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In looking back over my past five articles when it comes to advancing in my spiritual journey, it becomes evident that I have long ago let go of most of my past to avoid longing for what will never be in the present, miss what was not beneficial or become sentimental over something that is […]
How do we keep from looking back like Lot’s wife and avoid being a Lot that regrettably runs to the nearest place where we can save ourselves, rather than go forward into a new life, trusting the Lord with both the change and the path He has set out for us? How many of us […]
How do you survive the present darkness? Obviously, today’s darkness is great and many people are struggling in it. There is no place where one can escape the harsh realities of what appears to be a spiritual midnight falling on the hearts causing coldness, and the land, ending in greater lawlessness. These realities are clearly […]
For the last couple of months in the newsletters, we have been discussing what it means to look forward. We have come out of another year where there may be some baggage hanging on to us. The problem is that if we don’t get rid of the baggage from the past, we are not going […]
When I think of the New Year, I ask myself, “Has your vision enlarged?” As we get physically older our vision often becomes dim and challenged in various ways. However, if we walk by faith, our spiritual vision to look beyond this world should become enlarged when it comes to the spiritual, unseen realm. I […]
It is that time of the year when we have a choice to look back at what was so. Many make some type of resolution to change, direct, or complete an aspect of their life that they are unhappy, unsatisfied or frustrated with. Since it is a new year, they start out of the gate […]
God’s Word makes it clear that we know in part. The great conflict is that for the most part we think we know what we need to know to be right in a matter, when in reality we know very little. There are those who perceive they have the proper knowledge to make sound judgments […]
We are entering that time of the year when life gets a bit crazy. I don’t know about you, but my life is never at a standstill. It is like a running stream at times and a rushing river at other times. There are periods I can rest a bit when I hit a slow-moving […]
The problem with the society we live in is that it wants to be entertained. If entertainment is not constantly pacifying it, then it begins to become listless or restless. It can’t be content because it operates in sensationalism and demands instant gratification because in the selfish mind of such individuals, they deserve the best. […]
We do indeed live in some very challenging times. We are watching much of prophesied events unfold before our eyes. For generations we have been hearing about the coming of Jesus. To each generation it seems like the same old, same old warnings that their parents and grandparents before them heard and yet we are […]