For me, there are few times in life that I don’t feel tension, especially when I read the word and pray in the morning. Really… Did that get your attention? :)When I read the Bible and pray, I listen; I ask God what he and I are doing today; I listen some more; I write myContinueContinue reading “The tension I feel when holding God’s Word in one hand & the daily newspaper in the other”
Category Archives: Listening
Intimacy with God…attainable?
I talked with a pastor out-of-state who told me he has not had much quiet time in recent years. Specifically, he was talking about times where he spends time connecting with God through personal Bible study and prayer. Not those times when he is doing sermon preparation or preparing for a wedding or funeral orContinueContinue reading “Intimacy with God…attainable?”
Remember the operable phrase: “As far as it depends on you!”
When dealing with difficult people, have you ever recognized your limits? Of course you have if you have children, or if you work with people or go to church with people. Some people, for whatever reason, will not admit that you are right, and they will not live at peace with you. Sounds like theyContinueContinue reading “Remember the operable phrase: “As far as it depends on you!””
Learn to receive a compliment…
How do you receive compliments and appreciations? Receiving a compliment graciously and assertively is as much of a challenge as giving a gracious, assertive compliment.One time after I preached a sermon someone complimented me. I immediately deflected it saying, “Oh, no big deal. That’s just my job. That’s why I get the big bucks, youContinueContinue reading “Learn to receive a compliment…”
Intentionality when trying to hear God’s voice…
Recently the brilliant, insightful Greg Boyd did four short video blogs (about 5 min. each) on discovering and hearing God’s voice. I thought all four were outstanding. I found myself responding to each one, “Absolutely right.” I really like how Boyd says in the first installment that our true character, namelyContinueContinue reading “Intentionality when trying to hear God’s voice…”
Here’s why we ask the Spirit to read our heart!
1. The reason that this verse …Proverbs 4:23 (New International Version, ©2010)23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. … is so vital, so utterly crucial to life is because2. … it is so easy to follow our own religious ideas without thinking.Matthew 15 (The Message)1-2 After that, PhariseesContinueContinue reading “Here’s why we ask the Spirit to read our heart!”
Read the Scripture, exit this world, and go to a place
In the 1939 musical fantasy “The Wizard of Oz,” the good witch Glinda tells Dorothy to click her heels together and think to herself, “There’s no place like home.”As she repeatedly chants “There’s no place like home,” suddenly she is back home with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy tells her auntie and uncleContinueContinue reading “Read the Scripture, exit this world, and go to a place”
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