Good Morning Friends, Established frameworks of order are necessary for liberty to be possible but that does not mean that all people in positions of power are good. Some are evil. One would think that in God's providential ordering of the world, that nothing would exist unless God's good will and pleasure ordained it … Continue reading Who Is Our Leader?
Do We Have A Healthy Threefold Relationship With God?
Good Morning Friends, Today is Father's Day and as we sail through some scripture and thoughts regarding our heavenly and earthly fathers we consider the trinity of God. For like us God manifests as a person in three ways. I like to think of the Father as God for us and Jesus as God … Continue reading Do We Have A Healthy Threefold Relationship With God?
Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus?
Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus? Good Morning Friends, Today's lectionary passages remind us what we committed to when we signed up to follow Jesus. They prompt us to take seriously our Christian job description as loving ambassadors, servant leaders and righteous co-workers in a ministry of … Continue reading Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus?
What Is In Your Cracked Pot?
Good Morning Friends, The Bible uses many illustrations and flawed characters like Sampson, David and Gideon to explain the deep truths of how God's grace relates to our lives as Christians. Jesus explains to his disciples that God's kingdom is like a mustard seed. Paul encourages the Christians to put on the whole … Continue reading What Is In Your Cracked Pot?
Are We Still Trying To Legalize Our Salvation?
Are We Still Trying To Legalize Our Salvation? Good Morning Friends, Deals with the Devil abound, but God has made us an offer that is not based on what we can do but upon what Jesus did. By forgiving our sins God gives us a new heart and His Spirit that enables us to … Continue reading Are We Still Trying To Legalize Our Salvation?
Are You Salt And Light For The Church In Both Good Times And Bad?
Good Morning Friends, The world is watching us. In our role, as Christians we are to help people around us so that they do not slip and fall. We are to be encouragers of healthy behavior. With great love and kindness, we are to help people recognize their mistakes and seek God's I.V. solution … Continue reading Are You Salt And Light For The Church In Both Good Times And Bad?
Are You Backed By God’s Grace?
Good Morning Friends, Being a Christian means being different than all the rest of the eggs. We have been set apart for a purpose full of the Holy Spirit and blessed in ways that baffle the world. Embracing this mindset frees us to do amazing things even to qualify today's question in the … Continue reading Are You Backed By God’s Grace?
Do You Know Why It Is Important To Be Led By The Spirit?
Good Morning Friends, You know it is our responsibility to yield to the direction and guidance of God's Spirit who abides within our very being. We are to yield to the promise, purity and power that God has graciously given to his people. And when we do, it is sacred, it is Holy. And … Continue reading Do You Know Why It Is Important To Be Led By The Spirit?
How Believable Are Our Personal Testimonies When We Say The Lord’s Prayer?
How Believable Are Our Personal Testimonies When We Say The Lord's Prayer? Good Morning Friends, Today we consider the Lord's Prayer. And as we think about this, we contemplate the reality that the Pope just changed the phrase "lead us not into temptation" to "do not let us fall into temptation." And maybe that is … Continue reading How Believable Are Our Personal Testimonies When We Say The Lord’s Prayer?
Are We Wrestling With The Holy Spirit Or Something Evil?
Are We Wrestling With The Holy Spirit Or Something Evil? Good Morning Friends, Paul wrote to the Ephesian believers about struggling against evil, but we struggle against good too and do things we think are good that are not. Even in the United States, as we witness to the Truth of the Gospel of … Continue reading Are We Wrestling With The Holy Spirit Or Something Evil?