The Essence of Joy

If you want something bad enough, you will seek it out.
If you don’t want it, you will refuse to allow it in.

For the past few months I have been on a journey regarding Joy. I have to admit, I had to break through a lot of lies I have been taught and barriers in my life during this journey. I wanted to know why does a baby laugh to tears at the simplest motion. Why do animals play? Where does our humor come from? Nutshell… where was my humor, my laughter, my joy? Then this week happened and I experienced  joy during the tragedy. It is a moment that I pray I never forget. I can now say confidently, […]

By |2020-04-13T17:25:58+00:00June 23rd, 2019|Categories: About God, Bible Study, Personal Notes|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

What Am I Thinking About?

Sometimes it is hard to be a follower of Christ. Especially when his teachings can be hard for us to follow. Let’s take a look at a sermon Jesus gave…
Read Mark 7:1-23

Why is this teaching hard?
What is Jesus communicating here?
Am I really accountable for my thoughts?
Is it even possible to control my thoughts?

Let me share this verse with you.
Jeremiah 17:10, “I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Read also Psalm 7:9, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 20:12,
Rev 2:23b  And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

How do […]

By |2020-04-13T17:25:42+00:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: About God, Bible Study, Personal Notes, Walking with Jesus|Tags: , , , , , |

Where Is God’s Comfort?

Last week we talked about comfort and our need to ask God for comfort. Let me review that a little bit and kind of break that down again.

When we are struggling with pain and suffering, all we really want is for it to stop. We ask God to take care of it. If nothing happens we start bartering with God, then we please and beg. Get mad. When nothing happens we will look for a sin issue, or try to work up our faith to make it stronger.

Then we start to get really upset, maybe at God, or the situation, others or even ourselves. This is when it can feel like we’ll never be okay again. We may feel like our […]

By |2020-04-13T17:30:07+00:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: About God, Personal Notes, Walking with Jesus|Tags: , , , |

Choice: The Great I Am or The Figment Of Our Imaginations

Jesus explains, “Many see Me as they would a human with ultimate power. As they do they create within their idea of who I am with their own ambitions, desires, or even of their fears. I am created in the minds of people after their image. Because of this many have  a sense of dread or angst of submitting to the god of their imaginations. They are right to do so. A god of the imaginations of man will always be limited, untrustworthy and only that, a figment of their imagination. ”

“The reality of who I Am is beyond the understanding, comprehension or even imaginations of humans. As such, most fear what they do not know or understand, especially if it […]

By |2020-04-13T17:33:22+00:00March 19th, 2019|Categories: About God, From God|Tags: , , , , |
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