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 […]
There is a divine stream of consciousness that courses throughout this world, like the air itself, invisible but omnipresent, flowing through every person, permeating every event and circumstance, encompassing the trees and the rocks, present in sickness and in health and in the loss of a job. Who can hear it but those whose ears […]
I am presently reading the Book of Hosea and found a warning for the world in 7:13. Woe to them for they have wandered from Me! Is there a nation in this world who does not fit the indictment of 7:7? There is none among them who calls on Me. Well, that’s a cheery message […]
If I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you. But if I go away, I will send Him to you. Jesus was with them for three years in the flesh. After He left this world in the flesh, He returned in the Spirit. The same Jesus that lived among them then […]
I visited the Wright County Jail last Sunday with my partner, Jim. There were nine inmates attending our Gideon Bible study. About half-way through the presentation, I asked how they planned to stay out of jail when they are released because so many of them get out of jail only to return within a couple of years […]