“God will gladly give humility to us if, trusting and waiting on him to act, we refrain from pretending we are what we know we are not, from presuming a favorable position of ourselves and from pushing or trying to override the will of others. (This is a fail-safe recipe for humility).” – Dallas Willard, Hearing God: Developing A
A True Story… Jimmy was nine when his mom told him his little sister was sick and would die if she didn’t get a blood transfusion – and that Jimmy was one of the only people in the world who had the rare blood type needed. She asked him if he would be willing to
I was lost, incarcerated, addicted to drugs and bound in my sins. Yet, His Eye was always upon me. Even when behind steel bars. Never in my dreams did I think I could be rescued. A second chance with a career job on the railroad and strong Christian relationships kept me on this new path.
From the book… I have never followed any specifically structured program like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous in my recovery. I committed to multiple accountability relationships with my band of brothers in Christ. In Christian terminology, this type of relationship is best described as discipleship. Early in my journey, I asked what fellowship is, and
The word sets our lives and bodies on fire: Jeremiah said that “his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like fire in my bones.” Jeremiah 20:9 NLT May you be filled with the Holy Spirit and let the fire of God burn within you.
From the book… I sensed a wound of rejection in my heart. John Eldredge says in Fathered by God, “The hardest, gladdest thing in the world is to cry Father! from a full heart…the refusal to look up to God as our father is the one central wrong in the whole human affair; the inability,