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Painful Situation Provides Powerful Lesson

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,

So pants my soul for You, O God.” Psalm 42:1…………..

Sometimes our most painful situations prove to provide the greatest lessons in life. Such is the case for an immeasurably painful and chronic ongoing situation in my life. Without going into detail, I have a loved one who refuses to acknowledge my existence because I spoke about something devastating that happened to me long ago. I have another loved one who acknowledges my existence but who for decade...

Beyond Help & Hope

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

I reached a point in my life I believed I was beyond help and hope. I believe others around me, professionals included, believed the same. I was utterly broken by my own sin, by the sin of others, by childhood sex abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, an eating disorder, major depression, incapacitating anxiety, being kicked out of m...

Just Another Homeless Man

“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ Mt. 25:37-40…………..

See that homeless man on the little strip of pavement in between the...

Dear Little Lost Sheep

“Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” So He spoke this parable to them, saying: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his...

“It Takes a Special Person”

“and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Cor. 5:15………………………..

“It takes a special person to do what you do,” a woman wrote me one day. I had been told this countless times before, by countless people, for countless reasons, but before you jump to conclusions, please hear me out. For I have a message for you about this “special” business.
See, people make comments like this to me because instead of living t...

Are You Sitting Down for This?!

“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.” James 3:8-10…………….

“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3……………

“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it m...

Testimony: The Danger of Inner Healing

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.” Philippians 3:8…………….

Given my background of childhood sex abuse, an eating disorder, alcoholism, post-traumatic stress disorder, debilitating depression and anxiety, self-mutilation, and about 20 years of contemplating suicide, coupled with being kicked out of my family when I spoke about bei...

This is a Warning for All of Us

“Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ” And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.” So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have a...

This Makes No Sense to Me

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6…..

 

“…Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God;…” Psalm 143:8-10……….

 

  This makes no sense to me, I thought. Why would the Lord want me to do this? Then I asked Him.

“Lord, why do you want me to do this?”

“Because I know what I’m doing,” I heard the Spirit of God speak to my heart. “And you don’t need to know. What you need to...

I Hate this Climate

“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” Mt. 16:25………

“He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” John 12:25……….

“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?...