“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32 NASB “The most important thing is who you become.” Dallas Willard The most important thing: who we become. And this does not happen quickly; it comesContinue reading “What’s Lacking in Our Lives?”
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You Belong!
“I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved,‘My beloved.’”Romans 9:25 NET “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!” C.S. Lewis Being a Christian means we belong. We belong toContinue reading “You Belong!”
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8 NASB “If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worryContinue reading “Keep Your Eye on the Ball”
God Loves Them More Than We Do
“For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Amplified Bible “One of the hardest things you will ever have to do, my dear, isContinue reading “God Loves Them More Than We Do”
Who are You When Under Pressure?
“Out of my distress, I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Psalm 118:5-6 ESV “Wealth without work.Pleasure without conscience.Knowledge without character.Commerce without morality.Science without humanity.Worship without sacrifice.Politics without principle.”From a sermon given byContinue reading “Who are You When Under Pressure?”
Abiding in Him
“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” 1 John 4:16 ESV “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look atContinue reading “Abiding in Him”
Father, What’s This About?
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5 NIV (Emphasis mine) “Before you speak, ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no,Continue reading “Father, What’s This About?”
It Cuts Both Ways
“Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he grows older, he will not abandon it.” Proverbs 22:6 NASB “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin Gotta say I internalized some very harmful images and beliefs fromContinue reading “It Cuts Both Ways”
Empathetic Witness
The Absence of an Empathetic Witness “Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ Your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.When anxiety was great within me, Your consolationContinue reading “Empathetic Witness”
Fickle Feelings Lead to Bad Decisions
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 NASB “You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.” – Albert Einstein Most of the problems I’ve had were terrible decisions. Feelings were the determining factor andContinue reading “Fickle Feelings Lead to Bad Decisions”
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep 