What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? —Matthew 7:9 Notice that the presumption of this verse is that the petitioner is a son. When we ask things of God, and He doesn’t seem […]
Prayer – Battle in the Secret Place
When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly —Matthew 6:6 Battles are generally open and public affairs. […]
I indeed baptize you with water . . . but He . . . will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire —Matthew 3:11 The beginning of Jesus is at the end of us. I will never know what the baptism of the Holy […]
Ministry of the Unnoticed
Blessed are the poor in spirit . . . —Matthew 5:3 In the year after Law School I clerked for a Federal Judge in Atlanta. I would arrive in downtown Atlanta early in the morning. I would have to literally step over folks who had […]
Christ-Awareness
. . . and I will give you rest —Matthew 11:28 We are in constant struggle between self-awareness and Christ-Awareness. When we move too far in the self awareness direction, we begin to “Me. Me. Me. It’s all about Me.” We need to more than […]
Self-Awareness
Come to Me . . . —Matthew 11:28 We are often counselled that we need to get in touch with ourselves, self-awareness. As a movement, self-awareness is a bunch of bunk. See if you can decipher this: Self-awareness is the awareness of the self […]
Speechless with Sorrow
When he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich —Luke 18:23 We should not leave the rich young ruler and his decision to move away from Jesus without comprehending that he did so speechless with sorrow, having nothing to say in […]
Discouraged or Devoted
. . . Jesus . . . said to him, ’You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have . . . and come, follow Me.’ But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich —Luke 18:22-23 Every real […]