“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. – John 15:7 Here’s the real secret: abide. And here’s how you do it: abide. Meaning, you just decide to abide. Yes, but how do you do it, I hear you ask. By …
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Who is He to you?
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. – Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord…is whoever you know Him to be. “Know” as in yawdah, meaning a personally intimate relationship. “And Adam knew his wife Eve and she conceived”. That kind of “knowing”. Whoever you know Him to be …
2 kinds of tension problems
But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. – Gen 13:6 Too much tension or not nearly enough tension. Those are the two types of tension “problems”. If you’re negotiating a peace treaty between two volatile parties, you’re probably facing the “too much” …
Danger signs
When you see trouble coming, don’t be stupid and walk right into it— be smart and hide. – Proverbs 22:3 When you see the danger signs, act immediately to avoid what you see. Do this especially when nobody else sees what you see, because if you wait for them to see it you might miss …
Empathy is…
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. – Romans 12:15 …rejoicing with those who rejoice, and weeping with those who weep. Selah.
Use what you have
Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” – Judges 6:14 This is bigger than necessity being “the mother of invention” or even the power of creative limitation. This is a reminder that you have strength, and God is sensing you. …
Back to the beginning
So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” – Exodus 3:10 Moses was raised in Egypt, then he fled from Egypt as a fugitive – closing the Egyptian chapter – only to have God send him back to the very place he ran away from. The …
Keep telling yourself
For she kept saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I shall be restored to health. – Matthew 9:21 What do you keep saying to yourself? What do you keep saying to yourself about this situation? Is what you keep saying to yourself in agreement with what you keep seeing on the outside…or …
And when
And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. – 2 Chronicles 20:22 And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushments… The Lord setting ambushments was triggered by the act of …
Cause and effect
I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. – Ezekiel 36:27 The tyranny of Religion is that it looks at the effects – being moral, doing good, observing special days, helping others, following the rules etc – and then obsesses …