What you believe matters. You give it power with your faith. Why do you hide your mistakes? Why do you think of good excuses, should they get found out? Why does your opinion about someone else change when their selfish secrets get exposed? What are you believing about sin and to what are you giving power?
Read MoreAll throughout scripture there is evidence of a divine plan that not only supersedes the will of man, but somehow encompasses it. We play our part in the story without ever knowing the story. We make our own choices according to our own insight and still, our free choice is swallowed up and used in God’s plan.
Read MoreLook to see who is scattering the sheep. Watch who is causing divisions and dissociations. Watch who leaves the lamb when he falls. That’s your false teacher. He’s not a shepherd, he’s a hired hand. He didn’t come through the Gate, he crawled under the fence.
Read MoreWe are told to praise God in the storm. How is that possible? It’s not an act of will. It’s an act of submission.
Read MoreHuman beings need to have purpose. We need to have something to reach for that is beyond our grasp. Most of us can bounce from effort to effort for years without realizing that we’re reaching for things in the ‘here and now’. It takes a long time for some of us to realize that our drive is telling us to reach for something altogether spiritual.
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