You are what you fill your mind with – negative or positive, the world or Jesus Christ, what you want to do or what God wants you to do. If you want to change who you are, you must first change what you fill your mind with. If you want to be more godly, you […]
Every morning I have a choice to make for the day. Will I be filled with the world or be filled with the Holy Spirit? Will my to do list dictate my thoughts and behavior, or will I allow the Holy Spirit to guide them? Will I set the course for my ship this day […]
If He had said, “Here it is,” I would have looked at it.If He had said, “There it is,” I would have searched for it. But how do you hear his voice unless you listen for it? Andhow do you listen for it unless you still your own mind. Beas the prophet Samuel when he […]
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 […]
The left bookend is the world as God meant it to be in the beginning. It is referred to as the Garden of Eden or simply Paradise. Through the sin of Adam and Eve, Paradise was lost and replaced by the wasteland of a cursed and fallen world where death, disease, and destruction hold sway. […]
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 seek Him in every nook and cranny? Do you hear Him in the […]
Who is this Jesus, the author of my soul? He is the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He was there before I was born and will gather me into His arms when I die – to live with Him forever. He is alive in my spirit […]
Goodness is a thought, as is righteousness, beauty, faithfulness, perfection, justice, mercy, compassion, and grace. Jesus is a person who embodies all those qualities and so much more. He is my reason for being and my bright morning star. Check out John 16:33 and you’ll find that He may not take the trouble away, but […]
I think these are among God’s favorite words when spoken by His people in humble submission to His faithful grace. I strive and I go backward instead of forward. I try to do good and do harm instead. I face conflict under my own power and everything goes south. In these situations, I tell God, […]
Some of you know that I’m a volunteer chaplain at the Wright County Jail and also visit some 15 jails and at least 5 drug rehab facilities each year to talk to inmates and addicts. If you’re at all interested in what I talk to them about, I have published a new book called 7 […]