Love is even more powerful than I once thought it was...

Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Does anyone believe in me? Then, just as Scripture says, streams of living water will flow from inside him.

Most of all, love one another deeply. Love erases many sins by forgiving them. 

Self-righteousness is a lot more dangerous than I once thought it was

Follow the wind ...

The Holy Spirit does what He pleases and He does it without our vote.

So don't be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be 'born from above'—out of this world, so to speak. You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it's headed next. That's the way it is with everyone 'born from above' by the wind of God, the Spirit of God.

Learning is ...

... a lifelong process.

Give up being a knower.

Denial is ...

... the tool you use to do what's dishonest and feel good about yourself anyway.

Step into the light.

Live Free Love God

Dare to Become Dependent On God.

Is your Humility Index rising or falling?

Sometimes life takes you where you don't want to go...

Surrender your personal agendas.

The answer to 'How?' is 'YES!'

The answer to How?  is Christ.

Get ready to take flight.

Appreciate your surroundings...

... no matter where you are.

Appreciate those who surround you, too.

Live thankful.

How do you handle being wrong?

Can you admit it?

Do you hide it?

Do you try & bluster your way through it?

There is a better way.

It's hard work to stay in denial - give it up!

Your internal sense of rightness is not as reliable as you think it is.

Let's just say for argument's sake I'm always right on this one...

Exercise & activity is good for you...

and your brain.

Go for a walk today. Invite a friend.

Receive the love of the Father

Jesus says if you love those who love you, big wow.

Those people you don't get along with - those are the ones Jesus wants you to love.

Go ahead, try it.

Getting lost often helps you find yourself.

Life wearing you down?

Choose your companions before you choose the road. It's the other people that suck your energy, not the mountains and the desert. (Mark Burnett)

Acts 16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her. 

When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.” 

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” 

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved —you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.

The Furious Love of God...

God in my hoping, there in my dreaming
God in my watching, God in my waiting
God in my laughing, there in my weeping
God in my hurting, God in my healing

How long has it been since you rode your bike?

Better health is just a spin away...

How about you?

Do you have problems stacked upon problems?

Maybe you'll find God in the midst of them & it'll turn into something beautiful!

God is good, all the time. God is good.

What is the function of your negativity?

What are you really eager to learn about these days?

Rage

What's got your ire?

Are you able to let it go?

Heads up!

Surrender your personal agenda.

GOT JOY?

Where can you get it?

If you want to see your dream come true, you have to wake up.

A small pot boils the quickest.

Put a lid on your outrage.

Sometimes you have to build the bridge as you walk on it...