Author Archives: Michael D Johnson

Keeping in step with God’s abiding Spirit

Here is the reality for a believer in Jesus Christ. If you have come to faith in Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then God Almighty has indeed saved you. If you have confessed your sins and repented of your former way of living according the ways of the world, then God has forgiven you andContinue reading “Keeping in step with God’s abiding Spirit”

How should we live and where should our responses come from?

Most often in life we live and respond based on weak, faulty and incorrect impetus. Without the move of the Holy Spirit in our lives and without keeping in step with the Holy Spirit most people live and choose their responses from/by emotions, circumstances, selfish desires, comparison to other people, approval from other people andContinue reading “How should we live and where should our responses come from?”

We are kept by grace through faith

How many times in your life have you faced situations that you were pretty sure you fumbled? How many circumstance where you felt that you failed, came up short, missed the mark, didn’t try hard enough, weren’t smart enough or some other failing? And so often what is our response to these situations? Many timesContinue reading “We are kept by grace through faith”

The dilemma and the promise of faith

What is it that we have faith in? What exactly are we believing for? Are we believing for things to turn out our way, or the way that is seemingly most favorable to us? Are we believing for events and even other people’s choices, words and behaviors to be positively in our favor? Or isContinue reading “The dilemma and the promise of faith”

Communicating love

Your actions communicate a message. What message do they speak to the people who “hear” your life? Do they speak a message of impatience? Do your actions speak a message of busyness or perhaps of being harried and hurried? Do your actions communicate a message of superiority and/or of condescension? I want to examine brieflyContinue reading “Communicating love”

How do you treat people?

Here is the measure of my life: how do I treat people? I always know because of my conscience and especially because of the conviction of the Holy Spirit if I have treated people poorly. Furthermore I find myself evaluating my religion and yes even considering the nature of other people’s religion based on howContinue reading “How do you treat people?”

Essential Teamwork – We need each other

We need each other. We are better together Six essentials of teamwork We are incomplete, insufficient and ineffective alone – “I can’t do it alone” There is synergy in coming together – “I need your help. We need each other” Lack of unity often represents differences in personality, preference and philosophy – “I disagree, here’sContinue reading “Essential Teamwork – We need each other”