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? W hat is it? Where is it?

Thought For an abundant day

Be Healed In The Presence Of Christ

“Bring the boy to me.”
Luke 9:19

The father of a boy suffering from seizures (likely epilepsy) asks Jesus to heal his son after the disciples were unable to do so. The boy is brought to Jesus and the boy is healed. We know from other Gospel accounts that Jesus can heal at a distant. We are led to believe that it was the lack of prayer that the disciples could not heal the boy.

What does this story tell us? It tells us to come to Jesus to be healed. Physical presence is not necessary and the connection to Christ’s healing power is through prayer with faith.

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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.

Be Not Led Into Temptation

Today I will pray the Holy Spirit to rescue me from the temptations and trials that would separate me from the Father, to reveal to me the means of escape. Temptations are part of humanity; they will always be present. There are frivolous temptations, like eating too...

Keep Prayer As My Centerpiece

Today I will wrap my mind around the enormity, significance, and absolute necessity of prayer for the true living of life in all its dimensions. We fight many battles in life, but the most important one may be to keep prayer as life’s centerpiece. 1 Thessalonians...

Let Truth And Transparency Rule

Today I will let the truth and transparency of The Gospel message rule my thoughts, words, and deeds. Beware of craftiness. Biblical craftiness “…is that of "ability to do anything," universally applied in a bad sense to unscrupulous wickedness, that stops short of no...

Ego

by Don Metznik | Sep 1, 2024 | Short Provocative Thoughts

The Greek word for "I" is egō. Enough said.

People’s Trickery

by Don Metznik | Aug 3, 2024 | Short Provocative Thoughts

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...