There’s an old country song that says life will lead you to drugs or Jesus, and I’d say there’s some truth in that. That those drugs will likely be anti-anxiety, anti-depressant or pain meds, says something about a life without Jesus.
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Thought for the Day – Life Without Jesus
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, drugs or jesus, pain meds on July 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – Weeds
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged entangle, entangled, fruit, plant, weed, weeds, wildflower on June 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
As I was trying to remove some weeds from my rose bushes, I sensed the Lord speak:
Weeds rob productive plants of their resources (e.g. nutrients, water), and often entangle themselves amongst healthy vines, in order to inhibit the competing plant’s growth. At times, we can mistake weeds for wildflowers, but just because they are able to sprout blooms, doesn’t mean that they have the capacity to produce nourishing fruit.
Though western religion tends to equate growth with success, nothing grows more prolifically than a weed. There is much that “the church” has entangled itself with that consumes it’s resources, yet has no hope of ever producing genuine fruit.
I set before you life and death – choose life! (Deut.30:19-20)
Thought for the Day – Bless God
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged bless God, God bless America on May 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
There is no question as to whether God has blessed America. It’s really a question of whether America has blessed God?
Thought for the Day – Human/Machine Interface
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged by hand, discipleship, in person, machine, systems on April 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Men are prone to build machines & develop systems in the hope they will do the work for them, but some things must be done in person, by hand, and in real time. Discipleship is one of those things.
Thought for the Day – Mole Hill
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged drama, mole hill, mountain, trauma on April 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The ability to make a mountain out of a mole hill is generally afforded by the fact that there isn’t a real mountain that has to be scaled. People facing genuine trauma don’t usually have the time or energy for contrived drama.
Thought for the Day – The Limits of Sound Doctrine
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged diffuse, sound doctrine, weak character on April 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Weak character diffuses the power of sound doctrine.
Thought for the Day – Save Us from the Cross?
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged cross, follow Him, suffering, take up our cross, unworthy of Him on March 27, 2024| 2 Comments »
We can convince ourselves that Christ endured the suffering so that we don’t have to, but He did not come to save us from the cross. In fact, He said that unless we are willing to take up our cross and follow Him, we are unworthy of Him (Matt.10:38).
Thought for the Day – Disciples
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged deny ourselves, disciple, disciples, take up our cross on March 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »
We cannot “make disciples (Matt.28:19)” unless we are disciples, and we cannot be disciples unless we are willing to deny ourselves and take up our cross “daily” (Luke 9:23).
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