Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,for his steadfast love endures forever! – Psalm 107.1 Pressed and harassed on every side? Weary from constant assault and worry? Stop, stand your ground and praise Him. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love endures forever. Did it ever occur toContinue reading “Psalm 107:1”
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Ever tempted to think God is asking too much of you?
And Isaac said to he father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” – Gen 22.7-8 Ever tempted toContinue reading “Ever tempted to think God is asking too much of you?”
guided introspection brought us this far, but now what?
The majority of modern counseling involves guided introspection. Done well the results illuminate the causes of distress or dysfunction. We recognize what screwed us up. But that is not enough; guided introspection brought us this far, but now what? The weakness of modern counseling is absence of a clear goal, no objective reality for humanContinue reading “guided introspection brought us this far, but now what?”
Today is your day, what will you do with it?
The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven. – Gen 19.23-24 Just another morning in the valley – not – easy it is to be lulled into complacency. Today is your day, what willContinue reading “Today is your day, what will you do with it?”
It is a daily decision.
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said, to him, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and you may multiply greatly.’” Gen 17.1-2 How does one walk before God? It is a daily decision. What doContinue reading “It is a daily decision.”
“And he believed the LORD, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Returning from the slaughter of the kings, Abram is met by the kings of Sodom and of Salem. Sodom offers treasure; Salem offers blessing. Abram rejects treasure and instead tithes. The conclusion of this story in Gen 14-15 is a statement that makes and changes history down to this day, “And he believed the LORD,Continue reading ““And he believed the LORD, and it was counted to him as righteousness.””
Children are a gift.
“When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.” – Gen 11.26 While on active duty in an infantry division, all us young buck officers beamed with pride that our commanding general still had it in him to father a son at the ripe old age of 40 years. We thought heContinue reading “Children are a gift.”
Ever felt like you messed up beyond repair?
“And God blessed Noah and his sons and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” – Gen 9.1 Ever felt like you messed up beyond repair? Consider this, even after the destruction of the Flood, the consequence of sin, look at what God does, he blesses them and directs them onward. Don’t youContinue reading “Ever felt like you messed up beyond repair?”
It was very good
“And God saw everything he had made, and behold, it was very good.” – Gen 1.31a It was very good. His completed work. Consider, then, what he wishes to make of you. He, the Potter, and you the Clay. Will it not too be very good? Today, will the Clay yield to the care and wisdomContinue reading “It was very good”
A word of Hope for struggles with and against sexual sin
A word of hope here for the man who feels his sex life is all screwed up; the appendix of this book includes a “Prayer for Sexual Healing.” It works.