Do not Worry, A Choice to Make Before I can follow the command, “Do not worry” or “Take no thought for your life,” I must realign my thinking. Which takes time and is part of the daily walk of dying to self. Matthew 6:19-34 ESV – 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust …
Answered Prayer: How to Get There
I near the final goal, answered prayer and how to get there. So I’ve discussed: concept of God, believing is seeing, what to pray for, how to pray, and how often should I pray. If I have been reading and starting to apply previous posts, I will start to grasp what Oswald Chambers writes in yesterdays reading in My Utmost …
Jesus What Do I Do? – Correct Question
Jesus What Do I Do? Jesus what do I do is the correct question not what would Jesus do? I’ve never been fond of religious jewelry and trinkets, except for an occasional classic cross. When WWJD became popular, I conceived some value in the phrase as a reminder of what we are to be about, but I didn’t run out …
Enter Through the Narrow Gate, Matthew 7:13-20
The narrow gate is one man wide. This is about my relationship with God. If I focus intently on Jesus, I will find the narrow gate. If I look at anything else, I will miss it. I cannot find guidance from popular culture, my social group, family, or even my church. I must decide to reach out to God on …
The Cost of Following Jesus, Matthew 8:18-22
What does it mean to truly follow Jesus? In Matthew 8:18-22, two men pledge their loyalty to Christ, but their hesitation reveals a profound truth: following Jesus demands everything. This post explores the cost of discipleship and challenges us to examine what we’re holding onto instead of trusting God fully. Cost of Following Jesus: Matthew 8:18-22 Matthew 8:18-22 ESV …
Prayer Fasting Guide
Prayer Fasting Guide? The one I promised to complete long ago? Well Food in God’s Place is in rewrite and it will be out at some point, but there is a novel to be finished first. For now, review this page: Guide to Fasting
Praying Workers are Few Matthew 9:35-38
Today, praying workers are few. Why? Praying workers are few because many church workers look to the need described here, ‘harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd,’ run out to meet the need, but disobey the command stated here, ‘Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers.’ The command contained here is to ‘ask the Lord,’ …
Spiritual Blindness Incurable? Matthew 9:27-34
Spiritual blindness incurable? This section closes with a statement from the Pharisees that makes the reversibility of the condition improbable. Jesus healed two blind men. He said, ‘According to your faith let it be done to you.’ Again as in the last scene, there is a desperation associated with this faith, a sense of ‘nowhere else to turn.’ For effective …