longing faces all around. They are everywhere. Christ gave His life so we could live to share the good news of reconciliation, forgiveness, and peace…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… We must be taught to do good, taught not to do wrong. We lust (i.e. a need for attention and praise, etc.). We need to unlearn the self and learn God. If the truth hurts, suffer for a while. Life is a checkout line… and no one wants to go first. Live in truth; live diligently….
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… I find it interesting that religious leaders, from the Pope on down in the chain of command, will not stand up to the untruths of their religion because these rituals without reality flatter their ego and ambitions. Forms of religious rituals do not save, nor keep saved, nor do they change (or pay the price for)…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… God is a divine mathematician. God’s exhale was the mathematical formulas that created creation. When God removes the curse on creation, the harmony of mathematics will be heard by all of creation as it flows endlessly from the Throne of The Most High. We are atoms (indivisible), descended from Adam with the same nature –indivisible –…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… In the blazing radiance of the Lord’s glory our depravity is exposed, and His glory helps us see our depravity. He will expose the real self. America seems to be asleep, complacent in slumber, enjoying plentiful crops, clothes, possessions and luxuries, while our enemies plot our destruction. Material possessions build false security – a falseness to…
Wolves rushing in Eagles swooping down Confusion binding truth Untruth leading the blind The Restrainer slowly being withdrawn The way of Anti-Christ is being prepared Tribulation is just ahead Wickedness rules the day Come quickly, Lord Jesus – call us out We’re listening for the trumpet And the thunder of your shout. Amen. Written Sunday September 18, 2022 …
A non-meritorious (unearned) system of perception and belief based on confidence and trust in the authority of God’s Holy Word and His veracity (truthfulness).
The method in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses), the part of grammatical usage dealing with this.
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Sobriety reveals one’s sweetness; alcohol releases one’s suppressed emotions. It is interesting that alcohol keeps the alcoholic in denial of addiction – the guilt of drinking keeps the alcoholic away from church and the Lord’s day. Alcohol breaks apart marriages, it keeps families apart, it ruins relationships, it is a guilt trip, it causes paranoia and…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Jewish tradition said that there was in the temple a “chamber of secrets,” into which gifts given in secret were available for the poor, to be received in secret. God blesses the secret giver and the secret receiver. There is no secret from God, who rewards the secret receiver and giver. The cross of Christ is…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… It is only the splendor of God’s glory-light that prevents our seeing Him. Lord, take the veil from our eyes. Take the vileness from our hearts. Open our eyes that we may see you in all your shekinah glory. There is no such thing as “sacred secularism” – mutually exclusive ways of life must be separated….
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Throughout history, the invisible kingdom has called millions of believers to suffer for it. We have much to learn from the Holy Spirit. Notice from the Life of Christ that He loved freedom – He died for freedom. As you study Christ’s life, notice He was compelled to save all mankind. He never tried to heal…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… God knows we cannot stop being human, but He wants us to be more spiritual, so we will be less humanistic. He wants us to be more like Christ, His Son, so we will be less like ourselves. When I was growing up, I liked skipping flat stones across the surface of the water. As an…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Each person must practice daily to align their own morality with divine truth – the Word of God – the Bible. The Word of God is the Hand of God let down to lift us up. Christ broke the power of sin, satan, death, the flesh, and ritual. I owe humanity my best, and God my…
In the Old Testament Levitical offerings, animal blood was the basis for setting up a representative analogy, or a teaching aid. Remember, in ancient times most people could not read. The animal blood in itself had no value but was used to demonstrate the future sacrifice of the innocent Lamb of God (Christ) on the cross. Therefore, whenever the blood…
Eternity may be considered as: Illusion; both the future and the past simultaneously present; time is a means to measure eternity as endlessness – infinity; time is a creation by God with which to allow/cause us to understand God as always eternal – a means of thinking – an intellectual concept for perception; human-mind interpretations. We cannot know something about…
READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Because Christ is the centrality of human history, it is imperative that Christ be the center of the believer’s life (thinking). Reference Philippians 1:21; 2:5; 4:12. Christ came from eternity into time; from heaven to earth to serve humankind. Be at peace with God – believe in God’s Son. Philippians 4:4-7: 4 Rejoice in the Lord…
Our sin nature covets the praise of peers, the approval of others, and our approbation lust runs wild… until we are slaves to it. Examples: The self-righteous person, those with an inferiority complex, and self-centered individuals. Egotism: power lust, the need to be seen. Bullying: internal conflict and misplaced aggressions. If you want to eliminate trouble in one step, do…