Nick’s Walk

Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it . . . —Luke 14:28 OC has a view of this verse which I had never considered. He says Christ is […]

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free . . . —Galatians 5:1 I had a lot of computer work to do today and needed a change of scenery. I decided to spend the morning at CC’s. The change of […]

The time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God . . . —1 Peter 4:17 “Judgment” and “Sin” are proper words for a Christian to use. We try desperately to avoid them.  We don’t want to “judge.” “Sin” is politically incorrect. […]

 . . having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus . . . —Hebrews 10:19   We have no right, on our own, to enter the Holiest. Our ticket is the blood of Jesus. Sometimes we believe that our cause is so […]

    Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.     Ephesians 6:18  It’s amazing how much smarter and more loving than God we are. “We’re not smarter or more loving than God” you say. Well, we sure pray like we are. […]

Though it tarries, wait for it . . . —Habakkuk 2:3   With God there is always more. He always seeks to pull us closer, to grow us. We may not always recognize the pull or the growth. There are surely dry times, but His […]

“I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 We walk in the low places among the ordinary things. We catch glimpses of God and His work, but our daily walk is not surrounded by glory and inspiration but  by grunts and […]

1. The evidence of our love for Him is the absolute spontaneity of our love, which flows naturally from His nature within us.    2. How things appear is less a function of reality and more about our focus..    I realize that the last […]