How many times have you thought you did what was right, thought you had the answer, and thought you chose the surest road, yet it ended up in disappointment? Life has many twists and turns. We’re less in charge of our lives than we think. While man has free will, God is sovereign. His plans […]
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RSS feed for this sectionLife’s Healing Choices: The Growth Choice
08
Mar
Eventually the Lord will bring us to a place where we have little choice but to stop, listen, and obey. Yesterday, Matt Gregory (my pastor) preached a powerful message at Soul Purpose Church (http://soulpurposechurch.com) about The Growth Choice. This message came from Pastor Rick Warren’s teaching in an 8 week series we are doing called […]
Finally, I recorded and posted the audio for my life story
11
Nov
Yesterday I had one of the most bizarre days of my life, in a good sense. Then this morning, I had a very powerful and humbling 2-way dialog with the LORD. In follow up to that, I posted a new message at Journal777 titled “You’re being a know-it-all is what’s getting in your way!”
The Impact of Yesterday’s Tenebrae Service
22
Mar
“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.” – Benjamin Franklin By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life. (Proverbs 22:4) In what areas of your life, do you need to die to yourself? Yesterday evening, rather than hosting the weekly marriage LIFE group […]
And a Child Shall Lead Them…
21
Mar
“If you live for the next world, you get this one in the deal: but if you live only for this world, you lose them both.” – C. S. Lewis You will save the humble people; but Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down. (2 Samuel 22:28) Have you ever […]
On My Knees
30
Nov
“I get on my knees. There I am before the Love that changes me. See, I don’t know how, but there’s power when I’m on my knees.” – lyrics from song “On My Knees” Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, (Philippians 2:5) Where does servant leadership start? The 14 […]
First hand Update from The Call Nashville
09
Jul
The proof of humility is the willingness to listen – first. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, (Colossians 1:13) How are you responding to God’s call? On Sunday morning July 8, I received the following email from Bowie Curry, the […]
Back to the Basics
16
Mar
Healing our land begins with humbling ourselves before God. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirits. (Proverbs 16:2) How can you get your life out of its out-of-whack state? The Holy Spirit’s instruction to me last year was to make 2007 a year of […]
Humility, Holiness, and Answered Prayer
13
Aug
Humility and holiness go hand-in-hand with answered prayer! “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) The Bible verse above is […]
Keep the Sabbath holy!
05
Jul
Busyness is a great enemy of relationships. We must address the serious problem of busyness in our lives to experience a great awakening. It is not easy to take a Sabbath. You’ve got to decide to do it. A regular Sabbath puts a brake on overwork. In order to practice Sabbath, you must learn one […]