Christian, legalism cries out from a fear driven heart saying, “Do this! Do that! Don’t do this! Don’t do that!” But those who walk in the Spirit have a different cry, “I want to do this! Please help me to do that! Please keep me from this! I will not do that!” The outward effect … More Judge Not

Why the cross? Why the fuss? Who is this Jesus you profess continually? OH MY FRIEND, THIS IS MY JESUS, THIS IS WHY THE CROSS… He suffered the things we should have suffered. He took on himself the pain that should have been ours. But we thought God was punishing him. We thought God was … More This Is My Jesus

Christian listen carefully to the words of Paul, “Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to … More Run

Christian, take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “AWAKE O SLEEPER, AND ARISE … More Expose

We planted a couple trees in our yard 7 years ago. I had researched and planned looking for just the right trees for our yard. The problem was we had never planted trees before and we planted them too deep. Within a couple of years they started to fail and we thought they would die. … More Like A Tree

Christian, if the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; (Galatians 5:22-23), and we are to be filled with this fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ (Phil 1: 11) then WE MUST WALK IN A MANNER worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, BEARING FRUIT … More We Must Walk

Christian, it is by grace we have been saved, through faith. But this is not our own doing, it is a gift from God, not a RESULT of works, so that no one may boast. (Eph. 2:8 &9) But let us not deceive ourselves for, “we were created in Christ Jesus for good works!” We … More Turn

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. (Mark 4:7)… They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (Mark … More A Time To Weed

My son had a spelling list and he had to determine which ones were spelt incorrectly. I told him that it is easier to know if they were wrong if he knew the right ones well, had read them often, and was familiar with what they were supposed to look like. Christian, it is the … More The Spelling List

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. … More Is Your Heart planted in the World?