God planted Himself in you when you were saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. Now He’s saying, “Learn to turn Me loose!” You need to go practice. This is how you learn. Everybody practices things before they become proficient in them. Pilots had to practice. Before they were allowed to fly an airplane by… Read More »
Living Loved
GLORY: “When God’s view and opinion of you becomes your reality” ~Jim Richards~ Seeing myself the way Jesus sees me as completely loved, radically forgiven, and fully accepted has not always been my reality. In fact, after what I did, I saw myself as a huge disappointment, disqualified, and a picture of failure and humiliation… Read More »
Staying in Love
Among the greatest needs for healthy emotional survival there is nothing more important than being in a loving relationship. In fact, studies in longevity tell us that being in a loving relationship actually adds years to our life. When the Beatles said, “All you need is love,” they may have actually gotten it right. Conversely,… Read More »
The Art of Staying in Love
Any fool can fall in love, but only the wise stay in love. I had a horrible track record with relationships until Brenda and I got married. I had rejection issues until after I was saved. I didn’t trust people. I always chose women with whom I was completely incompatible. Because of ego issues, the… Read More »
Harmonizing With Heaven
One of the most common questions I hear after people are exposed to the goodness of God message is, “How do I get this stuff to work?” That is an honest and fair question. We know God loves us, we know we’re freely righteous through the sacrifice of Christ, we know God has qualified us… Read More »
The Forgotten Realities of the New Covenant
The New Covenant was the end-all, be-all solution to every issue between God and man. It was so complete, in fact, that it made every provision for everything that would occur for man throughout eternity. Through the New Covenant Jesus Himself would become the focal point for all that exists. In Him, by Him, through… Read More »
Valuable You
I can just see God smiling as he thinks of you. Like everyone, you probably have needs in your life… Money, kids to behave, your husband to quit being a knuckle head…maybe something more serious, like a health issue. God says he knows what we need before we even ask. If he knows what we… Read More »
Toxic Truth
The concept of toxic truth seems like a contradiction in terms. It doesn’t seem possible that truth could be toxic; after all, the truth will set you free! Or will it? Truth isn’t always true. And every believer can attest to the fact that not every truth will set you free. Some truth will, in… Read More »
