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Naming, Claiming, and Proclaiming

the Abundant Life

Who am I? Good question. Who am I, really?
A very good question, a soul-searching question.

I am in search of The Abundant Life.
Why  choose the abundant life? What is it? And where may it be found?

Join me in my journey to The Abundant Life.

Why desire it?    What is it?   Where is it?

Thought For an abundant day

Enduring Hardship: Lessons From Job, Paul, And Jesus

Hardship Is Hard To Take.

Hardship is an immensely inadequate word to describe what life throws at us. No one desires it. There is nothing in this world to prevent it. Our response to hardship, our course of action must be, therefore, “how do we handle it?”

Denial doesn’t work. Isolating ourselves from the world is ineffective. There are no insurance policies to cover all hardships of every kind.

Where can we learn about enduring hardship? We learn from:

Job who lost it all.

Paul who suffered it all.

Christ who accepted it all.

How did they endure? They endured through a relationship with their God.

See how they endured

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my journey begins daily

today i will...

 

I begin each day with short reflections based on Study, Prayer, and a commitment to Action (my Bible SPA).

What amazes me is the ease, breadth and depth of these thoughts that can only come from the Holy Spirit. I conclude each reflection with a mention of God’s altar because it is at God’s altar where blessings are bestowed, gratitude is offered, and wholeness is made. And God’s altar may be found anywhere and everywhere, and especially in my heart.

Believe Before I See

Believe Before I See

Today I will commit to Martha’s response to Jesus: to believe before she sees. (See John 11.) This contrasts with “see then believe.” (NB: Martha committed to belief before Christ raised Lazarus.) John 11:26-27And whoever continues to live and believes in (has faith...

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Make Christ My First Priority

Make Christ My First Priority

Today I will focus on how my relationship with Christ is based on my relationship with the world and that is a matter of priority. I cannot fully and truly love myself and others unless my first love is for Christ, for that is where the true power of love resides. Not...

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Recognize God’s Ownership

Recognize God’s Ownership

Today I will recognize God’s complete ownership of my body and soul, not as independent entities but as intertwined; and not as separate from Him but indwelled by the Holy Spirit. God built a temple within me that must remain holy, and wholly for Him. 1 Corinthians...

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Short Provocative Thoughts

People’s Trickery

Beware false voices.  Do not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. "We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful...

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“Lessons From The Helm”

This is my first published book.

“Lessons” presents life’s big lessons from the helm of a very small boat and details a 3-day sailing regatta in which my son and I competed and capsized.
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Lessons From The Helm

Life’s big lessons

“Destroy These False Gods

My latest book. What false gods are vying for your soul? Discover 101 false gods that must be destroyed before they destroy you. Available on Amazon.com

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