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Worry? It’s Not Even about What We Think We Really Want! Oct 26, 2023 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that…
Love that Wins The War Feb 16, 2019 Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient and new; Late Have I loved You. Lo, You were within, but I outside, seeking there for you, and upon the shapely things you have made I…
Fighting At Peace May 9, 2018 Better to be a Warrior in a Garden that a Gardener in a War. ~ Sun Tzu And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills…
G_d in The Wrong And Injustice Apr 28, 2018 And yet it may happen in these most desperate trials of our human existence that beyond any rational explanation, we may feel a nail-scarred Hand clutching ours. We are able, as Etty Hillesun, the Dutch Jewess…
Love Loses Apr 15, 2018 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~ Maya Angelou And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil…
When the day is ArgbffrugahappppooorooiasdKnafffjnawrviuner!!! Feb 27, 2018 Son, I know you are embarrassed but you need to know that I am not embarrassed of you. I committed you to a tough fight because you have to see and understand how much you need…
The Devil Knows Who You Are – And It Frightens Him Feb 18, 2018 One great tragedy of our existence is that often, the Devil, the liar, the Satan, the divider believes more in our identity in Christ Jesus than we do. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos Grace to you and…
The Wounds of Our Warfare Feb 4, 2018 We cannot become Christlike without being wounded. You see, even after we come to Christ, we carry encoded within us preset limits concerning how far we will go for love, and how much we are willing…
Remember The Fire Jan 31, 2018 “If you go back to the others now, and wake them up; and tell them you have seen me again; and that you must all get up at once and follow me—what will happen? There is…
Fear of G_d: And The Audacious Refusal to Fear Anything Else Jan 29, 2018 Whoever has become a servant of the Lord fears only his Master. But whoever is without the fear of God is often afraid of his own shadow. Fearfulness is the daughter of unbelief. A proud soul…
Anger: The Most Dangerous And Telling Emotion Jan 19, 2018 Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life–be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others…I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba’s child…
Him Alone: Is He Really Enough? Jan 8, 2018 No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things,…
Obedience in The Dark of Night Dec 5, 2017 Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the Holy Scriptures must necessarily sin, since they walk in the deepest darkness. ~St. John…
Post Anxiety Freedom Syndrome Nov 10, 2017 Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage but also a weakness we must ask him to pardon—for he’s told us to take no care for the morrow. ~C. S. Lewis…
Living in Our Caricature World Oct 8, 2017 The proud sin greatly who, after studying secular literature and having turned to the Holy Scriptures, consider all that they say to be the Law of God, and do not endeavour to come to know the…
Believe, Or Don’t. There Is No Middle Ground Sep 25, 2017 The practical thing to do since God is our Fortress and our High Tower is to surrender by faith to put ourselves and all our interests into this divine dwelling place. Then we must dismiss all…
Walking Out of Slavery into Service to A King Sep 23, 2017 Everything is useful to us. God allows the enemy to point out where the Lord wants us to triumph next. You have to love that! When God does that, it’s marvelous! ~ Graham Cooke To Him…
Death by Bitterness Sep 5, 2017 Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. The forgiveness of Jesus not only takes away our sins,…
Jesus Is Bigger Jul 24, 2017 It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. In every cloud he brings, God wants us to unlearn something. God’s purpose in the cloud is to simplify our…
Coming Home to An Elephant Graveyard Jul 5, 2017 Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a divine center, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our…
Bipolar Christianity May 26, 2017 Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage but also a weakness we must ask him to pardon—for he’s told us to take no care for the morrow. ~C. S. Lewis…
Avoiding Mind Rape May 16, 2017 Lord, make Thyself always present to my mind, and let Thy love fill and rule my soul in all those places, companies, and employments to which Thou callest me. Amen. ~John Wesley Since therefore Christ suffered…
Jesus: Ancient of Days And New Forever Mar 27, 2017 I came to love You late, O Beauty so ancient and new; I came to love You late. You were within me and I was outside, where I rushed about wildly searching for You like some…
The Crushing Loads We Should Not Carry Mar 18, 2017 I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden.” ~Saint Augustine…
Becoming A Target of The Enemy Mar 11, 2017 If a cause be good, the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defense of it by its friends. ~Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) In that day this song…
Anxiety: Put it Down Child Mar 6, 2017 God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day…
The Lies of Reputation Feb 20, 2017 Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us. ~Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints…
Loving Beyond The Gravitron Separation Effect Jan 31, 2017 Getting honest with ourselves does not make us unacceptable to God. It does not distance us from God, but draws us to Him—as nothing else can—and opens us anew to the flow of grace. While Jesus…
Crushed to Strength by God Dec 1, 2016 I tell you, if you are serious about wanting to be like Christ, God is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him. ~ Francis Frangipane O Lord,…
Only If You Want It Forever Nov 7, 2016 Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the guile of demons, then we see that after the commission of the sin, they…
Real Authority Mar 23, 2016 There is an amazing sanity in Jesus Christ that shakes the foundations of death and hell, no panic, absolute dominant mastery over everything—such a stupendous mastery that he let men take his strength from him.~Oswald Chambers…