Month: July 2013

Deep Pockets of Grace: the Call to Generosity

Jesus not only commands that we lend, He also tells us not to expect anything back: “hoping for nothing again”. And that is as it should be, because we must look to God for our provision.

FEAR NOT: Stand Still

Published by reflectionsintheword

Sometimes we too will face impossible situations, but IF we are walking in the will of God doing the work of God, He WILL make a way for us to come through, to escape. Our challenge in to “stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD”.

FEAR NOT: Jesus Comes in Peace… for now

Published by reflectionsintheword

…Jesus offers peace to us, not war. Let us accept His generous offer, while we can, for it is far more than we deserve from a righteous and Holy God.

Calamitous Confidence

Published by reflectionsintheword

The wise man fears (respects, reveres, and lives in awe of) God. He looks to God for truth. So the wise man finds out what God says in His Word about life, about good and evil. And then the wise man does the good and departs from evil.

Water of Availability + Wine of Obedience = Wonder of Transformation

Published by reflectionsintheword

What kind of doors would God open in our homes and workplaces if we simply approached Him with eager expectation and held nothing back in obedience when He directs our steps?

FEAR NOT: Be Available

Published by reflectionsintheword

…Jesus never asks us to rely on our reasoning. Jesus wants us to comply to His commands, he wants us to step forward in faith. Will we obey Him?

FEAR NOT: God has a ‘Prison’ Reserved for You too

Published by reflectionsintheword

What if God changes our careers, turns our lives upside-down, inside-out and reassigns us to a dungeon somewhere far away? Would we spend the rest of our days in FEAR and regret, in bitterness and resentment?? Or would we, like Paul, accept our redeployment willingly. Are our lives all about Christ or all about comfort??