My family and I just returned from a road trip out west. One of the stops we made was Mount Rushmore. There is nothing quite like seeing it in person to truly appreciate how small you are! As I was listening to the presentations I kept pondering what our walk with Christ has in common with this national treasure. Here … Read More
When you woke up this morning you had a past. So did I. For some, that past is filled with remarkable accomplishments; work well done and talents used wisely. For others, that past is filled with unbearable pain; the kind that would drive them to do any number of distracting or destructive activities to avoid remembering. As different as these … Read More
Walking Truth 4: Be Encouraged: Developing daily habits infers progress (Eph. 2:10). Â For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (Eph. 2:10). The question, âWhere will you go when you die?â has certainly caused many to think about their eternal destiny. Yet, if we only think … Read More
Walking Truth 3: Be Focused. Developing daily habits requires changing habitual thought patterns (Eph. 2:2-3; 4:18). Â . . . You formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the … Read More
Here’s the second principle for walking in the spirit: Be Patient. Developing daily habits requires small steps. (Gal. 6:8-9). Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will … Read More
Jesus allowed himself to be led by the Spirit (Luke 4:1). The one following Christ is to do the same. In the 5th chapter of Galatians Paul gives four commands that capture this idea. Each is uniquely associated with walking. He says we are to be: led by the Spirit (Gal. 5:18), walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:16), live by … Read More
Although we are encouraged to not judge anotherâs motives (1 Cor. 4:5), the Bible makes it clear that God does and will evaluate our motives. Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of menâs hearts; … Read More
Each of us has authority figures we struggle with. If you don’t have one now, you will sooner or later. What do we do in those situations? We know its easy to complain, or resist, but is that what’s best? I first met Dr. Robert Smith when I was having my own struggle with authority. I had been told how … Read More
God placed Adam and Eve in the garden and gave them everything they would need. The garden was perfect in every way. Only one treeâs fruit was off-limits. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one … Read More
Our world is consumed with one’s physical appearance. The YWCA reported that American women spend over 7 billion dollars a year on beauty products (thatâs nearly twice the domestic production output of the entire country of Nigeria with its 155 million people).  In the midst of our financial crisis of 2009, the reported spending in health clubs for both men and … Read More
