Series: You Gotta DO THE WORK/ The Calling
I started reading Ezekiel 7 today, but have not finished. However, I did find something interesting. The calling is a two part process – God calling and His people (you and me answering). Ezekiel answered his call. The children of Israel through they heard Ezekiel tell of the destruction of the nation, they chose not […]
Series: DO THE WORK/ Friendships Take Work/ Part 3
When you meet someone that you have always wanted to meet or are attracted to, you typically get a little nervous and anxious when you are in their company. You look for opportunities to meet and spend time with each other. And, over time, you learn more about each other and hopefully, a loving, fruitful […]
DO THE WORK Series/ Bring Your Burdens, But Be Honest/Part 4
I was thinking about my previous posts and I realized that I needed to expand on the topic of – bringing your burdens to God. When I was living a life of anger and hurt, I was bound to my past. There were reasons behind my anger, but I didn’t take the time to acknowledge […]
Series: DO THE WORK/ What’s Next – A New Relationship/ Part 6
This is the last post on the topic of DO THE WORK. If you missed any of the previous post, I encourage you to go back and read them. For those who DID THE WORK, I am going to keep going. So how do you feel? I pray that you you feel refreshed and filled […]
Series: DO THE WORK/ Fear – Your Other Friend/ Part 5
The message of DOING THE WORK consists of spending time acknowledging your personal issues and burdens and taking them to God in prayer, discovering His love and establishing/ establishing your friendship (relationship) with God. If you missed Parts 1-4 of this series, I encourage you to go back and read them for more details. Today […]
Series – DO THE WORK/ Love – Part 1
I believe that all roads lead to love. We all want it, crave it and obsess over it. When we don’t get the measure of love we believe we should have gotten – that’s when trouble begins. For the majority of us, that expectation of love started when we were children. If you feel you […]
Free, Learning To Let Go
This morning I was thinking how wonderful it is to be free. Then my thoughts wandered to – growing up, nobody really taught us to be free. We were taught to be bound in school, work, life, but not to be free spiritually and in life. We think, live and do the things over and […]
Bitterness
Today, my personal Bible study and person reflection is on bitterness. Unchecked bitterness takes root like dandelions in a field of grass. It takes awhile to acknowledge the spirit of bitterness and the sin it brings with it – unforgiveness. Bitterness takes over my eagerness to be in God’s presence, chips away at my faith, […]
Faith – Brothers Cain and Abel
Topic: Faith I’m still on Hebrews 11:1 and Genesis 4:3-5. Yesterday, I was thinking about the brothers Cain and Abel, particularly their relationship with God and their faith, but also about the dynamics between them as brothers and their childhood as children of Adam and Eve. In Genesis, we get a clue that Cain has […]
Topic: Faith/Envy
Topic: Faith/Envy I got up this morning thinking more about Cain as a person and what lead him to sin. I know he was mad at Abel his brother Abel and God, but why? What would lead Cain to kill his brother? Reading more of Genesis 4:8, the Matthew Henry’s Commentary (Complete) gives me more […]