Life is broken up into instances that help detect the presence of fear. What is the fear you experience today? Allow fear to be the witness that the believer is still living according to their own dictates, virtually walking outside the boundaries of the journey in the Spirit. This is the evidence that trusting God has yet to be learned. Ask for the counsel of God that will clarify the direct route to walk in accordance with the fear of…
Have you ever looked closely at a spider web? The intricacies, and how each string is spun into the next. It creates a mass entanglement, of which you cannot determine the end, or see where it began with the smallest of thread. Our words are the best example of this thread. What begins with the tiniest silken thread from a gland of a spider, our words begin with something small and seemingly insignificant. Remember the power of words; death and…
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The world can push us so hard to perfection, and the measuring stick used is different depending on what family member, friend, church leader, spouse, neighbor, our own ideas, co-worker, retailer, or social media outlet is holding it. But wouldn’t we rather attain God’s version of perfection through the grace and mercy work of Him, than strive on our own to meet the world’s version of perfection? When we look to Him to perfect us in His ways, then He…
Psalm 78:41 says “They limited the Holy One of Israel”. Charles Spurgeon writes in-depth from his 1859 sermon that when God gave forth the law it was engraved on two stones. The first tablet contained the commandments concerning man and God, the second tablet dealt with man and man. But there are three of the ten – from both tablets – that limit God. How? The third is despair, that despite God’s unlimited goodness and mercy, these people feel that…
Psalm 78:41 says “They limited the Holy One of Israel”. Charles Spurgeon writes in-depth from his 1859 sermon that when God gave forth the law it was engraved on two stones. The first tablet contained the commandments concerning man and God, the second tablet dealt with man and man. But there are three of the ten – from both tablets – that limit God. How? The second is distrusting Him by maintaining the heart attitude that He does not hear,…
Psalm 78:41 says, “They limited the Holy One of Israel”. Charles Spurgeon writes in-depth from his 1859 sermon that when God gave forth the law it was engraved on two stones. The first tablet contained the commandments concerning man and God, the second tablet dealt with man and man. But there are three of the ten – from both tablets – that limit God. How? The first is dictating to Him by giving God the list of what we want…
The point of prayer is not to get answers from God, but to have perfect and complete oneness with Him. If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time we pray, but it does not always come in the way we expect, and our spiritual irritation shows our refusal to identify ourselves truly with our Lord in prayer. We are not here to prove that God answers…
Each day for years, two friends out for a walk passed an empty lot with a broken ‘for sale’ sign lying on its side. The property was full of weeds and dead trees. A tiny, rusted metal utility shed was the only thing that sat on the property. On this particular day, the inquisitive friend decided to look inside the shed, while the other friend waited impatiently on the sidewalk. “What a tumbled down mess,” the friend yelled, laughing from…
Growing up on a farm, we never raised goats, although we did have sheep for a short time when I was young. Not having raised both, it was still common knowledge that farmers separate sheep from goats. Why? There are many reasons, some of which include disease transference, dietary and feeding differences, and temperaments. Sheep are gentler animals, they leisurely graze together, and will loyally follow the one who takes care of them. Goats are rough, have a difficult disposition,…