I have a question, I mean this really honestly. Is the work of the Holy Spirit in us, meant to control us like puppets? Is there no person left at all to do things? Let’s assume that Paul had the real stuff, and was writing from that perspective. We are all non-heretics here, there is […]
“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth […]
I’m starting a meditative walk through the book of Job. Here is a man clearly loved by God, respected for his deeds, and yet who suffered terribly and entered into a time of doubt and failure. It is a perfect place to explore the mystery of the nature of the blessing of grace in the […]
photo © 2009 aeneastudio | more info (via: Wylio) Well, I confess, officially we are supposed to move on to the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet, but I’m doing a second verse in Gimel, because it is so good that I can’t stand the thought of skipping over it. I hope you love this […]
SCRIPTURE Ps 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Thy law. PRAYER Father, yesterday was a wonderful study, I don’t think I can expect a study to come together that miraculously every day. But You are God, and everything You do is a miracle! Teach us Lord, change us, forgive […]
Where we used to live, there was a sheep farmer down the road who needed some extra pasture for his 120 sheep to graze. We set a morning to help him herd his sheep up the road to our pasture. The image above is a photo from that actual morning. What an experience! He had […]
photo © 2010 Axel Hartmann | more info (via: Wylio) I just finished reading Silence, a novel by Shusaku Endo. It is the story of a Portugese Catholic priest who went to Japan in the 1500’s to inquire of a priest who had been his mentor and had apparently apostatized there. Beautiful, haunting, deep, […]
photo © 2010 Smithsonian Institution | more info (via: Wylio) SCRIPTURE Ps 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Thy law. PRAYER Father, we are wandering dumb sheep. Lead us to Your door, feed us and teach us. Forgive us and guide us to the truth. Protect us from temptation […]
photo © 2006 Robert Scarth | more info (via: Wylio) SCRIPTURE Ps 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Thy law. PRAYER Father, it is not we who are constant and faithful, it is You! Your word stands forever as the touchstone of truth, character, history, and majesty. Teach us […]
photo © 2009 Giuseppe | more info (via: Wylio) I was in a great conversation with a friend the other night, and we talked a bit about the true substance of moral fiber. He suggests that the real substance is when there is something that is right, that you absolutely do NOT want to […]