On the path to the cross, you are not alone. I am not alone. Jesus walks beside me, He walks with you. He has been there before and knows the way. He said that He’d never leave us. We are not alone. Right after Jesus tells His disciples that He was going to be killed, He told them to take up their cross and follow Him. His life was an example for them. You and I can relate to His…
I was reading in John 15 this week and something kind of jumped out at me. Something I’ve seen many times before but hadn’t noticed. Exchanged life option I’ve written much about the Exchanged Life and how we can appropriate it in our personal life. The freedom it brings when we realize we don’t have to be who we were raised to be. We can find freedom from thought patterns. We can find freedom from addictions. We can discover a…
Our center, our throne The center of our being is our throne room. That place deep inside each of us is our throne. We are masters of our own lives and naturally sit on that throne. Behind and underneath all we say and do is what drives us. Our center. Who we really are. Our desires. Not our brain. Our desires use our brains. Not the reverse. God’s throne in us But…that throne was designed for God, not us. We…
My thoughts on a broader view Life is bigger than me and my life God directs my path God controls my circumstances I need not complain He wants to use me for His purposes It will probably not be something big Like most people, I tend to overlook my everyday circumstances It might be ministering in my own home It will most likely be with those I rub shoulders with daily It could be in the lives of those I…
Changed Would you like to watch a caterpillar change into a beautiful monarch butterfly? Isn’t it an amazing phenomenon? So as believers, how do we change? How do we become more Christ-like? Have you attempted to change yourself? Is it positive thinking? Or is it supernatural? Do you change yourself, or are you being changed? It is not that we picture ourselves as being different, and that changes us. No, it is seeing Jesus Christ, gazing at Him, that we…
Are you saying to God, “I’m really trying to be a Christian”? Do you find yourself getting discouraged with your Christian walk? Maybe you wish you could see more change in your life. You want to be better, but don’t know how. What is the key? Is it for a limited few? I tried for years First of all, let me say that I totally get it. I have been there. I learned if we want to be Christ-like, there…
Trust enough to obey? Do we trust God? Completely? Trust enough to obey Him? That was my question when He asked me to go back to Washington to spend 4-6 weeks with my brother to help in a time of crisis. It was only 4 weeks and I am back home, but I can say without reservation that God is faithful. What He asked of me, He performed through me, even driving through Seattle on I-5. He is so good….
We are programmed to think that when we are the most important and when we take care of ‘me’ first then all will be well. But that is false. It is a burden. A slavemaster. It is living in a self-made cage of your own abilities, desires, and character traits. Self is never satisfied. Best to throw away that idea. Living from the cross brings freedom. The cross is the key that unlocks the door of our self-made cage. We…
