INTENTIONAL Living in the natural world is the default position of every man and woman who has walked this earth since the fall of Adam and Eve. To live in God’s Kingdom here on earth is a choice. It is intentional, like leaving one building and entering another. Just when I think I have that […]
Yours is a Kingdom of love,And we are a world of hate. You are a God of truth,And we are a people of lies. You ask us to go Your way,And we stay on our own chosen path.You say, “Will you follow Me?” We respond, “Maybe sometimes we will.” Will we ever stay close to […]
Don’t Steal a Police Car, Part 2 For the next eight months, I met with Cate every Monday for 45 minutes. She was now saved but needed to be discipled, and she needed to learn the essentials of Scripture. We also talked about her court hearings that popped up every couple of months as the […]
The 4-H Club I was on a phone call with a friend from Texas yesterday, and he told me he was now a member of the 4-H Club. Given that he’s a physician and wouldn’t know a haystack from a bushel of wheat, I was a bit mystified until he told me what he meant. […]
HISTORY LESSON—THE HOLOCAUST On the way to the VA (Veterans Administration) and back, forty miles both ways. What happened to the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust? I asked the Holy Spirit as I left my house in the early morning and headed to St. Cloud, Minnesota. Then I stilled my mind and waited […]
ABOUT JUDAS On my drive to the VA in St. Cloud and back last week, I asked the Holy Spirit to give me another installment of what I call God’s History Lessons. I don’t give Him the subject matter; He gives it to me. And I don’t get a word-for-word “Thus sayeth the Lord,” from […]
Nightfall Did I pray much, today, Lord, in thankfulness and dependence on You? Did I abide in You and listen to your gentle voice throughout this day? Or did I walk along a path I had chosen in my world, aware only vaguely of Your presence. Holy Spirit, help me to be humble and meek, […]
Election Day Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Joshua […]
We have sinned against you, Lord, as a nation, a state (MN), a city (Buffalo), and as individuals. We have gone our own way. We have done what we ought not to have done. We have left undone that which we ought to have done. Send us a prophet, O Lord, who will deliver a […]
Oh my Father, I confess that I was not pure in heart yesterday regarding my relationship with You, nor was I poor in spirit. I did not search for You with all my heart and with all my soul. I did not listen to You through all the watches of the day. Instill in me […]