Are You Sure It Is The Wisdom Of God You Are Leaning On?

Spiritual maturity happens when we stop fighting against the Spirit and instead get in step with him. I will warn you up front that I have to spread this blog over two days because the impact of it is too great to cover all at once. There has been a great bleeding of the world's philosophy into the teaching of the Church. Worse than that, many of our young people have begun to mix the wisdom of this world with the wisdom of God and no longer understand the difference. The Spirit is calling us back to the Father's heart. Listen: For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,...

To Deny

When you are confronted, what is your reaction?! Indeed pride, a false perception of the reality and stubborn, are things that cover the denial.In Matthew 26 Jesus see a hard situation coming and to prepare the disciples’ hearts to bear it.Peter says not, I will not do that!In the confront: 1 - Deny2 - Don’t accept3 – Do not take any responsibility4 - Put himself in a position of evidence and call himself innocentDenial is a common thing in the people's lives. No one wanna to take weakness, fear, limitation, lost and sins in front of...

God Sees Potential

One thing I have learned from my study of the Bible is that where mankind sees limited skills, God sees potential. God told Moses to deliver His people from bondage. Moses tried to change God’s mind. Exodus 4:10 (NET) - Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." God’s mind was made up. Exodus 4:11 (NET) - The LORD said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?" Moses went on to become one...

Response

The Power of response The Power of our response The way we respond to things holds great power We can respond well We can respond badly We can respond in an appropriate way. We can respond in a Godly way. No-one, apart from ourselves, can change or take away the way we respond. Whatever the world throws at us we still have the choice of response. However ill we get we still have the option to respond well or not. Jesus tells us that when someone strikes us we must turn the other cheek. When someone hits us, physically, emotionally, spiritually, or verbally we choose how we respond. We can run...

Decision

Think in a hard decision that you already taken What was the Best?What was worse?What have you learned about?Although, as humans we are gifted capacity of take decision, in practice is another thing. Some times take decision implies in nuisances and risks.When decision is good done, the reward brings realization and satisfaction, unlike is a sliding  in dissatisfaction, blame, trauma and distress that around our being.a mature christian decision,  takes some conditions: 1 - Disposition to renounce To wish something, means...

Speak, for Your Servant is Listening

As humans, we seem to love the spectacular. As the old saying goes, "The bigger, the better." The Olympic Games are a good example. The host nation spends years and large sums of money building huge state of the art stadiums, arenas and sports complexes. Then, before any competition takes place, there is the opening ceremony. A worldwide television audience tunes in to see every nation’s athletes parade in. A professionally directed and choreographed show follows that includes the lighting of the Olympic flame. That is just the beginning. After the games conclude, an elaborate closing...

3 Questions to Determine If You're a Workaholic

Many times, while trying to achieve things that God has for our lives, we end up overworking. While this may seem like the correct and responsible thing to do, it truly is not the way God intends for us to live our lives. We need to have goal based ethics guiding us while striving for the goals, so that we don't become workaholics. If you find yourself acting like a workaholic, it means that your heart is not completely in the right place. Something is off balance and it’s not good for you. Jesus talked about this as running after the cares...

What to Do?

Almost a year ago, I was approached and asked to take a leadership position. After much consideration and prayer, I accepted. One thing that bothered me then still bothers me today. How can one be discerning without becoming judgmental? On one hand scripture tells us to be discerning. Hebrews 5:14 (NET) - But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil. On the other hand, Jesus reminds us not to judge. Matthew 7:1-2 (NET) - "Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure...