How do we reflect that which we do not see?

“The turning of the mind upward is half the battle. We cannot expect it to reflect that toward which it does not turn.” — Charles H. Spurgeon Thinking this morning on Colossians 3 about keeping our focus on God.  It is so hard in this world of entertainment and escapism to find a focus that keeps […]

Psalm 1 speaking the heart

Psalm 1

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNj3N9F3F4[/embedyt] Speaking to … …to the heart of the Child of God. …to the state of the heart of the wicked.

One in the chamber

Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that […]

Hands On

laying on of hands

1 Timothy 5:22 Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. The word “hasty” caught my attention the other day.  I was watching some brothers and sisters in Christ jump to an individuals aid and start laying on hands and prayer.  I […]

Faith On

Faith is a position I find myself in

Faith is not a meritorious work. It is never the ground of justification—it is simply the channel through which it is received and it, too, is a gift. — John MacArthur Ever hit something so deep it just puts your mind out of wack? This was it for me last night. Faith is a condition […]

Contemplation Psalm 36

Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Psalm 36:5 When all truth on earth has faded and man has let you down. Where else can we look but to our Lord? How often we are left with no trust in ourselves and no trust in strength. That we […]

Prayer for our needs

To pray is nothing more involved than to let Jesus into our needs. To pray is to give Jesus permission to employ His powers in the alleviation of our distress. To pray is to let Jesus glorify His name in the midst of our needs. –Ole Hallesby What happens when we pray? What happens when […]

Burning Bones

As I child we sing “This little light of mine” and we talk about a light that can not be hidden.  Then we grow up and our “Christianity” becomes a light we turn on and off.  Discovering when it adds to us or subtracts from what we want to accomplish.  I don’t think we intend […]

More sheep

we are the sheep of his pasture

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. Ezekiel […]

Stop Stopping Suffering

streams in the desert

It is the western culture in me that looks at suffering and needs to stop it.  We spend millions of dollars trying to bring an end to suffering.  Our medical culture has become pill crazy in am effort to fix the suffering of people.   Something is wrong with our mind set. Something is amiss. Everybody […]