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December 18, 2018
Do NOT Hold On
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” 1 John 2:15-17
““Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up...
If You Really Love Me
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”” John 14:21
“Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!” Psalm 96:9
“We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
When a brother in the Lord who knows me well remarked one day how much faith in Jesus I have and that he is totally confident I will go wherever He sends me because of my faith, my response came quickly.
“I...
December 17, 2018
Messy Grace
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, e...
The Sourpuss Story
“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4
“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” Phil. 4:4
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” Eph. 5:8
“They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.” Psalm 34:5
Maybe it’s an old-fashioned word. Maybe it’s not u...
Feeling Too Guilty to Move On
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:1
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
One of the biggest blocks on my life’s journey following Jesus has been GUILT. Gooey, ugly, yucky, icky, uncomfortable, torturous, horrible, indescribable, debilitating, disheartening, discouraging, depressing, dis...
I’m So Lonely!
I’m So Lonely!
“One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.” Psalm 27:4
Some people are lonely. Some people are really, really lonely. I was so lonely for so long I couldn’t see any way out of my loneliness. I wasn’t just lonely when I was all alone. I was lonely when I was surrounded by people. I was lonely in my soul. I once loved a man whose dog in...
December 15, 2018
Just Call To Say I Love You
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34
I was walking two of my special needs doggies through a hotel parking lot one day when the Spirit of God impressed it upon me me to call someone dear to me to tell her how thankful I am that she is in my life and that I love her.
I knew better than to argue. I have resisted the Lord long enough. I didn’t have to understand His reason nor His timing. Only that He is Lor...
December 13, 2018
Love from a Homeless Man
“And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”” Luke 21:1-4
Some people hate homeless people. Some people dislike them. Some people ignore them. Some people look down their noses at them. Some peo...
December 12, 2018
Jesus Help Me!
To God with my voice;
And He gave ear to me.” Psalm 77:1
“This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.” Psalm 34:6
“From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Psalm 61:2
“For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”” Romans 10:13
“Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He sa...Update & Prayer Request from Lara
I am THRILLED to report that the Lord has taken me from being petrified of and greatly resistant toward making my next big move to the Florida Panhandle to being ready and willing and obedient and literally feeling settled in as soon as I arrived just eight days ago! Absolutely amazing! Only the Lord could have done this! I give Him ALL the glory!
Please understand I don’t know a single person in the entire Florida Panhandle area, I am 14.5 hours away from family and loved ones, 7.5 hours awa...
