Lord, Help me to guard my heart against the intrusion of the world. Guard my mind to keep it focused on You. Help me remember and act upon the fact that everything – everything – will fall into place as long as I recognize You as Lord and center of my life. Protect me from […]
I am…Fearfully and Wonderfully Made “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 NIV Sometimes looking at my failings, looking at the ways I just plain screw it up, I am tempted to think that this is simply who I am. Am I a failure? […]
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God,to comfort all who mourn,3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them […]
In the midst of my chaos I will bless You In the middle of my fears I will bless You In the midst of uncertainty I will bless You In the midst of the congregation I will bless You In the presence of my enemies I will bless You In […]
When the Holy Spirit is at work in my heart, He makes things happen. The Bible calls this bearing fruit. Fruit is visible, and it is pleasant. What can I expect to seeing growing in me when God is having His way in my heart? Love, even in the face of hate Joy, even in […]
Here are some practical things that will help you rely on God and help you to see yourself the way God sees you. Don’t compare yourself with others, comparison is the thief of joy.
16 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”
A while back I set a new goal to get out and walk everyday no matter the weather. That’s my physical goal. My spiritual goal is similar. I want to learn to be content in all circumstances. Really It’s the same as my physical goal: being content in all kinds of weather. Nothing deflates us […]