When you learn something of great significance or have become aware of it, your sensitivity to others' ignorance can become like a magnifying glass causing insensitivity. Enlightenment must come with increased patience for the blindness of which you once bore. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able … Continue reading Enlightenment + Patience
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Consistency by Faith
To live out your vision of a Christian by loving the Lord with your whole heart, soul, and mind, and to test your perspectives by the fruit of the Spirit, you must diligently seek the Lord by faith.
Poem: Worldly Rebellion
It feels liberating, To allow your thoughts to go there. You know it's not right, But it just feels good to be free of fighting it; To allow it to flow through your mind, And feel the excitement it brings in the moment. Then reality hits, Of what you've just done to your heart. You … Continue reading Poem: Worldly Rebellion
Sunday Reflection: Sweet-Smelling Aroma
Thank you for Christ Who walked in love and became our eternal sacrifice because He loved us. He is the sweetest fragrance for our atonement and there is no other offerings that must be made as He is the perfection of Your love.
Baggage
It's hard to have conversations that carry a lot of baggage, but they must be had if you're ever going to empty the suitcases. “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First … Continue reading Baggage
Testing Your Perspectives
Who do you want to be and what perspective will get you there?
Poem: Peace in God’s Omnipresence
I don't know where you are, Nothing of what you're doing, How you are feeling today, If your life has improved. But God does. I can't be there for comfort, Share my concerned heart, Give you encouragement, The care that you deserve. But God can. So I pray for you, Knowing that He hears me, … Continue reading Poem: Peace in God’s Omnipresence
Sunday Reflection: Confidence Because of Jesus
Jesus is why I am a bond-servant who will boldly give heed to You, my Lord, rather than men.
Discipline to Change
Justifying ourselves or blaming others for our own lack of self-control gives us the excuse to keep such actions. Refusing to allow these excuses paves the way for the discipline needed to change. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. … Continue reading Discipline to Change
Vision of a Christian
Determining to love God with your whole heart, soul, and mind will bring clarity to many decisions that you will make in life's journey, and who you should be in the different roles you may find yourself in.
Truth in Love 