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Peace
Posted on August 15th, 2010 No commentsLord, I have to say, I have felt such peace today.
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Naggings
Posted on August 7th, 2010 No commentsLord, God. I am here. Again, I do not have any specific purpose for this prayer, I am just here, opening myself to you. Please fill me with your spirit, oh God. Please fill me with your wisdom. I come to you now with an open heart and an open mind, ready to receive your word.
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Resting and Testing
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 No commentsI’m home alone. The girls are visiting family. I’m sitting here watching movies I don’t normally get a chance to watch with young girls in the house. I get the feeling that I should use this time… I get the feeling like, ‘if I really think / believe that I’m in direct communication with the Creator, why wouldn’t I spend every available minute of my day, every discretionary moment, if not every waking moment, in contact with Him?’ I started to fight off that feeling, having just started another movie. Then I had the feeling that, what if I just reached out to Him, just invited Him in, and see where it takes me. Even if it took the remainder of the night, wouldn’t that be infinitely more valuable to me than watching a movie? Read the rest of this entry »
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Bearing Fruit
Posted on July 16th, 2010 No commentsI’ve often heard teachers say that Christians are supposed to ‘bear fruit’. I’ve also heard them teach that we don’t earn our way into heaven. Those two ideas are seemingly contradictory, until I finally understood the true meaning of the word ‘bear’ as it’s used in ‘bearing fruit’. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Battle for My Time
Posted on July 16th, 2010 No commentsTonight, I struggled inside with what to do with some extra time I had available when my wife and kids had all gone to sleep. Initially, I wanted to watch what I consider to be an entertaining movie (Avatar). Then, as I was getting myself a cookie and milk for dessert (I like my dessert), I had what was basically a battle in my head over whether I should watch Avatar or something that is more ‘aligned’ with the Lord’s will. The battle went something like this, to the best of my recollection about 20 minutes ago… Read the rest of this entry »
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June 04, 2010
Posted on June 4th, 2010 No commentsFather, how can I be a better parent?
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Love – Peace – Prosperity
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 No commentsI asked for God to teach me about distraction. At first, nothing. Patience… Repeated the request. Then, answers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Logic Lock
Posted on February 18th, 2010 No commentsToday I asked if there was anything about God that He would like to teach or reveal to me. At first, there was no response. But I focused on opening myself up, letting go and inviting Him in.
He showed me that: Read the rest of this entry »
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Love, Peace and Prosperity
Posted on February 15th, 2010 No commentsToday I prayed for wisdom and guidance, but stressed reverence for the Almighty God. I asked what fruit He would have me produce. His reply was:
Love, peace, prosperity.
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Choosing the Lord
Posted on August 24th, 2009 No commentsI have been distracted by WoW again. I know, I can’t believe it either. Read the rest of this entry »