One of my mentors, one who has had a huge impact on my spiritual health and growth is Daniel Brown. He has been on a round-the-world trip and has been blogging. The following is an excerpt from a recent blog. I commend it to you. I felt very much like Paul must’ve felt. So many [...]
Tags: Daniel Brown · Maturity
Max Lucado has long been a favorite of mine. He is so able to paint word pictures that really bring God’s truth to light. Here is an excerpt. Check out the whole article in the link If God can tolerate my mistakes, can’t I tolerate the mistakes of others? If God can overlook my errors, [...]
Tags: God · God's truth · grace · Judgement · Max Lucado · word pictures
Evangelism – brings fear and guilt for many of us, I know it does for me. I know I should be more faithful to evangelize, after all, God commands it and people desperately need the good news. But I struggle. I don’t want to be pushy. And, yes, I’m much too concerned about what they [...]
Tags: Acts 8:26-40 · Ethiopian · evangelism · fear · God initiates · God prepares · God's word · Guilt · Holy Spirit’s promptings · Phillip · relationships
My wife and I have been exploring this ministry which is primarily a way to apply a set of tools under Holy Spirit’s guidance. We are very excited about the reports we are hearing how God is setting people free and empowering them to bring restoration to desolate places. I’ll keep you informed as [...]
Tags: bethelsozo · healing · Holy Spirit · Jesus · ministry · Sozo
BILL OF RIGHTS Respect means I give myself and others the right to: Space and privacy (e.g., knocking on doors before entering, not opening one another’s mail, respecting each other’s needs for quiet and space); Be different (e.g., allowing preferences for food, movies, volume of music, and how we spend our time); Disagree (e.g., making [...]
Tags: be heard · be imperfect and make mistakes · Be respected · Be told the truth · benefit of the doubt · consulted · Courteous and honorable treatment · different · disagree · Emotionally Healthy Spirituality · privacy · respect · taken seriously
I’m reading Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash the Power of Authentic Life in Christ by Peter Scazzero. It is great and I recommend it. He quotes “The Cry of the Soul” by Dan Allender and Tremper Longman pg 24-25: “Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality. Listening to our emotions ushers us into reality. [...]
Tags: Cry of the Soul · Dan Allender · Emotionally Healthy Spirituality · emotions · experiential knowing · language of the soul · life with God · love well · Peter Scazzero · reality · swimming · Tremper Longman
I was reading a powerful novel this week ( Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur) and the following quote has really hit home. What do you think? An easy, routine way of life which many associate with stability and security only gives man stagnation. Entrenched routine only spoils man and makes him simple and weak. On [...]
Tags: God · help · potential · resistance · routine life · security · stability · stagnation · strength
Since we are to love like Christ loves, we need to know how He loves. How does Jesus love? He pursues us He takes the initiative He doesn’t take offense He wants what’s best for us even at His own expense He is incredibly patient, never gives up He protects He sees the best in [...]
Tags: Christ · comfort · instruct · Jesus · love · offense · patient · protects · redemptively · teach