From 12/22/2017: A Christian testified in a meeting about God’s work in healing her vision. Interestingly, a Christian teacher who was present added that there had been several instances of healing eyes in her ministry recently. This past weekend in Sunday...
Through the years I’ve been asked to “loan” money to people knowing full well that they were not likely to repay it. Not large sums…..a power bill here, some gas money there, a Christmas layaway final payment, partial rent payment, etc. I kept...
A friend used the phrase “sister-friend” in recent correspondence. It reminded me how my middle granddaughter called her big sister her “sister-friend” when she was 3, such a sweet endearing title that has continued to reflect their closeness...
From: Judy Klug (2016) Check our motives Philippians 1:15-18. “It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so in love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former preach Christ...
JD Walt in today’s Seedbed Daily Text devotional likens immersion reading of scripture ( in contrast to extraction reading) to learning a new language. Responding to today’s SDT on the Scriptures as “language:” One cannot disconnect the New...
Ecclesiastes 11:9 “Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. ……… YET….know that God will bring you to...
Lesson in immersion…. Some are armchair viewers… they watch iMax images and, for a moment, see and experience through others’ eyes the beauty of new adventures captured by people they haven’t known. They seek information out of curiosity....
God has been dealing with me about the FULLNESS of Christ being able to dwell in us for some time…. “that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.”...
Zen spin…… ( From 12/6/20) “The term is shortened from mushin no shin (無心の心), (arising from the Chinese Chan School of Buddhism) of a Zen expression meaning the mind without mind and is also referred to as the state of “no-mindness”. That is,...
Freedom……. Yesterday I spent time reviewing a Rokeach Value Survey with a young lady. She arranged its 18 terminal values and 18 instrumental values in prioritized order and we set about exploring what her choices revealed about her understanding of...
