Category: Faith

Buds, Blossoms and Ripe Almonds

Thomas

March 27, 2017

Dying to Self, Faith, God’s Will, Obedience, Spiritual Authority, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Walk The Walk

In reading through Jude once again I was reminded of the issues of rebellion that Moses and Aaron had to endure from a rebellious, murmuring people that were led to come against God by men from both a religious and worldly rebellion. Jude’s warning against apostates took me back to Numbers and the challenges to God brought against Moses and… Read more
The Inward Look – Not Outward

Thomas

March 13, 2017

Dying to Self, Faith, Hearing God, Obedience, Overcoming, Prayer, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Walk The Walk

The Lord changed things up for me this past week and He led me from my study of the Book of Esther in the Old Testament to the Book of Jude. I wasn’t quite sure why after just spending some time digesting the message of Esther. Just as an aside, the book is all about… Read more
Tell The Truth

Thomas

February 27, 2017

Faith, Grace, Obedience, Prayer, Sanctification, Spiritual Authority, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

As I was reading about the struggles of Ezra and Nehemiah to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem I came to the place where Nehemiah was challenged once again by the forces of evil; Sanballat, Tobiah and the Arabs, Ammonites and Ashdodites (its always the “ites”). And I was challenged to think about how I overcome… Read more
Integer

Thomas

February 20, 2017

Faith, Hearing God, Obedience, Overcoming, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah can be read as one book as they both focus on the rebuilding of the Temple and the wall around Jerusalem. But they also both speak to a challenge that is facing the bride of Christ today.., Consistent Christian Living. What caught my attention was chapter 8 of Ezra, which… Read more
Traffic Control

Thomas

February 13, 2017

Faith, God’s Will, Grace, Hearing God, Obedience, Sanctification, The Bride, The Word, Walk The Walk

I think for the most part that the majority of folks who spend any time at all reading the Book of Ezekiel, their focus is on chapters 38 and 39 in an effort to better understand Revelation 20. And, honestly, there are parts of the book that on the surface are boring when compared to… Read more
Acceptance

Thomas

January 9, 2017

Faith, God’s Will, Hearing God, Obedience, Prayer, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Walk The Walk

Let me pose a question… have you accepted who God says you are? This past week I have been reflecting on that question as a result of my prayer one morning last week. There is so much going on in my life at the present time that I was having a hard time focusing on how… Read more
Parallelism

Thomas

December 19, 2016

Covenant, Faith, God’s Will, Grace, Prayer, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word

How often have we heard the term “parallel universe” used today? It seems like its in every movie or TV program that has to do with time and space. But what do we truly know about what it is or if it is? Has the one really and truly ever crossed into the other? Those… Read more
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz

Thomas

December 12, 2016

Dying to Self, Faith, God’s Will, Hearing God, Obedience, Prayer, Sanctification, Spiritual Authority, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Walk The Walk

America has just come through the first stage of what will likely become an incredible struggle of change over the next four years. One side is basking in new found hope and the other side is wrapping itself in anger. And right in the middle is the bride of Christ… what about her? As I pondered… Read more
Be Prepared

Thomas

November 28, 2016

Faith, Grace, Hearing God, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Walk The Walk

I remember the first thing my scoutmaster told me on the night of my first boy scout meeting… “always remember to Be Prepared.” I guess that somehow lodged itself into my brain and for the ensuing 60 years I have carried that thought into just about everything I have done; sometimes to excess. That all came back to… Read more
Just Let Go

Thomas

November 21, 2016

Faith, Fear, Grace, Hearing God, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Walk The Walk

When I left for Viet Nam the first time my mother gave me two things. The little New Testament Bible the Gideons gave me at school on November 24, 1959… yes, they came into the classroom and gave each of us one! And the other was a small medallion she had received from Oral Roberts. I carried… Read more