Jesus you have won me! Because you are, I can be! I am hidden and safe in you! I am restored to innocence in you! Because you have always been and always will be ‘I Am’; I am also! My reality does not exist apart from You, Your Father and Holy Spirit
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Picture this: The stage is set; the game is on! You are more than a mere spectator who is detached from the action and watching from the seeming safety of the grand-stands. You are standing on the field; in the readied position, opposite each other i
Comfort, comfort my people' was the prophet Isaiah's cry at one of the worse times of Israel's history. As we remember the atrocities of our day, it seems the greatest need today is for the very same ‘comfort.' The world has not gotten better. It fee
Nurtured by Courage
“What times I am afraid, I will trust in God.” That seems to be more often than not, in these days. Much of what fuels the cultures of our world systems is fear. Entire economic strategies succeed or fail, based largely on fear. Me
Listen—What Do You Hear?
“To be at ease is to be unsafe.” When one is not listening; one is at ease and is not awakening. Awakening to what? “Sanctify them in the truth, Thy Word is truth.” John 17:17 Whatever Jesus has to say about any and every thin
What are some of the things you would fight for? Even more poignant; what would you gladly die for? For too many, fighting and dying are a daily reality and a lifelong experience. They are raised seeing their friends and family dying around them in t
Are you a person of single focus-a person of one thing? "But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ." Paul purposely narrowed his options to become a man of one thing. Let’s consider how he put it…
“Yes, all the things I on
What happened to abundant living? Are we spiritually acquiescing to living our life on the outer fringes of Grace? Are we simply content to live on the edges of God’s love? Have we allowed a wall of fear or doubt to come between our reality and our F
"I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don't let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who
"Father, I'm like Your Son's early disciples who believed what He said but as soon as He disappeared from sight went fishing (John 20:2-3). I want to live a life I'm good at, a life that let's me protect myself from unavoidable pain and feel good in
Wrong questions are the breeding ground of doubt, despair and unbelief. I know; I've asked the wrong questions for almost sixty-two years. But, in the midst of those questions mercy, grace, atonement and the answer burst its way into my darkened ques
"But I need something more! I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I am at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me?" Romans 7:17a and 24, (Msg) Can you identify with Paul’s gut wrenching cry? I can! Does the power of sin and |
Wrong questions are the breeding ground of doubt, despair and unbelief. I know; I've asked the wrong questions for almost sixty years. But, in the midst of those questions mercy, grace, atonement and the answer burst its way into my darkened question
“The Word became a human being; we are his address; he resides in us! He captivates our gaze! The glory we see there is not a religious replica; he is the authentic begotten son. The glory (that Adam lost) returns in fullness! Only grace can communic
The challenge; believing the gospel of grace (aggressive forgiveness) for yourself and others, daily!
"Your salvation is not a reward for good behavior! It was a grace thing from start to finish; you had no hand in it. Even the gift to believe simpl
The Grace to be...
"Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of the 'brightest and the best' among you, not many of the influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God
2012 is a year pregnant with Hope and anticipation! Yet, at the same time many of us are fighting horrific battles. Battles we often did not knowingly invite or were thrust into at the choice and hand of others. Nevertheless, they are our battles to
“He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. BUT those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, Th
Nurtured by Expressing Love
How then should we love one another? It’s not that we don’t know we are called to love, it’s that most had very little “love modeling” to follow. We simply weren’t taught or nurtured by love. It wasn’t expressed to us or wo
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