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I Will NOT Forgive Him Again!

It is one thing when someone treats us badly. It is another thing altogether when the same person treats us badly AGAIN – and AGAIN. Don’t you agree? Can you relate to these thoughts? I will forgive him ONCE. Okay, maybe TWICE. But I will NOT forgive him again! No way! He doesn’t deserve it! I don’t have to forgive him! I shouldn’t have to forgive him! This is ridiculous! This is wrong! Enough is enough! This is the last straw. I am DONE forgiving him! Sound familiar?

Truth is it really doesn’t ...

It’s Time to Let IT Go!

I don’t know what your “IT” is, but I will tell you this. It’s time to let IT go! I am so exhausted right now as I write this. I have had such a very long day. I so need sleep. I was right on the verge of going to sleep when all of a sudden I was so strongly compelled to hurry to my computer and write this message. About letting your IT go.

Friend, WHATEVER or WHOMEVER God has made clear He wants you to LET GO, now is the time. No more holding on. No more excuses. No more pretending you don’t kn...

Blind Woman Walks By Faith

“I can’t see anything,” I essentially told the Lord.

I knew what He wanted me to do next in life and ministry. I had prayed my heart out about a certain matter, and God had made Himself abundantly clear. But no matter how much I prayed, and no matter how hard I tried to do my part, when I “looked” at my circumstances, I couldn’t “see” any possibility of God’s will coming to pass. I couldn’t “see” any possibility of change, progress, accomplishment, success, victory, not anything at all, etc. I f...

Help Me Not Quit Lord!

I was feeling weary. Worn out. Tired. Frustrated. Like there was no way I was going to be able to let alone want to finish something God had given me to do. I just didn’t have the heart to press forward. Plain and simple, my flesh was ready to QUIT. Then all of a sudden I remembered something vital I have learned over the years following Jesus.

God will give us every single ounce of every single thing we need to fulfill His will for us when we are living in humble obedience to Him. Whatever He c...

God Told Me to STOP

“Stop complaining,” the Holy Spirit of God told me. “And start being thankful.”

What was I complaining about? I won’t bore you with the details. I don’t even remember exactly. Suffice it to say I have a super long history of negativity, complaining, self-pity, etc. I can fall into it in a heartbeat if I am not careful. And sometimes I don’t even see I am doing it because for decades it came totally naturally to me.

All of it is sin against God and needs to be purged from our hearts, words, and a...

Why Is God Giving Me the SAME TEST?

Have you ever felt flustered, frustrated, irritable, discouraged, bitter, hurt, angry, impatient, and/or exasperated etc. because it is plain and clear God is giving you the same test He has already given you in the past maybe even the same test He has given you over and again?

Friend, first and foremost we MUST get rid of ALL sin in our THOUGHTS & FEELINGS, our words, and our actions. So all the yucky-ness you may be feeling and the thoughts accompanying that ick feeling need to be gotten rid o...

Please Be Gentle

I don’t know about you, but I don’t hear the word “gentle” used a lot in this world. To be honest, I don’t hear the word “gentle” used almost ever even among believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am not sure I have ever heard preaching about “gentleness”, and I wonder is it not possible that “being gentle” is something to which we need to pay more attention? Is it not possible “being gentle” is something we need to do more? Is it not possible “gentleness” is something a lot of us need to do a be...

Don’t Get Sloppy

After decades of having really bad posture especially when sitting despite my mother’s warnings as a child I needed to stand up straight with my shoulders back, I finally in response to a health scare and with the help of two professionals learned how to stop slumping and to sit up straight. Though I still need improvement with my standing, the sitting improved remarkably.

But then something happened. I started getting sloppy. I stopped paying attention to my sitting posture. I forgot to be cons...

I Didn’t Even Say Thank You

I prayed for something one day. Wasn’t a big thing in the grand scheme of things. But it was something I wanted, and I so hoped God would answer my prayer. Would you believe only several hours later did I realize God had answered my prayer? I had not for a moment acknowledged the beautiful blessing He gave me. I simply had gone on with my life ready inevitably to send zillions more prayers His way as I absolutely love to pray.

Now I needed to not merely acknowledge how blessedly He answered my p...

Just Because You Love This

“Just because you love something doesn’t mean it’s my will for you,” the Holy Spirit who lives inside Jesus’ followers told me.

I had been seeking the Lord for the umpteenth time in years past regarding my location on the road full-time for Jesus and ministry and the details of where I would stay next.

In case you think it is perfectly obvious that what we love and want for ourselves is NOT necessarily God’s will, I would agree that for many this truth is well known. But just because we KNOW wha...