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July 20, 2016
I Can’t Do This!
I Can’t Do This!
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Phil. 4:13
I was having one of those days. You know the kind. We all have them. I rushed around caring for the dogs to get ready for a doctor’s appointment. Finally ready. Appointment canceled. Ugh. The lab couldn’t find the bloodwork the nurse had drawn so the doctor could go over the results with me. So I shifted gears. I would stay home and work. I called to reschedule. The nurse told me to come in and get my blo...
July 19, 2016
The Woman Who Loved Her Husband
The Woman Who Loved Her Husband
“Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:” 1 Peter 2:23
A woman told me once she loved her husband. This was a big deal. See, her husband didn’t treat her the way God commands husbands to love their wives. He didn’t treat her with love, kindness, gentleness, and tenderness, as a strong, vibrant, godly head of his home who lived for Christ and demonstrated it in his h...
God in the Bedroom
God in the Bedroom
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” Romans 6:12-13
“I don’t want God in my bedroom,” a man told me once. He believed in Jesus Christ and called himself a Christian. But he was emphatic that he only wanted to give G...
July 18, 2016
A Dangerous Distraction
A Dangerous Distraction
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14
A pastor friend of mine and I were chatting one day about how Satan tries to distract servants of Christ with chaos, drama, problems, and such to get us off course and out of position of being ready, available, willing, and yielded to serve Christ. He and another pastor, along with their wives, and I, who all cross paths in some of the ministry work we do, were all being bombarded wit...
July 16, 2016
I Have a Question for You
I Have a Question for You
“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” Deut. 6:5
I was changing the diaper on paralyzed dog Mr. Simeon after a long and wonderful day loving and serving God as my ministry continued to rapidly grow when I started speaking to the Lord in my heart like I so often do.
“God, when my life is over and I stand before you, I want to know that you felt loved by me.” Within a minute or so I knew I needed to g...
July 15, 2016
Life Lesson from a Dying Man
Life Lesson from a Dying Man
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25-26
“How are you?” I asked the man when he answered the phone. We had crossed paths a few times as he had helped me with some ministry needs, but I didn’t know him well. He had always been polite on the phone, but curt. Though I had given him my latest b...
July 14, 2016
I Am Warning You
I Am Warning You
“…there is none among them that calleth unto me… And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this…When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have...
July 13, 2016
This Message Is for All of Us
This Message Is for All of Us
“Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were aston...
July 12, 2016
I Couldn’t Stop Falling
I Couldn’t Stop Falling
“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” Galatians 3:3
“Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.” Philippians 1:3
I never thought I would get to a point in my walk with the Lord in which I wasn’t falling flat on my face every other minute in one sin or another, struggling to no end to get up from the ground, cut, scraped, bruised, battered, disappointed, d...
July 11, 2016
Walking in Darkness
Walking in Darkness
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105
One time I woke in the middle of the night and was too tired and lazy...
