2023-09-29
Mercy for Judgement
The opposite of mercy is judgment. Mercy is not easy for me. My whole character leans toward judgment.
Read more..Thoughts By John Fischer
2023-09-06
What is that in Your Hand?
What's in your hand? What have you been leaning on all these years? Is it a natural ability? Is it a drug? Is it something you're good at? Is it your reputation (or lack of one)?
Read more..2023-07-04
Different Parts, Different Hearts
When we all do our part in the body of Christ, everyone gets a job, everyone gets honored and everyone's important.
Read more..2023-04-28
To Love Like God
Does God only love Christians? Does this question even need to be asked? Unfortunately, yes, because there is an impression out there that that He does. I encounter it in innuendo and assumption.
Read more..2023-03-22
Adopted
We have an adopted son and the pleasure he has brought us has been unequaled. And I thought I was doing him a favor.
Read more..2023-03-19
Only One You
God isn't messing around here. There are no accidents with our lives. Whatever we have received and experienced has shaped who we are, and because of that, we are qualified servants. There is truly no one else like you - for a reason.
Read more..2023-03-15
Time and Attention
I once saw a sign that read: "Your God is what you pay attention to." You see, I believe you can pay attention to God while you are doing everything else.
Read more..2023-02-05
Jesus Way
Love your enemies Pray for those who persecute you If someone forces you to go one mile, go two If someone takes your shirt, give him your coat, too If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also Give to those who ask Don't turn away from those who want to borrow Return good for evil Do not judge others
Read more..2022-12-29
Grace Turned Outward
Grace, as wonderful as it seems, gets turned down every moment of every day. We don't like receiving free gifts;
Read more..2022-06-20
Winning and Losing
Life is all about ups and downs. Question: How do you measure the "wins" and "loses" in your life?
Read more..2021-12-20
God with Us
This is Christmas. This is Emmanuel: God with us. This is the advent - the coming of the Lord. God invading history. The one who invented it coming into it and submitting himself to all his own rules.
Read more..2021-08-16
Don’t Let Your Past Control Your Future
Release your hold on your life and throw the door open on the dynamic of God's will for your future.
Read more..2021-07-25
Growing Pains
The spiritual principle of growth - We obey by stepping into our weakness or our fear, trusting in the fact that because it is something He asks of us, He will meet us somewhere along the way with the power to do it.
Read more..2021-06-03
Justice and Mercy
Is there anybody you'd rather not see in heaven? What if God chooses to extend mercy to that person? Would you go away and pout like Jonah?
Read more..2020-11-16
Jonah Just Doesn’t Get it
Jonah was so caught up in his own self-righteousness that, in the end, all he could care about was himself and a stupid plant. Meanwhile, God was having compassion for a hundred and twenty thousand people who were trapped in their own ignorance, along with many animals, which God cared about, too.
Read more..2020-10-28
Free to Serve
In Christ we have been set free from the power and the penalty of sin, free from trying to earn God's favor, free from the insatiable need to please ourselves, and free to know the truth.
Read more..2017-10-18
The Value of Pain
The Value of Pain You can’t bring a cup of cold water to someone if
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