Grace Works: the Nearness of Christ in Your Life
Read moreGrace works because the essence of grace is the nearness of Christ being experienced in your life. A young child overhears his mother and father fighting in another room . . . parents learning their teenage daughter is pregnant . . . a sleepless, a worried mother, finally, hears her son coming home but he is intoxicated again .
Spirit of Man: Adversary to the Ways of God in the Life of Man
Read moreThe spirit of man, evolving from his own obserations in the exercise of his mind, gives birth to the adversary of God in his life. In the mystery of the book of Genesis, the author recorded, And the Lord God formed man of the dusk of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became
Jesus Abides: the Miraculous Witness of His Presence
Read moreJesus abides and with the word abide being a verb ever time it means that he cam produce the real witness of his presence in our lives. Jesus abides always reveal the witness that he is alive and real. There was an atheist that lived in the latter part of the 19th century, a general in the United States army.
Broken Bondages: Experiencing Freedom from Circumstances
Read moreBroken bondages from circumstances in your life occur not so much from trying to change the circumstances but changing the emphasis of your focus. Turning your eyes on Jesus can make “the things of this world grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.” Life is really pretty simple. We experience our life either in the “Me”
Controlling the Mind: the Secret Revealed
Read moreControlling the mind, the secret revealed, is perhaps the greatest challenge of your life. It matters little what happens in the physical circumstances of living life if the mind is not calm, cool, and collected. While a prisoner in Rome, bound with chains, and facing the stigma of being a common criminal, Paul wrote powerful, positive letters to individuals and
Conquering Temptations: Key to Experiencing the Good Life
Read moreConquering temptations must begin with understanding the nature of temptations and how those temptatons occur in the living of our lives. James stated in his letter “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Father has promised to them that love him.” For us to experience crown
Safely Secure in the Knowledge of God at Work in My Life
Read moreSafely secure in the knowledge of God lies not in the circumstances we face but in how we face the circumstances. I would like to begin this chapter (Jesus, and the People of the Way – Chapter 4) again with a rose, an apple, and a tomato in coming to understand how we can feel safely secure as God
Godly Living: the Mystery of His Life Coming Out of My Death
Read moreGodly living is simply God, through Jesus Christ, manifesting himself in the believer through many resurrection events. The mystery of life coming out of death is everywhere present in the created world. It is illustrated when the new morning comes forth out of the night. It is there when the spring breaks into view after winter. This mystery of life
Resurrection Life: Experiencing the Nearness of Jesus in my Soul
Read moreResurrection life can be experience in this life because the nearness of Jesus can be experienced. Salvation, in the purest sense of what it means to be saved, is less to do with “who forgives all of your sins” or “who heals all of your illnesses,” than it does with “who redeems your life out of destruction.” Have we
Christian Behavior: the Nearness of Christ in Resurrection Events
Read moreChristian behavior can only be produced by the nearness of Christ experienced in resurrection events. In the previous chapter of “Resurrection Events,” we began with an apple, a tomato, and a rose. If I was to ask what the fruit of an apple tree was, you would probably say an apple. If I was the asked what the fruit of
