Transforming The Heart
Wilson could not figure out what was wrong. He was doing everything he had been taught to do but he just couldn’t find any peace with God. Ever since his business had gone under, he had been struggling to settle himself when he prayed like he used to be able to do. Always before, he [...]
The following article was published here in a previous form. I have rewritten it, improved it for your edification. It is long but if you will endure to the end, learn, believe and use what it teaches, your life will be improved permanently and for the good Lazy creatures that we are, we seek a [...]
One of the great mysteries of life is why “the heart wants what the heat wants”. All of us feel longings deep within our hearts that drive us, depress us and move us to make decisions that even we don’t understand. Lacking a logic we can explain, we finally stop trying to understand our hearts [...]
Transformation Mechanics One of the benefits of in-depth bible study, especially categorical studies, is that the mechanics begin to emerge as the pieces come together. It is one thing to tell a believer to change the way they live to be like Christ and quite another to give him/her the means of making the [...]
God designed man to be needy. He created us with different kinds of needs, both physical and needs in the soul. Our physical needs are met by logistical grace that provides all that we need to function in the physical world. Our soulish needs are related to our inner longings for love and relationships. In [...]
Joe was born with a debilitating disease, common to many, that he inherited from his parents. This disease was terminal in time and for many years, without a cure. One day, the cure was found and Joe was totally healed. His excitement and elation was off the scale but to his surprise, short lived. After [...]
Introduction The amount of money spent in treatment centers for addictions in America is on the rise. Either more people are falling into addictions or more people are educating themselves about addictions and seeking help. I believe the second idea is closer to the truth. Also professional counselors have classified more kinds of behaviors as [...]
I hold several images in my mind that I use to motivate and guide me every day. My favorite for the moment is Jesus walking on the water, which I will explain momentarily. First let’s talk briefly about images. All of us make and hold images in our minds that we use to evaluate and [...]
This post is the ninth in a series titled “Transformation Workbook“. Review God created us to glorify Him by expressing His character through our lives. He made us to be like Him, in His image and likeness so that we would be compatible for relationship with Him, complete only in Him and able to communicate [...]
Friends, If you are a reguar reader of these articles, you have by now realized that I have taken a break to celebrate the birth of our Savior with my family. The new year is ahead and I am excited about what I am going to learn this year. I will be sharing these lessons [...]
