I am blessed in that it is unusual that I spend an entire long day on business. Yesterday I had to be in Houston for a 4 p.m. meeting. With travel there and back it was a long day with everything focused on a one […]
Putting Moods in Their Place
This is St. John’s Wort. It’s suppose to help control moods. We are obsessed about our moods. I have to admit that I tend to be controlled by my moods. My decisions to tackle projects require a certain mood. I don’t write well, without the […]
Pray without ceasing and Live
Pray without ceasing . . . 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Our biggest misconceptions about prayer are that it is an occasional conversation with God which He occasionally answers. OC beautifully refutes those mistakes. “Prayer is the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts. […]
Living Simply Yet Focused
Look at the birds of the air . . . . Consider the lilies of the field . . . —Matthew 6:26, 28 I wore my National Day of Prayer T Shirt today. I just felt like I was suppose to. I can’t say the voice of God […]
His Ascension and Our Union
And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.” Luke 24:51 In the early days of Jesus’ ministry, what did the disciples think of Him? They could tell He was a wise man […]
Fear of Life’s Final Moments
My Dad died about a year ago. We have now been through that difficult first year of holidays and events without Dad: first Christmas, first basketball season. I was not present at the moment of his death, but I recall vividly the process. He was […]
The Habit of Recognizing God’s Provision
. . . you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . —2 Peter 1:4 It is ridiculous for anyone in this country to complain about a lack of provision or to feel needy. The least of us are rich when compared with […]
. . . that you may know what is the hope of His calling . . . —Ephesians 1:18 How is the life of Jesus manifest in us? It is evidenced by how we live. How we deal with the adversity of life. How we […]