SOMEBODY, NOT SOMETHING “You try to keep Me in your mind, but there’s too much of you and the world in there. I am Somebody in you, not something in your mind. There is Me, you, and the world within you – all real entities. I must become greater. You and the world must become […]
The safest place on earth is not an abstraction or a concept, not a thought in my mind or a sudden revelation, not even being in the Bible or in prayer or in Christian service. To put it clearly, it is not a something but a Someone. The safest place on earth is leaning back […]
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. John 14:21 I can read all about Jesus, study His nature and historical background, but I will never get to […]
Love the only One who could save you and the only One who can translate you from this life to heaven. On your own, you have nothing of any value for your trip to eternity.
We saw last week that one definition of love is “doing what’s best for the other person.” That’s a thought, and thoughts are not particularly beneficial until they become things. Jesus loves us is a thought. The cross is a thing. The cross became Jesus’ doing what’s best for us. I love Jesus is a […]
Come near to God and He will come near to you. James 4:8 It is not more knowledge that I need, Almighty God, but more seeking Your presence here and there and everywhere. You are in the fireplace downstairs and in the office upstairs. You are in the kitchen where I eatAnd in the bedroom […]
I must be about my Father’s business. Luke 2:49 I have a busy week ahead of me, dozens of things I need to accomplish before Friday rolls around. That’s my business—overflowing agendas, full days, ten pounds to put in an eight pound bag—much to do about little that pertains to the kingdom of heaven. But […]
Matthew Henry has this to say about the Holy Spirit: “Just as the rays of the sun dispense its light, heat and influence and proceeds from the sun [and yet are one with it] so too the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, for He is called the Spirit of the Son” (Galatians […]
J. left jail last week and declared that he wanted me to be his mentor and accountability coach as he transitioned from a life of drugs to a life with Christ. “I’m going to need your help, Pat, so I don’t get back into the drug life I had and so I become the man […]
In my hotel room in the Meyrick Hotel in Galway, Ireland, on April 13, 2019. “I have separated you unto Myself … to do My work.” Of course! I can’t separate myself. Jesus chose the 12 apostles. They did not choose Him. They did not volunteer to follow Him. John 15:16: “You did not choose […]