Sweet Peace! Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV) I am so glad you came back! I was looking for you. Did you eat some carpet last night? I know I did. I prayed that everyone reading this would find sweet peace that can only be found in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let’s recap our week. We now know that our mind...
read moreEating Carpet! Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV) Anyone that has attended bible study with me will know what “eating carpet” is. When I start obsessive thinking I know I have to get on my knees and start praying and calling out to Jesus to help clear my thoughts and bring me to a place of peace. Paul teaches...
read moreStinking Thinking! For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. 2 Cor. 10:3-6 (NKJV) I am so glad you are back! Some thoughts can be more than just some argument you had with a friend...
read moreDrama, Drama, No Drama! For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. 2 Cor. 10:3-6 (NKJV) “Drama, drama, no drama; yeah right!” Unfortunately we are going to always have some drama in...
read moreI Can’t Stop Thinking! “Drama! Oh how I hate drama!” Unfortunately that is just a part of Satan’s plan for our lives. If he can keep us upset and weary with arguments and drama then he keeps our minds off Jesus and on the things of this world. Come spend this week with me learning some practical ways we can get out of the drama and into Christ. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and...
read moreHIS DOMAIN 8But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us. Romans 5:8 (AMP) Sandy, our Golden Retriever loves our yard…he is convinced this little piece of land belongs to him. The back yard especially is his domain. He knows every daisy that grows there and every squirrel that calls his back yard home. One day we heard him barking like crazy, went outside to see what all the commotion was about, and found him standing over a...
read moreThe Good News Ok, so in Jeremiah’s day the people had turned off their spiritual hearing aids and quit listening to God. That was a long, long time ago. What does that have to do with us today? For many years we have been hearing Billy Graham and thousands of other men of God, such as my own pastor, Jake Thornhill, calling for revival – for people to repent and turn to Christ. We have all heard that we have a sin problem. Just like the people in Jeremiah’s day, we hate the word sin but we love to indulge in it! We think if we ignore the...
read moreAH-OH – CAUGHT RED-HANDED My Dad had a hearing problem. He wore hearing aids for the last twenty years of his life. They worked very well when he was one on one with people, in a relatively quiet place. But in noisy, public places, like a restaurant, he couldn’t hear conversation for all the background noise. He’d get so frustrated and downright cranky when he couldn’t hear what people were saying to him. At home, it was a different story. The hearing aids worked perfectly – that is unless it served his purposes...
read moreWaaaa! Can You Hear Me Now? ”For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:17 His face was blood red and all crinkled up from screaming to the top of his lungs. We’d been up all night and day with his shenanigans and delay tactics, and even though his ordeal was over, he still demanded the attention of everyone within earshot. And I was loving every minute of it! Trey was finally born! The next day, while my daughter-in-law, Karla, rested...
read moreRescue 911 Sometimes we just don’t know that we are in desperate need of rescue… Gasping for breath amid the smoke that surrounded her, Megan was sure she was about to die. Flames soared through the roof, and licked at her heals as she crawled on the floor looking for a way out – any way to escape the inferno that surrounded her. As she cried out for help, wracking coughs were all that escaped her lips. Finally, with a last gasp, she...
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