“Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.” Philippians 4:6 Amplified Bible “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”― Roy T. Bennett, The LightContinue reading “Toil and Trouble“
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Who’s Driving Your Bus? The Wounded You or the Beloved You?
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 NIV “Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.”― Dr Henry Cloud & Dr John Townsend I’ve heard the statement, “Who’s driving your bus?” from many Christian andContinue reading “Who’s Driving Your Bus? The Wounded You or the Beloved You?”
Pesky Feelings!
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24 “One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.”― Gustave Flaubert IContinue reading “Pesky Feelings!“
Spiritual Breakdown
“And Peter went out and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked him and smote him.” Luke 22:61-62 “It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” C.S. Lewis Peter, even after Jesus warned him, broke. He denied his savior three times before the cock crowed. This, afterContinue reading “Spiritual Breakdown“
Liberty and Justice for All
Freedom! “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NASB “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have doneContinue reading “Liberty and Justice for All”
What’s Missing?
“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 and comesContinue reading “What’s Missing?“
Stay In Your Own Lane
(Detach With Love) “For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies…” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV “The real spiritual journey is work. You canContinue reading “Stay In Your Own Lane“
Feeling Insignificant?
“You, Lord, give perfect peace even in turmoil to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi Today my sprinkler system wasn’tContinue reading “Feeling Insignificant?“
Who Are You Under Pressure?
“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very natureof a servant, being made in human likeness.And being found in appearance as a man, he humbledContinue reading “Who Are You Under Pressure?“
Belonging
“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 “Belonging“
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep 