Everything in your life is dependent upon my boundless love. Indecisive faith and wavering hope concerning my love will dilute your experience and expression of my abundant life. As a direct result your walk in my Spirit’s fire, power and giftedness

Jesus Is In the ‘Hood’
For those of you who are my age, ‘hood’ is slang for neighborhood. “The word became flesh and blood, and moved into the (hood) neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Gen

Do you hear what I hear? Is your heart strangely warmed within you--like the men who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus right after he was raised from the dead? Or like Francis of Assisi, have you heard the ‘call’ too walk away from the riches a

“To be at ease is to be unsafe.” Pope John XXIII 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 thing: our d

Following are some words from Papa’s heart that are imperative if we are to make it through these difficult days. When received, they will strengthen you for whatever the journey has for you. All of creation is groaning for the sons and daughters of

Heart Seminary

"I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer...Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can't bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are

Too many of us have lived our lives suffering in a silent, shameful prison of hopeless despair. When we tried to hope--our hopes were always deferred. We were heart sick from all our seeming endless deferred hopes (Proverbs). Hope for us was more of

This maybe one of our most daunting challenges; to daily faith the gospel of grace for yourself and others aggressively. ‘Aggressively’ literally means it will be marked by obtrusive energy and will be strong in effect and intention. Wow! Too daily

What mental destinations do you visit most often? Or maybe this would be an easier way for you to measure. Where does your ‘self’ talk invite you to go? Self talk captures more of our attention than we realize: conservatively, maybe forty percent. S

It is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has known what God has prepared for those who love him." But God has shown it to us through his Spirit. The Spirit understands all things. He understands even the deep things of God.

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Are you feeling overwhelmed or downcast? Is the drama of those around you drowning out your own? Do you feel that the narrative of your life story is unfair and unheard? If you are anything like me, many voices; both good and bad are screaming for yo

“Not all religion is good. In fact, Jesus said He came to destroy religion. Religion is basically a set of rules used by churches to force men into a posture which they feel pleases God. If you obey certain rules, act in certain ways, perform various

Everyone likes a good mystery. Actually, there are few things like the intrigue of mystery that grabs your attention and begrudgingly holds on until there is revelation or understanding. That is really one of the main reasons I love being a child of

"See to it that no one misses the grace of God." (Hebrews 12:15, NIV) What a sobering admonition. But, it does not mean that grace is elusive or fleeting! Quite the opposite is the case--for a multitude of reasons we think we can 'do' life apart from

10 He (Jabez) was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, "Oh that you would bless me and extend my lands! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!" And God granted him his request. (1 Chron. 4:10, NLT)

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"Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens. It has happened at last! God's Salvation and the power and the rule and the authority of His Christ are finally here; for the Accuser of our brothers has been thrown down from heaven unto earth-

Nurtured by the Right Question

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

Nurtured by Practicing Love

Practice is the only way to improve at anything. The word “practice” means “learning by repetition“. What you prioritize and practice; with repetitive action, will be mastered in time. If we take an honest, soul searching p