GodReflection: Faith Certainties Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 In Hebrews chapter eleven as…… Read more “God Rewards Faith”
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By Faith We Sacrifice
GodReflection: Faith Certainties Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 It is the second sin…… Read more “By Faith We Sacrifice”
By Faith We Understand
GodReflection: Faith Certainties Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 After the Hebrew writer defines…… Read more “By Faith We Understand”
Faith Certainties
GodReflection: Faith Certainties Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 It is far too easy…… Read more “Faith Certainties”
Life in the Shadow of the Holy City
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.…… Read more “Life in the Shadow of the Holy City”
Is Home Holy?
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence You shall be Holy for I am Holy – 1 Peter 1:16 One of the many things we human types hold…… Read more “Is Home Holy?”
Do I Live with Holy Angels?
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence Angels aren’t little fat, chubby figures. Nor are they the cute figurines found on jewelry boxes and in fairy tales. Throughout…… Read more “Do I Live with Holy Angels?”
Me—Holy?
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence I find it easy to use Holy as both a noun and a pronoun when I refer to God, Son or…… Read more “Me—Holy?”
Life with The Holy Supper
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence It is not an easy exercise to look afresh at the Holy Supper. Through the centuries we humans have fought each…… Read more “Life with The Holy Supper”
Life in the Shadow of Holy Baptism
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence I grew up around baptismal waters. Preachers were always happy to regale us with humorous stories that took place—or supposedly took…… Read more “Life in the Shadow of Holy Baptism”
Life Within Holy Margins
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence I am not sure of the direction this post will take as I begin. Here is my dilemma. On the one…… Read more “Life Within Holy Margins”
Life Within the Gift of the Holy Sacrifice
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence Sacrifice has always been on the historical landscape of the Holy. However, with the cross event the one who offered the…… Read more “Life Within the Gift of the Holy Sacrifice”
Life with The Holy Spirit
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence Me and the Holy Spirit got off to a late start on our relationship. The problem was with me and not…… Read more “Life with The Holy Spirit”
Life in Holy Scripture AND The Holy Truth
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence For those who attempt to walk in submission to Jesus we older types find after the half century mark some of…… Read more “Life in Holy Scripture AND The Holy Truth”
Life Within a Holy Nation
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence I often hear others pray various forms of “may our nation return to its former identity as a Christian nation.” My…… Read more “Life Within a Holy Nation”
Not My Rules—The Holy Rules
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence Harmonious societies run by rules. Anarchy is the classic result of nations or groups within nations who no longer adhere to…… Read more “Not My Rules—The Holy Rules”
Am I Holy?
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence If the root is holy, so are the branches (Romans 11:16). Too often when I hear the word holy applied to…… Read more “Am I Holy?”
Life in the Holy Temple
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence The Lord is in his Holy Temple; let all the earth be silent before him (Habakkuk 2:20). In my Bible I…… Read more “Life in the Holy Temple”
Life with Holy Jesus
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence Old Testament Scripture is the story of God’s endless love and His thirst for heart allegiance from humans like me. Parallel…… Read more “Life with Holy Jesus”
God Isn’t My Buddy
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. Hebrews…… Read more “God Isn’t My Buddy”
Life in the Holy Trinity
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence No doubt about it. Certainly I can be accused of overthinking things. A part of it is my wiring and a…… Read more “Life in the Holy Trinity”
Life in the Holy Presence
GodReflection: Life in the Holy Presence “But just as he who called you is Holy, so be Holy in all you do” (1 Peter 1:15). I never…… Read more “Life in the Holy Presence”
Jesus and the Trust Walk
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust It is time to bring this set of reflections under the tag Tenacious Trust to a close. In a review of the past eleven…… Read more “Jesus and the Trust Walk”
Can God Do More If I Trust More?
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust “You are the light of the world . . . let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and…… Read more “Can God Do More If I Trust More?”
Can Trust Morph into Lifestyle?
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust When I think of lifestyle I think of the routine of my twenty-four-hour day that create a rather comfortable rhythm. I’ve gotten use to…… Read more “Can Trust Morph into Lifestyle?”
What Does Tenacious Trust Look Like?
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust Gerald Kendrick, my first Bible professor engrained into me a phrase I will never forget. He would stand before the class with passion as…… Read more “What Does Tenacious Trust Look Like?”
How about the Witness of Birds and Flowers?
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust It was rumored that his guy Jesus might be their liberator. Previously, hundreds of years passed as clergy types told of writings that described…… Read more “How about the Witness of Birds and Flowers?”
Mountain Tops Build Tenacious Trust
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust I spent the weekend on a mountain top. What I saw from my sight line energized my trust taproot. That was not the first…… Read more “Mountain Tops Build Tenacious Trust”
Resurrection Builds Trust
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust In my church tribe we hold high Jesus’ crucifixion with its total and complete power to atone for sin and reunite the fallen with…… Read more “Resurrection Builds Trust”
Can Creation Enhance Tenacious Trust?
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust Because of my own environment and training it never occurred to me to doubt God’s role in creation. Through the years I learned that…… Read more “Can Creation Enhance Tenacious Trust?”
The Gift of Stubbornness
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust I like to blame it on my family tree. That way I can rationalize that my gift of stubbornness isn’t my fault. I suppose…… Read more “The Gift of Stubbornness”
Growing In Tenacious Trust
GodReflection: Tenacious Trust I suppose each of us who places our faith in Father, Son, and Spirit, arrived at belief by different avenues and experiences. Dissimilar or…… Read more “Growing In Tenacious Trust”
Trust The Silence
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice Over the past ten post I have attempted to increase my own insight into what can sometime seem like a one sided…… Read more “Trust The Silence”
God Breaks the Silence
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice It is my intent to wrap-up this series on Silent God with the next post. However, I am compelled to raise two…… Read more “God Breaks the Silence”
The Mystery of Silence
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice He asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. John 19:9 I run into it again and again. Around ever curve in…… Read more “The Mystery of Silence”
Can Guys Learn to Pray?
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice It is my observation that we guys are lousy communicators. I know that is to hit you ladies blindsided with an unsuspected…… Read more “Can Guys Learn to Pray?”
What Is Prayer Anyway?
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice It was the last Garden conversation between God and His favorite creation. The purpose of the entire creation project was so that…… Read more “What Is Prayer Anyway?”
When I Pray—Can I Count On Every Promise in Scripture?
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice I totally and completely believe Scripture to be the inspired word of God. From the beginning as I read my Bible I…… Read more “When I Pray—Can I Count On Every Promise in Scripture?”
Am I Praying Wrong?
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice Let me begin with my conclusion. There is probably not a wrong way to pray if my heart is tuned-in with…… Read more “Am I Praying Wrong?”
Who Am I Talking with Anyway?
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice To converse with the Holy is not my natural language. I struggle and stammer for words. One of my first challenges after…… Read more “Who Am I Talking with Anyway?”
Interpreting God’s Silence
GodReflection: Silent God: Seeking His Voice The silence of God is the greatest test of our faith . . . Obviously, the silence of God is to…… Read more “Interpreting God’s Silence”
Long Intervals—Does God Speak English?
GodReflection: Silent God: Seeking His Voice On more than one occasion I’ve heard some who struggle with faith exclaim, “If only God would speak aloud to me…… Read more “Long Intervals—Does God Speak English?”
Silent God – Seeking His Voice
GodReflection: Silent God—Seeking His Voice In a recent re-read of Phillip Yancey’s book, Prayer, Does It Make Any Difference? I am struck again with how much I…… Read more “Silent God – Seeking His Voice”
God Protects
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living . . . we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son…… Read more “God Protects”
Live Faith and Glover Shipp
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. And this is the…… Read more “Live Faith and Glover Shipp”
Live Love
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them . . . We love because he first loved us. – John…… Read more “Live Love”
Jesus is God Among Us
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is…… Read more “Jesus is God Among Us”
Watch Out For The Devil
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living . . . Do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is…… Read more “Watch Out For The Devil”
Remember God’s Great Love
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we…… Read more “Remember God’s Great Love”
Honor Right Living
GodReflection: Guardrails for Living And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.…… Read more “Honor Right Living”
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