Category: Spiritual Maturity

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
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
Birds, Flowers and Grass

Thomas

March 12, 2018

Dying to Self, Faith, Fear, God’s Will, Jesus Rest, Obedience, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

Every time I sit down to meditate on the Word of God the Holy Spirit always seems to tie it back to Rom 8:29. But sometimes He links my study back to what has become my most important life verse. It is always found in connection with my walk through this life beside Jesus. And… Read more
Be Watchful – Be Prayerful

Thomas

March 5, 2018

Dying to Self, Faith, Hearing God, Obedience, Prayer, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Walk The Walk

I have often thought about that night in the garden when Jesus asked His disciples to “watch and pray,” and they did neither… they fell asleep. Perhaps that’s part of the reason that Paul made that same statement in his letter to the Colossians: Col 4:2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant (watching) in it with thanksgiving;… Read more
To See And To See Again

Thomas

February 26, 2018

Faith, Grace, Overcoming, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, The Holy Spirit, The Word, Walk The Walk

Jesus made a statement to His disciples that puzzled them, and it’s a statement that speaks to and puzzles His bride today: John 16:16 “A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father.” The key is found in the word… Read more
A Fishy Reminder

Thomas

February 19, 2018

Dying to Self, Faith, Fear, Grace, Hearing God, Obedience, Overcoming, Spiritual Maturity, The Bride, Trials and Tribulations, Walk The Walk

I have written and taught many times about the encounter that Peter and the other disciples had with Jesus after fishing all day and catching nothing. And one of the interesting parts of the meeting is when Jesus confronted Peter with those 3 famous questions… Peter, do you love me. The first two times Jesus uses the… Read more