“If we allow the opinions of others to ambush us we lose our freedom. We lose the freedom to live life the way the Lord intends. Our whole being is held captive: our thoughts, words, actions, emotions and even our souls are at the mercy of the unmerciful, which is the thoughts and analysis of others. We submit our lives to something that isn’t worth yielding to. Our submission was meant for someone who offers liberty and destroys snares. We... Read more
“God doesn’t particularly value goody-good people. God loves bad people — deceiving, doubting, despairing, troubled people; loud-mouths and shiftless ones who get ahead by hook and crook — such are the covenant people God seeks out and passionately wants to save if they put up a fight for life when they get into a jam. Could it be a terrible good when our country is faced by the implacable (Vietnam) war — I pray that some of you get into... Read more
I finished reading The Pursuit of God. I cannot recommend it enough, but I feel like it should come with a warning. That book shook me to my very core. It convicted. It challenged. Right now I am caught in a tug of war between my will and my belief. It’s hard to let go of certain aspects of your life when you’ve treasured them for so long. Among the things that I realized I needed to change, was my need... Read more
“…those of us who have somehow found our way out here to this place and now, not knowing exactly whether we are coming or going, are ready to offer a thousand sacrifices for help — if need be, maybe even a living sacrifice of service? — those of us should pray. Pray, not that we and our church be given a long life, nor that we and this place become rich in books and building and prestige, nor even —... Read more
“Christians should call other Christians to repentance from sin, as long as they have a relationship with each other and the goal is to restore, not condemn.” Read the full article, What Christians Get Wrong About Judgement, by clicking HERE. Read more
I found a truly heart-wrenching prayer in A.W. Tozer’s book, The Pursuit of God. Chapter eight discusses why we will never know peace until we set our compass by an accurate source of direction. All else will be skewed lest we see it from the only correct vantage point — that is The Creator of All, The One Who Was, Who Is and Whoever Shall Be. Tozer reminds us that knowing the correct way to see life and actually seeing life... Read more
“Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence. O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember You…” -Psalm 42: 5, 6 Ever since I was a kid, I associated the Bible with discipline and boredom. When I was disobedient, I was condemned to read my Bible and presumably in doing so, be made contrite. In church, I was left nonplussed by Scripture... Read more
The disciples were commissioned to challenge the whole structure of the world, the way people went about their business, the way they organized their personal and communal lives. They were to live differently, and that was bound to cause trouble….There is a deep paradox here, because we don’t think of love as confrontational, and we often have to learn that to love someone truly may confronting them when their way of life is destructive to them or to others. The... Read more
Excellent sermon series by my pastor. This is two parts of a 6 part series, all available here. But these two, in particular, are extremely helpful to me as a woman, wife and mom. What Are Women For? (part 1) Except: “Lady wisdom has built her house and set a feast, and she invites the simple to her table (Pr. 9:1-6). In the Old Testament, this is what Israel was for. The tabernacle and temple were built as glorious sources... Read more
“Let me say this to you: live by the spirit, and you won’t do what the flesh wants you to. For the flesh wants to go against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you can’t do what you want. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are obvious. They are such things as fornication,uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery,hostilities, strife,... Read more
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