Are there things you don’t understand? Do they seem to be beyond your understanding? Is the Holy Spirit someone you aren’t quite sure how he works? Do you feel his presence at time and not at others? Have you ever felt his presence in your life? There are many things in our lives that canContinue reading “Holy Spirit Given”
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Seek Understanding
Have you ever been told, “Do it because I said so”? Have you felt as though you could not question the instruction or judgment of your manager or director? What principles do you live by? Are you willing to stand on those principles regardless of the consequences? Many of us have been told by parentsContinue reading “Seek Understanding”
Entrapment
Have you ever laid a trap for someone? Did you set it up so that no matter what their answer was they failed? Did you think it was funny? Did it get the other person into serious trouble? Do you sometimes do the same, or at least attempt it, with God? Sometimes we pull practicalContinue reading “Entrapment”
Customs and Traditions
Do you adhere to cultural customs? Do you like traditions? Do you prefer to buck the norms? How many cultural norms do you regularly disregard? Have you disregarded a cultural custom that has resulted in a bad outcome for you? Each culture has its customs and traditions. Some of them are written but most areContinue reading “Customs and Traditions”
Do Not Be Angry
Do you anger easily? Is your temperament to be angry when the smallest thing doesn’t go your way? Has your anger gone so far as to wish ill of another person? Have you attempted to inflict injury on someone else? Do you want to eliminate these thoughts? Some of us are quicker to anger thanContinue reading “Do Not Be Angry”
Humbly Submit to God’s Plan
Have you ever thought you were following God’s plan for your life only to find out you were not? Was it because you were following your own idea of what God should do? Were you pursuing what you what you thought would be ideal in a perfect world? We are like Peter sometimes. We thinkContinue reading “Humbly Submit to God’s Plan”
Follow Good Guidance
Have you been in a class and not really understood what was being taught until much later? Has someone tried to explain something to you, and you just didn’t get it? Did it all of a sudden make sense several minutes, hours, or even days later? We have all had times when we didn’t understandContinue reading “Follow Good Guidance”
To Know God
Do you read or hear God’s Word and fail to understand it? Do you struggle to determine the meaning of Scripture? Do you desire to understand it? Or do you merely take a superficial approach to it? Do you know there is a difference? There are many, many people in this world and in ourContinue reading “To Know God”
See God At Work
Do you want to know what God is doing? Would you like to see what He is up to? Would you like to understand what He is doing and why? We all like to understand. It doesn’t matter if it is why our spouse does something or how to do our jobs. We like knowingContinue reading “See God At Work”
Godly Wisdom
How well do you listen? How well do you see? Are you an observant person? Are you attentive to the tone a person uses? Do you pay attention to their body language? Do you understand what is being communicated? There are times we are very attentive. And there are times when we have checked outContinue reading “Godly Wisdom”
Marty Pressey 