Song of the Day #4 Casting Crowns – God of all my days I woke up with this playing in my head. This is one way that God speaks to me, He wakes me up with a song. That always starts my day off on a good note. I tend to wake up with a smile and no back pain when He wakes me with a song. We as humans turn toward something when things are not good or perfect, things such as self depreciation, meds, alcohol, anger, this list could be exhausting. These are just idols. I have turned Read More
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Day 21 of God’s Love
Day 21 of God’s Love for Us October 10, 2017 This sounds powerful and should be embraced I think, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”(2Timothy 1:7 NKJ) From my study bible it says, “Paul urged him (Timothy) to be bold. When we allow people to intimidate us, we neutralize our effectiveness for God. The power of the Holy Spirit can help us overcome our fear of what some might say or do to us, so that we can continue to do God’s work.” (NASB notes Read More
Day 14 of God’s Love
Day 14 of God’s Love for Us August 26, 2017 Paul wrote to the Romans, and to the world about Jesus, “Through whom we have received grace and an apostleship to bro g about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles (non-Jews of the world (us)) for His name’s sake, among whom you are the called of Jesus Christ; to all who are beloved of God… called as saints…”(Romans 1:5-7) We are called by God, and chosen by God to be His beloved. He calls us to Himself to have a relationship with Him through His son Jesus by Read More
Suffering and Need for Grace
Quote for Healing “Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the law of his being. The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure. Suffering ceases for him who is pure. There could be no object in burning gold after the dross had been removed, and a perfectly pure and enlightened being could not suffer.”(As a Man Thinketh, pg 10, by James Allen, 1902) If we are seeking God, and Read More
Dads and Labels
Dads and Labels – July 20, 2017 – Dads have labels for us, don’t they? For me, my dad calls me his favorite son. When he started calling me that as an adult, it was pointed out that I was his only son, for that matter, I was an only child. He reaffirmed then, it was appropriate for me to be his favorite. Growing up, all I ever wanted to be was like him, a hard working mechanic and car dealer. What I didn’t realize, was that my heavenly Father has given me gifts to be more than just a Read More
Modern Leprosy
Modern Leprosy – April 29, 2017 – I can relate to the leper in this story and the man on the train. As a child I had eczema. If I’d been alive in Jesus’s day, they would have called me a leper and banished me. I’ve only met 1 person who had it as bad as me. Some pushed me away, while most I kept my distance from. By God’s grace, my kids didn’t get it. Once I really started getting to know God, He has touched me and healed me of 99% of my eczema. Most of the people Read More
Repaying Good for Bad
Repaying Good for Bad March 15, 2017 As I awoke from a dream this morning, I was angry at the person in my dream who treated me with bad customer service. I set out to let his boss know of the problems, and when I had the chance another day to treat him badly in my convenience store I did! What does that do for us, to repay bad for bad? Do we really get satisfaction? We might think so, but we continue to carry that anger, ready to unleash it on someone else. Should we just roll over and Read More