Going deeper with Jesus
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Proverbs 16:32 Reactionary responses are what we consider lack of self control. It is harder to control yourself than to say what you want. Or to say what you think. To not […]
We all feel that way from time to timeInsignificantNot important to this person or thatSometimes feeling not so important to GodIt’s a big world and He’s a big GodHe has a lot of things on His mindEven though He says in His word:He loves us, He created us and has a purpose for our livesEven
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Sometimes, in fact in all honesty, many times, I focus on myself when I pray.I try to focus on Jesus, on others and their needs and it all comes back to myself. If I divided the time into percentages, many days, I would take the biggest percentage. Ideally, our vain imaginations should be cast down.Casting
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It’s very important to consider God and His feelings. How things might be affecting Him. How can we know, well, one thing at a time: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? Ezekiel 18:23So, that means, when someone
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If Jesus is not real to you, where do you start?What do you do?How do you find out? Read the bibleRead it front to back, cover to cover as much as you can every daySomeone said to read it like a little childWe are to have childlike faithVerily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not
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Do you ever feel like you’re a failure? Like you’re not doing what you’re supposed to do?Like you’re in some sort of a difficult place and you don’t really know how you got there? Maybe you’re being honed. Honing means to sharpen, to smooth and sharpen a blade.A few other words for honing: sharpening, whetting,
Considering our Instant Society, We can’t be that way with God, otherwise we’ll miss itGod is not always instantIn fact, usually notThere is a lot of waitingHe enjoys spending time with us, but the conversation is not casualIt is meaningfuland it often takes time Sometimes we have to do something It’s impossible to know what
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace.I love thee to the level of every day’sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely,
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Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and He that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself; Isaiah 44:24 We are all tailor madeGod chose our noses and the color of our hair and skinHe chose whether we had short,
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 Having faith of a little child isn’t just for getting born againJesus wants us to trust Him like we are little childrenIt’s an on-going process, we remain God’s children,
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