Be quiet, be still, sensitive to God and how He has us being submissive to Him in His peace >
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)
This means to be personal with God, not only submitting. His peace is in...
In one of our forums, we have been talking about meditation. I think a lot of people understand meditation to involve mainly managing what we are thinking. But I understand that our thoughts can come from our intentions and desires. And our intentions and desires can be connected with our true...
Our Apostle Paul says,
"'Be angry, and do not sin'" (in Ephesians 4:26).
This does not mean to get angry in a wrong way > "the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God" (in James 1:20). But there is good anger which has us angry about sin so we do not join in it.
And when God...
During our worship and preaching, we shared good things. Here are some things that were said and which have come to mind.
We can seem to be surrounded by trouble, but we are surrounded by the Lord. '''My grace is sufficient" (in 2 Corinthians 12:7-15). God's grace is almighty to succeed in all...
Do not give in to getting isolated.
I can get into paranoid stuff about how someone is going to make trouble for me. But if I get concerned about this, I am getting worried only and mainly about my own self. I am not sharing with God and not praying and trusting Him to take care of a problem. I...
Hi, there (c: It is good to see you (c: Welcome to our sharing. Yesterday, we had our church mid-week group, and below I am offering some things our assistant pastor said, and a few comments; plus I have put in some thoughts I have about our sharing. God bless you (c:
The Gospel will radically...
“Are we known by the company we keep?”
Here is a nice beautiful iris >
iris by com7fy8 posted Feb 23, 2018 at 1:01 AM
And a weed is keeping company with the iris.
But this does not mean the weed is an iris!!
That weed is not known by the company it keeps!!
And, like this, it is not enough...
The wrong stuff stops. Jesus died for us so we will be holy and blameless.
This means how His love has our character becoming. This is not only a self discipline thing, of our own effort to pick and choose characteristics which we understand are desirable. But a fruit has various things which...
God's word shows that God wants what is better for us. God wants what is even better than we can want :) And, of course, first God is concerned about what He desires for Himself > He desires to have many children who are like His Son Jesus > Romans 8:29. So, we need to be not so much only about...
On Sunday, our pastor said that our life with Jesus is the best life there is. No life is better. It isn't out there > it doesn't EXIST!!
And I was thinking about how he used to be a smoking cussing arguing atheist who was so about denying that God exists.
Now he denies the existence of any...
There are different things that "still hunting" can mean. It can mean you are still hunting for a companion. It can mean a method you use while hunting or to get photographs of wild animals.
Here, I am thinking of how to get close to an animal. Still hunting does not mean that you stay in one...
Is our prayer important enough for God to use????????? The simple answer is yes because we are God's children.
Even a little child can communicate with his or her parents, and get a result.
Also, my lady friend's cat Kitu can meow meow meow meow, and meow, and meow meow meow; and he is...
One time, I walked into a shelter and checked out the dogs and cats that were available for adoption. I was told how I would need to be checked out, and I understand there are vet bills, paying for food, and a dog needs time and attention and meeting its emotional needs, and exercise and...
James says,
"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials." (James 1:2)
Have you seen how there can be joy, right along with great pain and trouble? When a mother is giving birth, there is such pain, but then such great joy when her child is born.
But what can happen if...
Right now, there are so many things we can be thinking, things to do. How do we know at each moment what God really wants?
Well, if you are on the front line in a military maneuver, you have a radio person. The radio person has you in touch with the commander who knows all the intel info plus...
It seems to me, that there is a very simple reason why children do not listen to their parents. They have bonded with the noise of their toys and money-making babysitters and their playmates. Because their parents have not spent much time with them.
I now understand that a child needs, instead...
There are different kinds of martial arts people. Some learn karate simply so they can defend themselves against bullies. Others might want to smash and kill evil people, and make them suffer for the cruel things they have done.
But there are martial arts people who are specialists in...
Our Apostle Paul says,
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)
So, every one of us is called > "in one body", Paul says; so this includes all of us who are in the body of Jesus > every one of us is called to...
Yes, we ask God to change us so we do better; but then we still fail, fall, fall apart . . . .
So, why?
God does not just change what we do and think. He is changing our nature to be more like Jesus who can not sin and can not struggle. Just changing behavior and thinking is reforming...
Possibly, the "Our Father" is our prayer, while the real Lord's prayer is in chapter seventeen of the Gospel of John.
You can see where Jesus' attention goes, in His prayer in John 17. This includes how in prayer Jesus claims for us, that
"the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that...