John Wesley once said this: “GOD breathes into us every good desire and brings every good desire to good effect.” When GOD changes our hearts from stone to flesh, our desires change. We desire what HE desires. I can see this within myself because what I once desired, now I dislike and could care less … More GOOD DESIRES
We are 11 days into the New Year and how is your peace? I think we all have an internal meter as to whether we feel at peace or not. When we are not, we have let the world dictate our lives and honestly you have to say to yourself: how is this working? Because the … More NEW YEAR – NEW PEACE
To walk this life, this one path we have, we must remain open enough to continue. Those who choose to remove themselves, to isolate themselves really aren’t living at all. We are in different seasons of life and so we need to walk in and work out our salvation……. PHILIPPIANS 2: 12-13 “CONTINUE TO WORK … More STAY OPEN ENOUGH – NOT TOUGH ENOUGH
God’s glory can be seen all around us. Never take it all for granted. HE displays HIS hands so we will honor and worship HIM. But it’s our every day self-glory that gets us into trouble. Who is on the throne of our lives? Who comes first? Because in GOD’S plan, it’s not about us, … More SELF-GLORY/GOD’S GLORY
Hello everyone! I am back after a much needed vacation that was beautiful and restful. I was able to write too. I am always thrilled when the LORD gives me more posts to write, so here goes and I hope this encourages you today. If you think on it, being on your knees gives you … More OUR KNEES – THE TRUEST VANTAGE POINT
Ever notice how loud things are getting these days? People are aggressive and in each other faces yelling at one another. There seems to be an increasing need for everyone to be heard. And it seems to be that everyone who wants to be heard think that their view is the right view. Often it … More AN INCREASING NEED TO BE HEARD
I can’t help but notice how since I’ve gotten older, physical pain is always with me. You know the kind – you wake up each morning wondering what will ache or hurt today. ANY KIND OF PAIN GETS OUT ATTENTION We will do any kind of method to make the pain stop and what a … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Being a child of the KING requires us to be brave. It’s a brave thing to ask the Creator of the universe to humble you to be more like JESUS. WE ask for humbling, but then why do we reject what GOD shows us and hands to us so perfectly? In the humbling, GOD chips … More BRAVELY ASK HIM
A tearing away of all pretense and pride will eventually happen before GOD. HE always has a way to humble us and HE wants us to come before HIM with a humble spirit. It becomes a true looking at yourself in the mirror and realizing before the CROSS who you really are………a sinner in need … More UNGUARDED VULNERABILITY
Have you been humbled recently? I know I have due to a health diagnosis. Somehow we seem to think we still have control over the smallest of things and that is when GOD in HIS wisdom snatches those very things out of our hands, humbling us at the same time. IN HIS HUMBLING OF OUR … More PLAIN HUMBLED
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