Category: Obedience

NaCl

Thomas

June 11, 2018

God’s Will, Grace, Obedience, Sanctification, The Bride, Walk The Walk

Sometimes there is more to what Jesus said than we take in at first glance. Matt 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth… That has always made sense to me as before the days of refrigeration salt was used as a preservative. Salt is aseptic (free from contamination caused by bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms).… Read more
Passing By!

Thomas

May 27, 2018

Faith, Fear, Grace, Obedience, Overcoming, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

There they were, the men closest to Jesus, crossing the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had told them as it grew dark to get into their ship and cross over… Mark 6:45-47 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent… Read more
Take The First Step

Thomas

May 21, 2018

Faith, God’s Will, Grace, Hearing God, Obedience, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

When I took that battery of tests to start my journey in Naval aviation there was a section that to this day I can’t get out of my mind. It was a series of pictures of gears that were all connected, and in each case one gear turned either clockwise or counter-clockwise and you needed… Read more
What Ought To Be

Thomas

May 14, 2018

Dying to Self, God’s Will, Hearing God, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Walk The Walk

James 1:23-24 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer… James made it very clear what we are to do and not to do with what we hear in the Word of God. Why? Because there are many believers who sit under sound preaching and teaching and nod their heads… Read more
1440

Thomas

May 7, 2018

Dying to Self, God’s Will, Hearing God, Obedience, Sanctification, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

Suppose a wealthy man came up to you and informed you that he was putting $1,440 in your bank account every day for the rest of your life. Each and every day you had to spend it all, without any limitation on what or where you could spend it. But at the end of each… Read more
Into The Darkness

Thomas

April 30, 2018

Dry Times, Dying to Self, Fear, God’s Will, Hearing God, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

Have you ever been punished as a kid by being sent into your room without the light on? I have on occasion and it wasn’t a pleasant experience to say the least. They did, however, make an indelible impression on my mind of what happens in those minutes/hours. I found myself focusing on a few… Read more
Let Not!

Thomas

April 23, 2018

Dying to Self, Faith, Fear, God’s Will, Hearing God, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

I struggled in the past to get my mind and my soul around God’s command for me to begin taking life one day at a time because I didn’t get the connection to another part of His equation for my life. It has never been too hard for me to discern God’s will for my… Read more
The Crossroads

Thomas

April 9, 2018

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

It goes without saying that we find ourselves coming up to many crossroads along our walk with God. Many of them involve choices that are easy to make, but it’s also certain that when God wants to make a point with us they present us with a challenge. That’s why the Holy Spirit gave James… Read more
Don’t Be The Dead Sea!

Thomas

April 2, 2018

Dying to Self, Grace, Obedience, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, Walk The Walk

I wonder if Peter was sitting in his boat on the Sea of Galilee when he was inspired to write… 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: There he was, fishing in the clear water of the Sea of Galilee as… Read more
Chewing, Walking and Swimming

Thomas

March 19, 2018

Faith, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Authority, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Walk The Walk

Many many times I have pondered and meditated on that famous challenge to Israel and the church from Leviticus… Lev 11:44 (a) For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy… In Hebrew the word holy, as used here, means “absolutely sacred”… what… Read more