If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. -Galatians 5:15, NIV “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.” -Matthew 7:15, NLT Not everyone who comes to you as a “sheep” is one of Jesus’ flock. God knows. And … Continue reading “Biting so called sheep”
Author: Divorce Minister
Preaching on peace this morning
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. -Isaiah 26:3, KJV This morning I get to share a message entitled, “The Power of Peace,” with my local church where I attend. Much of this blog is about abiding in God’s peace during life’s storms. … Continue reading “Preaching on peace this morning”
God, do you care if I drown?
Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” -Mark 4:38, NIV “Don’t you care?!” Tomorrow, I am preaching from this passage. It is the passage in Mark where Jesus and his disciples are crossing storm tossed waters (see Mark … Continue reading “God, do you care if I drown?”
Refutation in the Kingdom
…no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord… -Isaiah 54:17a, NIV I find this verse instructive about how we engage in spiritual warfare. We are not passive participants. God calls us to speak truth, which has the power to refute … Continue reading “Refutation in the Kingdom”
Powerful Song
“Holy” by Jesus Culture is a favorite worship song of mine. I feel ushered into the Inner Throne Room of God as I listen to this song. It calms my heart as the music turns the eyes of my heart to our Holy God. May it bless you as it continues to bless me!
Peace comes with trusting God
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. -Isaiah 26:3, NKJV Today, I am working on my Sunday’s message on “The Power of Peace.” I believe living in and releasing God’s peace is the most radical way we defeat the Enemy. Yet I know it is easier said than done. It takes … Continue reading “Peace comes with trusting God”
Redeeming the experience of being abused
“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” -I Corinthians 13:11, NIV “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” -Popular Saying God has given us … Continue reading “Redeeming the experience of being abused”
My frustration with some “Christian” mental health providers
“If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.” -Luke 17:3b, NLT Rebuke, repentance, THEN AND ONLY THEN, forgiveness is to be offered. This is the order Jesus Himself gave us for godly forgiveness. However, this is usually NOT the order presented to faithful spouses or Christians in other traumatic situations. … Continue reading “My frustration with some “Christian” mental health providers”
In the midst of mine enemies
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. -Psalm 23:4-5, KJV … Continue reading “In the midst of mine enemies”
Those dang old memories…
Grief comes in waves. It ambushes you sometimes from nowhere. I was collecting pictures for an old friend who knew me in my previously married state. In fact, he was the best man at that wedding–i.e. the wedding where I married my cheater. So, it is not surprising the review of those photos brought back … Continue reading “Those dang old memories…”