A Journey to Seeing Yourself Through the Eyes of Jesus
How to Know if you are a son of God
I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving, for those of you who are Americans. We had a great day spent with family and friends who are like family. We ended up with about 20 people at our house. It was awesome! The following day was my 21st wedding anniversary. We...
We Were Known Before the Foundation of the World
Ephesians is one of my favorite letters written by Paul. It’s the book of the Bible that God has used to help me in my journey of discovering who I really am. The me that Jesus thought about when I was being knitted in my mother’s womb (See Psalm 139). Over the...
Redeeming October for Jesus
I actually had something else prepared for today’s blog post. However, as I was on my walk this morning, I felt the Lord prompting me to write this. Bear with me as I am really just writing what has been in my heart over the past month. Do you find October a difficult...
Go Undercover for Jesus
We see God speaking to his people through dreams often in the Bible. We learn about the God-given dreams Joseph had regarding his future as a ruler in Egypt. Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams telling of the future of his kingdom. Does God still...
Is Hearing From the Lord Biblical? A Look at the Life of Peter
We are going to continue our study on hearing from the Lord. Today we are going to take a look at Peter. Peter heard from God in a few different ways. He’s a great example for us. You Are the Christ Peter is the first disciple recorded to proclaim Jesus is the...
Is Hearing from God Biblical? A Look at the Life of Moses
A few weeks ago I asked the question: Is hearing from the Lord biblical? I encourage you to go back and read what I said regarding this important question. Today we are going to dig a little deeper into this very topic. We are going to take a look at several people in...
God Really Can Redeem Anything
Do you believe God can and will redeem everything we do? It’s easy to believe God can and will redeem us in a general sense. We believe Jesus has redeemed us from our sin when he took our place on the cross. However, do you believe God can redeem the times we act in...
Ways the Holy Spirit Speaks to Me
I was recently asked to teach about how the Holy Spirit speaks to me. At first I thought that should be easy. Then I started thinking about how I hear the voice of God, and it suddenly became difficult. How do I hear from the Lord? How do I know what message is from...
Is Hearing from the Lord Biblical?
What does it mean to hear from the Lord? Is this just a crazy phrase used by charismatics who are delusional and out of their minds? Or is this just confined to a select number of people in the stories that we love to read about in the Bible? Can a person hear from...
How Jesus Responds to Accusers
Today we are going to take a look at an interaction Jesus had with some religious people, and a woman caught in active sin. Let’s read the encounter first and then we will discuss it. "Early in the morning he [Jesus] came again to the temple. All the people came...