26 Feb The Holy Spirit lives in you. Why doesn’t it make a greater difference?
If you are a Christian, the Holy Spirit lives in you ("...
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19 Feb How To Survive God’s Surgery
Are Surgeons Good or Bad for You? I have awakened from four different surgeries in my life feeling truly awful. In one case, my knee hurt, in another, my abdomen hurt, in two others, my shoulder hurt. Mentally, I was in a fog, unable to think...
12 Feb What Do You Think God Wants From You?
Have you ever wondered what it is that God wants from us? He doesn’t need anything from us, so why did He create us? What does He want from us? Well, God created us to love us. In 1 John 4:10, we read, “In this...
05 Feb What Does It Mean to Have a Good Self Image?
I grew up with a terrible self-image. My family was poor, I was skinny, I had dyslexia and other learning challenges. As a result, I felt insecure, incompetent and inadequate. It has taken a lifetime to moderate those initial childhood self-evaluations. As a result, I know...
29 Jan In Our Relationships, Ignorance Is Not Bliss
Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to our relationships. What we don’t know about ourselves can hurt us. And, it can keep us in the shallows with God. We all develop coping strategies to help us deal with our own perceived inadequacies. Depending on our...
15 Jan Jesus Taught a Specific Order to Prayer
When Jesus' disciples asked Him to teach them to pray, He gave them what has come to be known as “The Lord’s Prayer,” which has a specific order to it. In principle, here is what He taught His disciples: Hallow (revere) God as your loving heavenly Father. Our...
08 Jan How to Rest in God’s Love
Tim Russert told this story, sent to him by an adult daughter wanting to honor her elderly father, in his heartwarming book, The Wisdom of Our Fathers. My dad loved the fact that he had two daughters, And although we were by no means wealthy, he...
02 Jan Three Ways to Make This a Happy New Year
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” This sentiment, expressed by Alexander Pope nearly 300 years ago, is never more apparent than at the New Year. The New Year is viewed as a time of new beginnings… a time when we can put behind us the memories...
25 Dec The Grinch, the Nutcracker, Scrooge! They’re All (partly) True!
There are five fundamental elements of a story. 1. A hero who is good. 2. A villain who is bad. 3. A conflict between the two. 4. The hero wins the conflict. 5. The hero lives happily ever after. The interesting thing is, these five elements outline the story of human...
18 Dec Does God Feel Like a Heavenly Father to You?
I confess that I do not naturally see God as a close-at-hand, loving heavenly Father. By nature, I tend to see him more as distant and preoccupied. The reason, I suspect, is because of the relationship I had with my earthly father. My father was...