(I read this passage in prep for a discussion with my friend who is currently caught up in urgent and overwhelming circumstances.) BLUF: John 6:1-40 > beware of getting caught up/consumed by the temporal and miss the eternal, caught up in the physical and miss very real growth of the unending life in the Spirit…
Assumption: We get counsel and value the perspectives and opinions of others to help us understand what God might be saying to us. God is the sole source of wisdom and the Bible is our authority and the primary way God gives wisdom to us. My response to these questions is not an attempt to…
“It is finished!” are the last words of Jesus on the cross while still in a body like ours. He had already prayed for His attackers/torturers (and all mankind, including you and me), “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Jesus instructs us to pray the same way when He gave us…
Prov. 3:6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. “…and He will make your paths straight.” I’ve always wondered what this meant. Recently I recognized that pride is my bent, the direction of…
A few years ago someone very dear to me said, “Life is hard trying to live for God. I want to see what life is like without God.” I said, “Fortunately that won’t happen in this life. That’s what hell is. And it scares me to say it, but I will pray that God gives…
I’m glad you asked. BLUF: Everything God requires of a true child of God will come about as we simply GET TO KNOW GOD. There are a handful of passages that actually address this question specifically. Some examples: Deuteronomy 10:12-13 “Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the…
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, According to this verse, a child of God is someone who has received Jesus Christ and believes in His name. What does it mean to ‘receive Him’ and to ‘believe in His…
My constant prayer is, “Lord, glorify/magnify Your Name through me today.” But it is sobering to know that one of the ways God gets glory is through suffering. These are some recent developing thoughts on suffering for righteousness – right living. [Noted: much of our suffering comes simply from the fact we live in a…