Trickles of Truth

John 14:8-14 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 9Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is…

Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps. Life’s Control                Many go through life thinking they have got it all figured out from where they go to school, the type of person they will marry, how many children they will have, the kind of profession or job they will do and so on.  Most of us, who have…

Isaiah 61:3 …The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness… Inward Garments                You know our moods; our dispositions, our attitudes, our outlook on life and our demeanor are all clothing and garments of our soul and spirit.  The inward man has a wardrobe just like the outward man.  So what kind of garments are we wearing on the inside of us today?                 When life is…

Galatians 3:23-29 Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. 6You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have…

Confronting our Enemy 1 Samuel 14:4-14 4 On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozez, and the other Seneh. 5 One cliff stood to the north toward Micmash, the other to the south toward Geba. 6 Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the LORD…

Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life. Instructions for Life                Every day is a classroom of instruction, learning and experience.  Much like school when we were children, many of us still don’t pay very close attention.  God has something to teach us every day if we are tuned into the Spirit and we have spiritual ears tuned…

1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Do You Know Love?                People speak many different languages, they come from many different cultures and they see from many different perspectives, but the universal language that transcends them all is love.  It is not just communicated by what we say,…

Proverbs 17:9 He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. Are We Easily Offended?                What is our first reaction when somebody, ruffles our feathers, steps on our turf, wounds our pride, pushes our buttons or does something hurtful to us?  Don’t we see ourselves as the victim?  The one who has been wronged and hurt?  So, our…

Luke 15:11-31 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that…

Jonah 4:5-11 Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine. 7But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so…

Jeremiah4:8-9 So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us. 9 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and the officials will lose heart, the priests will be horrified, and the prophets will be appalled.” Word of the Lord to Press In!                Press in! Press in! Press in!                You are being taken from faith to faith…

Isaiah 66:1-6 This is what the LORD says:    “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.    Where is the house you will build for me?    Where will my resting place be? 2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the LORD.  “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word. 3 But…

Skating on Thin Ice Matthew 25:10-13 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man…

2 Peter 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Until the…

John 4:10-15 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons…

Appropriating God’s Power                This morning as I was in prayer, I was struggling with a sense of powerlessness and impotency I so often feel in my daily walk to live out and exemplify the life and power of God.  Most of us no doubt struggle with that as we realize the potentially great power that is available to us in Christ, but how do we better appropriate it into and dispense it…

Galatians 3:2-4 2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? 3Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? 4Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing? 5Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you…