Spiritual Director

But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.

“No one ever spoke like this man!” 

“Do you not know? Have you not heard?  The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth.  He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding.  He give strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless.  Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those who trust in the LORD will renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not become weary, they shall walk and not faint.” 

When God sent his Son into our world, even though he was born in the small town of Bethlehem, it was not a safe place either. It was filled with evil just as our world is today.

Paul was very intentional. He wanted people to see the “real Paul.” He knew that would have the greatest impact on people’s lives. To be able to not only hear, but see, how Jesus had absolutely changed his life.

Have you ever met that one person who just always seems to light up the room when they arrive? I mean, they have this kind of personality of hope and joy and their like always smiling. They walk in confidence. They always seem to be happy.

I find it a very amazing thing. It’s so simple if you really stop to think about it. I spend time each morning in the presence of God, in His Word. Holy Spirit encourages me with a thought that is true in my life and hopefully, prayerfully, is true in your life.

Just about every day now for the last week or so, I’ve been online looking for a car to replace the one that got totaled. Let me tell, you there are a million options out there. If you’re not picky you can could end up with a real lemon. So, I’ve learned you got to have a plan.

Hope is waiting for you. God’s hope will never let you down, it won’t disappoint you. Why not turn to Him and ask Him for His hope today?

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Today, a few thoughts are rumbling through my head. The first has to deal with my old athletic days. I can recall the half-time of some football games where our coach became unglued. The words that I can still hear him say was: “WAKE UP!”

“So you will be saved, if you honestly say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and if you believe with all your heart that God raised Him from death.”