Hope is a person. Like everything else, all things are summed up in Jesus – Ephesians 1:10. Peace, love, patience, joy, strength, kindness, power, anointing, righteousness, etc., are not things that Jesus gives us. They are expressions of the life Jesus exudes in us. The same is true about hope. Hope is not a gift […]
The Way 11/20/24 The hope-filled life Read More »
Recently, something happened that resulted in my being disappointed, and because of the disappointment, I became discouraged. Our emotions reflect what our mind is set on, and therefore, my feelings of discouragement were the result of my mind coming into agreement with thoughts of disappointment. I wrestled with this for the better part of an
The Way 11/19/24 Jesus doesn’t do discouragement Read More »
Colossians 3:1-4 NASB Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. [3] For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ
Retro One Thing 6/24/20 The search for the True Self – Part 2 Read More »
I can’t tell you how many times over the years I have heard someone explaining someone else’s behavior by saying, “They are just trying to find themselves.” I believe this is the journey that every human being takes because all of life ultimately flows out of our identity. Who we think or believe we are
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Matthew 6:19-21 NASB “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. [20] But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; [21] for where your treasure is, there
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2 Corinthians 1:8-10 NASB For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; [9] indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in
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We don’t have to live our lives “stressed out;” instead, we get to live “resting in” the adequacy of Christ, who has brought our lives and our life story into union with His. Paul spent the last years of his life imprisoned under house arrest in Rome, and in Ephesians 3:1, he referred to himself
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