Spiritual Answers For The Real World
The ability to distinguish between what I want and what I really need is one of the most valuable spiritual tools a Christian has to work with. It is a valuable tool because for most people it holds the key to gratitude, which is the attitude that makes personal peace possible. The Bible talks about [...]
I once heard someone say, “my mind is like a bad neighborhood – I should never go there alone”. When believer’s venture into a type of thinking that excludes the Holy Spirit they step onto thin ice. It is easy to begin to feel as though we are unappreciated, or that our circumstances are such [...]
The things we believe to be true are the engine of our thought life. Our thought life is the ground on which God engages us and He commands that we take every thought captive that is not pleasing to Him. God wants to replace our thought with His thought. He wants to exchange the mind [...]
Self seeking involves taking advantage of situations and circumstances without regard for the consequences to others. Self seeking only cares for how things can be better for me! Even though there will be consequences for others, self seeking enables us to rationalize and discount the collateral damage.
Christians are not called by God to attend church regularly. Christians are not called by God to tithe. Christians are not called to donate to building funds or support ministries. Christians are not called to DO anything. Christians are called to be holy. Christians are called to BE! When I say Christians are called to [...]
Does Not Brag – Anytime we talk about ourselves and proclaim the goodness of something we have done we are bragging. Even if we do so with false humility and a self-deprecating manner, it is still bragging. A Christian being conformed into the image of Jesus knows their life is none of their business and [...]
It is the combination of belief and thought that produces the way we feel and this is where the human condition becomes quite perilous. Years ago, before I learned the things I now write and teach on this subject, I could think my way into states of utter panic, based on very little that was [...]
I can’t wait to get to heaven to ask the Lord which of my multiple surrenders he actually accepted. If I was pressed to identify a specific time it would probably be in 1986 when I was forty-three. That is when I know I reached the end of me and became willing to let God [...]
Man instinctively knows that his soul will transcend time and exist again beyond physical death. Man seeks to define God so that the mystery of eternity can be understood in natural terms and allow himself to gain control over it. But, God has not granted man the right or the ability to define Him by [...]
I want to explain what I think it means to define God. In the largest sense, defining God is the process of trying to understand the creation and all that is in it. Defining God is the process of finding ways to interpret the meaning of human life and the spiritual nature of humanity. Defining [...]
Real Christian maturity will not be achieved until we come to believe that our life is really none of our business. Our life is none of our business, because the life we must live is not ours – the life we are to live is the life of Jesus Christ who lives in and through [...]
Its very important for Christians to understand what God is trying to accomplish in us. Many believers are amazed to learn that God’s purpose for their lives is to conform them into the image of Jesus! God’s goal is to use all things in our lives to help us think like Jesus, act like Jesus [...]
My experience has taught me that difficulty can bring people to a point of need that leads to a choice of accepting or rejecting God. It could be a death, a divorce, an illness, or any of many other possibilities. But the characteristics of these catalysts are the same. We run out of answers for [...]
My father was a heavy drinker. He never formally acknowledged himself as an alcoholic, but a person who drinks daily and can consume up to a quart of liquor in an evening might reasonably be classified as an alcoholic.
I turned 67 years of age last November. I’m sort of semi-retired you might say, although I still work at things I enjoy doing. For the past three months I have been thinking about my life to this point and I’ve been thinking about the years I may have remaining. Frankly, I’ve been thinking about [...]
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