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First Things First: Love G_d, Love People, And Fear Not Jul 2, 2020 God gives His communion to all who love Him. Communion with God is life and light and sweetness with all the good things that He has. But those who of their own will forsake Him, He…
Living Like Frank A. (Francis of Assisi) Sep 13, 2018 See, Christianity is not a philosophy primarily. Christianity is a relationship to this Jesus. Which is why the renewal of the Church, though it has an institutional dimension; though it involves practical changes and all of…
Fasting into Fellowship with Him Feb 8, 2018 Fasting, prayer, alms, and every other good Christian deed is good in itself, but the purpose of the Christian life consists not only in the fulfillment of one or another of them. The true purpose of…
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…
Spirit And Brain – Keeping Ourselves Thinking Right Dec 3, 2017 God, many are now shocked to realize, does not have a brain. And he never misses it. This is something one must never forget. Body and brain come from him, not the other way around. And…
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…
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…
Crushing Loads: Handling Stress in Life Jun 9, 2017 When the turbulence comes, it is time to simplify life and stay within the grace of only one day at a time, everything else being largely the projections of imaginations, full of wind and fury, signifying…
Living Beyond Fear May 20, 2017 What would you do if you had no fear? What would your life be like if you had no fear? What would you attempt for God if you knew you couldn’t fail? What would you plan…
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…
Overpressure: Putting Life’s Problems in Perspective Feb 27, 2017 Ever wondered about the reality of the problems we face in this life? This article puts things in perspective.
Misdirected Fear Jan 29, 2017 Listen to no man who fails to listen to God. ~ Unknown I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am…
Just Say No Jan 17, 2017 Christianity happens when men and women accept with unwavering trust that their sins have been not only forgiven, but forgotten, washed away in the blood of the Lamb. Thus, my friend archbishop Joe Reia says, “A…
The Creeping Panic of Isolation Dec 31, 2016 Unlovely, nay frightful, is the solitude of the soul which is without God in the world—this chill, houseless, fatherless, aimless Cain, the man who hears only the sound of his own footsteps in God’s resplendent creation.…
The Weather Outside Is Frightful Dec 27, 2016 The first thing that Jesus promises is suffering: “I tell you… you will be weeping and wailing… and you will be sorrowful.” But he calls these pains birth pains. And so, what seems a hindrance becomes…
Over The Bridge And into The Fear of The Lord Oct 25, 2016 When we come into this sweet relationship, we are beginning to learn astonished reverence, breathless adoration, awesome fascination, lofty admiration of the attributes of God and something of the breathless silence that we know when God…
Running Past The Tapes Aug 9, 2016 To feel safe is to stop living in my head and sink down into my heart and feel liked and accepted … not having to hide anymore and distract myself with books, television, movies, ice cream,…
The Reality of Our Suffering, And The Great Exchange Aug 4, 2016 Therefore, my dear brother, learn Christ and him crucified. Learn to pray to him an, despairing of yourself, say: “Thou, Lord Jesus, art my righteousness, but I am thy sin. Thou hast taken upon thyself what…
Taking Every Thought Captive: Freedom from Lies Jul 20, 2016 The devil wrestles with God, and the field of battle is the human heart.~Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevski (1821-1881) For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons…
Offense: Cuts Like A Knife Jun 27, 2016 God has a new heart for us that cannot be offended, an “unoffendable” heart. Beloved, possessing an unoffendable heart is not an option or a luxury; it’s not a little thing. An offended heart is endanger…
The 90 / 10 Rule Mar 29, 2016 I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear…
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…
Pharisaical Freedom Thieves Dec 6, 2015 Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.~ Brennan Manning After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the…
Through The Fear And into The Fruit Nov 12, 2015 Everybody has a vocation to some form of life work. But behind that and deeper than that, everybody has a vocation to be a person, to be fully and deeply a human being, to be Christlike.…
Radical Repentance from Our Fears Oct 6, 2015 I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear…
Shine Like Stars in The Universe… Sep 18, 2015 He does not need to transplant us into a different field, but right where we are, with just the circumstances that surround us, he makes his sun to shine and his dew to fall upon us,…
Grace That Is Bigger Than My Fear And Failure Aug 7, 2015 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…
Whistling In The Dark Jun 19, 2015 You go whistling in the darkMaking light of it, making light of itAnd I follow with my heartLaughing all the way.~ Susan AshtonWhere shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your…
Fear Is Where You Are Looking Apr 20, 2015 I fear God, dear Abner, and have no other fear. ~ Jean RacineWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and…
Love Never Fails Mar 15, 2015 In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.~Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate BelongingIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a…
Beyond Care: Perfect Faith Jan 29, 2015 I will never forget the day I realized that both God and the devil wanted me to die but for different reasons. Satan wanted to destroy me through slander while God wanted to use these same…
Rebelling Against Fear and Anxiety Jan 15, 2015 You’re just a shell until you decide to rebel.~ Arrested Development Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be…
Repenting of Fear Oct 30, 2014 Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.~Arthur Somers RocheSo then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to…
Fear Not! Oct 30, 2014 With credits to the research of the writer of http://musingsofaministerswife.com/2012/08/so-how-many-times-is-fear-not-actually-in-the-bible/ Genesis 15:1 KJV After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying , Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield,…
The Insanity of Cowardice Jun 24, 2014 Lord, make my life a window for your light to shine through and a mirror to reflect your love to all I meet.~Robert Harold Schuller (1926- ) And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:“Blessed…
Prime Directive Jun 13, 2014 When you live above fear, it becomes a weapon in your hand and you drive it into the heart of your enemy.~ Graham CookeBy this we know that we abide in Him and He in us,…
Where Did The Fear Go? Sep 5, 2013 I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. ~Henry Ward Beecher Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and…
Fear Is An Option May 1, 2013 The wicked is a coward, and is afraid of everything; of God, because he is his enemy; of Satan, because he is his tormentor; of God’s creatures, because they, joining with their Maker, fight against him;…