For He is God and there is no other. He can bring together the east and the west. He can orchestrate events into a contiguous symphony. And what is it God wants from you? See Him in every leaf of every tree. Listen to His tuning fork in your spirit. Lay down your life for […]
If the doing does not come out of the being, it will not be sustained. One person steals because he is a thief. Another person serves because she is a servant. The being takes place first in the heart and then in the mind, will, and emotions. The marker of dying to self: when you […]
You are what you fill your mind with – negative or positive, the world or Jesus Christ, what you want to do or what God wants you to do. If you want to change who you are, you must first change what you fill your mind with. If you want to be more godly, you […]
If He had said, “Here it is,” I would have looked at it.If He had said, “There it is,” I would have searched for it. But how do you hear his voice unless you listen for it? Andhow do you listen for it unless you still your own mind. Beas the prophet Samuel when he […]
Change takes place on the inside, not the outside. It’s BE BE, not DO DO, as Oswald Chambers said. It’s not what am I going to do for Jesus but what am I going to be for Him. It took me years to learn this lesson. The fruits of the Spirit come out of the […]
Anything we keep in our hearts in the place God should be is to have an idol, whether it be money, work, someone we don’t get along with, anger, a person or thing hated, a desire for something, a pleasure, or some secret hurt we will not let go. It’s not just images of wood […]
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8 To be all-out for God is the unfailing prerequisite of eternal success. Only when I step beyond myself on the path […]
The spiritual realm, on the other hand, is available to those who accept the saving grace of Jesus Christ and choose to be a spiritual person instead of a natural self. These are those who pledge their allegiance to God and His Son, Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit. As God serves […]
Do you know Jesus? Do you really know Him – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in that place you call “me”? Do you know Him there? Do you see Him in every nook and cranny? Do you hear Him in the […]
“Do you know Me?” says the Lord. “Do you really know Me – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in the place you call ‘me.’ Do you know Me there? “Do you see Me in every nook and cranny? Do you hear […]