All My Springs of Joy
An Intimate Prayer of Thanks and Praise
Shout for Joy oh daughters of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel
Rejoice and exalt with all your heart.
The Lord has taken away His judgments against you,
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst.
You will fear disaster no more.
The Lord my God is in the middle of me
He is ever . . .
Chill Out, Christian!
Why Spill Out Your Guts?
Sometimes people warn us about ‘trying too hard’ in our pursuit to attain a more robust experience of our faith. If we press to gain more revelation in the Spirit, to exercise His supernatural gifts, to heal the sick, to express His power more fully on behalf of others, religious people are the first to caution: “Don’t forget, it’s God who . . .
The Seed
There is a law.
It operates in the fabric of the universe
And in the heart of man.
In you and in me.
It is wonderful and magical
It is terrifying and unforgiving.
It is perpetual and inescapable.
No man is so clever
So nimble
So cool
So as to elude or outwit this principle.
Nor will its effects be . . .
Tipping Hands, Disclosing Secrets
When God makes promises through His messengers He’s telling us more than the words being spoken.
For example, here’s what God told His people through Ezekiel:
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they . . .
Instead, May I Say
Lord Jesus, I wish not to say that
Given the conditions of my birth,
Due to the circumstances of my history,
Because of my family’s economic state,
Seeing the common standing of my family in the community
and my insignificance in the earth,
In light of all my particular limitations and weaknesses . . .
When God Played Show and Tell
When it was God’s turn to show and tell, He sent Jesus.
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Jn 10:10bJesus declared:
All authority in Heaven and earth is given to Me. Mt 28:18Jesus is God’s will perfectly expressed.
He who has seen Me has seen the Father. Jn 14:9bSee God’s plan of extreme . . .
Add Some Weight to That Bar
This is simple. To gain strength we must strain against increasingly more pressure. To gain mental acuity we must tackle increasingly more complex puzzles. To build character we must overcome increasingly difficult internal and external conflicts.
Normal people agree that this is the way of growth for all people. There's no way . . .
