“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” AW Tozer We are made in God’s image and God’s intention is that we would more and more be being molded into the perfect likeness of his Son, Jesus Christ. What we...
Beth Moore shared a pattern that she has observed regarding “vision” and the loss of one’s vision. It has 4 stages: – Initial Vision- When we first see and grasp a sense of God’s purpose and plan. The vision fills us with joy and excitement. – Unwanted...
“Sin remains sin, no matter how emotive or empathetic we might be towards the sinner. It does not matter if the sinner is ourselves, our nearest and dearest, friends, or strangers. All sin is worthy of death, and that must be our response to it. We have no right...
I awaken early each day. The first thing I do is listen to SDT. Then I reflect on the text and pray. I have been so filled with the Word through the reflected and refracted glory of God in this Elijah story through the eyes and voice of JD Walt, some morning I...
Heard: “Emotions don’t make you any less holy; they make you more human.” We use emotions to cry out for help, just like Peter, who cried out to Jesus, “Help me!” as he sank in the waves. Calling out for more of Jesus doesn’t mean...
This is a cross made from 2 eights. In my sweet symbolic language with God 8 is the number of infinity, eternity, uncertainty, unknowing, the posture of trust. In the vertical it is in relationship to God. In the horizontal it is in relationship to others. The cross...
One often hears the phrase “You look radiant!” in the context of a new bride and groom, a man and woman expecting a baby, or upon holy baptism…. each circumstance having one thing in common…. Changed identity… a bride and groom become...
A significant source of shame and guilt…..it’s called “cognitive dissonance” and it leads to living as a false self. It will cause the vessel of a soul to shatter. 9/17/22
In 1978, the summer before Hurricane Fredrick hit the Alabama Gulf Coast in September 1979, Bill and I and our kids vacationed on the lagoon in Gulf Shores at the home of Katherine and R.L. Musgrove, along with their son, Pete, and several other Musgrove family...
My schedule today took me to contemporary worship at 9:30. The sermon was a touchdown, an out of the park home run, a message straight from God’s Word to my heart…. It was about something I pray for all the time. Tears flowed. I rarely put on makeup for...
