Thoughts By All

2018-05-14

Closed Doors

There was a time not so long ago when I let the doors that slammed shut in my face slam my self-esteem with crushing blows. I had not learned yet that closed doors were simply part of God directing my paths.

2018-05-10

Resources

By faith we need to gladly, freely, fully, and gratefully cast ourselves upon His resources without reservation—He is the all-sufficient One Who never changes, Who never faints or grows weary, Who never slumbers or sleeps, and Who is the keeper of His people from this time forth and forever more.

2018-05-09

Two Sticks of Dynamite

I remember the day a couple called me over to pray with them in a specific situation. I made the appointment. I listened. And I prayed. Yet when I left I had the sense that my prayer had not gone past the ceiling. I felt frustrated.

2018-05-05

Posture of Prayer

To be honest, I have wrestled a lot with this thing called prayer. *Why does God want us to pray when He knows what we need even better than we know ourselves? *What good does my prayer even do? Who am I to change God’s mind or challenge Him on His ideas?

2018-05-05

Ask What You Will

Prayer has always been the breath, life, vitality, strength and power of the Christian. Beginning with our Lord, who spent much time in prayer, and continuing with the disciples and fruitful, Spirit-filled Christians through the centuries, prayer remains a major emphasis in the life of every believer.

2018-04-30

Radical Life Change

“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is

2018-04-23

Dying to Hear

There are many struggling people in the world who are literally dying to hear the Gospel — but there’s no one willing to tell them. They are lost and on their way to hell. We have the ability to give them the good news that could save their lives, but do we chose to tell them? Or do we go about our own agenda instead?

2018-04-18

No Secrets about This Life

God has kept no secrets about this life. He has told us that we will experience

2018-04-16

Faith Believes

Faith believes that what God says will take place without a shadow of a doubt. Faith believes that we will see the promises of God unfold even when it looks impossible. Faith believes in what we can’t see, and knows it is there.

2018-04-14

Attribution Error

As Christians, we’re not to drag our brothers and sisters before God to be punished or examined under a holy microscope. We are to forgive them, just as Christ forgave all of us on the hard wood of the cross as He bled for us…and them, too. After all, we probably need forgiveness for something we have done or said, too.

2018-04-07

In the Palm of God’s Hand

Have you ever needed to make note of a phone number or some reminder and without any paper, written it in the palm of your hand so you won’t forget? I have and God has too!

2018-03-28

Willing to Love, Able to Save

“Such a high priest [Jesus] truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set

2018-03-24

Because of His Gift

He was accused of a crime he never committed. Witnesses were hired to lie. The jury was rigged. A judge swayed by politics handed down the death penalty. They killed him. And why? Because of the gift that only He could give.

2018-03-24

A Time and a Place

Christian Poem: However, we don't have time or room for Him during work or play... because.. that's the part of our lives we think...we can and should handle on our own. May God forgive me for ever thinking that... there is a time or place where.. HE is not to be FIRST in my life.

2018-03-22

Forgetful of Jesus

Forget Him who never forgot us? Forget Him who poured His blood forth for our sins? Forget Him who loved us even to the death? Can it be possible? Yes, it is

2018-03-17

The Power of Worship

As we walk through these challenging days of change in our world, both globally and personally, I am amazed with the direction the Lord gives us in His word. I was comforted by the fact that God has already let us know in Hebrews 12:26 that everything that can be shaken will be shaken so that only that which cannot be shaken will stand.

2018-03-17

Worship Changes Our Face

Worship is magnifying or enlarging our vision of God. Of course his size doesn’t change, but our perception of him does. As we draw nearer, he seems larger. Isn’t that what we need? A big view of God?

2018-03-12

Worry Changes Nothing

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store

2018-03-10

Religion Renewed

Please open your Bible and read; John 2:1-11 What’s the significance of Jesus’ miracle of

2018-03-03

Changing Our Nature

God is changing you from the inside out. Ezekial 36:26-27 “I will put a new way of thinking inside you. I will take out the stubborn hearts of stone from your bodies, and I will give you obedient hearts of flesh. I will put my Spirit inside you and help you live by my rules and carefully obey my laws”

2018-02-17

The Prison of Want

The prison of want. You've seen her prisoners. They are "in want." Paul says that "godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Timothy 6:6 NIV). When we surrender to God the cumbersome sack of discontent, we don't just give up something; we gain something. God replaces it with...

2018-02-13

Thought Prevention

Is a bad disposition something we have like a cold or the flu? Or do we have a choice? Paul says we do. In 2 Corinthians 10:5 he says, “We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.”

2018-02-02

I Hear God’s Voice

It was really windy when my grandson said, “Papa I can hear God’s voice in the wind… and he says he will help us find our way.” What wonderful thoughts innocently offered by a child!

2018-01-29

God is Mysterious

There’s much about God we don’t understand. Why didn’t He stop the earthquake or the tsunami? Why doesn’t He protect innocent children? Why do the wicked prosper? C.S. Lewis writes: "You can’t analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious,”

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