This world is full of many different things and many different people. There are many things I like (hiking, running, coffee, doughnuts, etc) but there are also many things that I don’t like (Pepsi, sticky tables, fingers on a chalkboard, and more). If we are honest, then we must admit that at times there areContinue reading “Wretched, poor, blind and pitiful”
Category Archives: Christian Life
Pride and the battle strategy of the Devil
Pride is something that comes upon us by way of stealth and a sneak attack. It comes in little snatches of a thought. The whisper of an idea. The simple notion that either some personal offense has been committed against you or sometimes even deadlier: the hint of an idea that you really are doingContinue reading “Pride and the battle strategy of the Devil”
The utter devastation of sin
May I remind you of something you may know in theory, in conscience or in intellect but that I would desire that you know in the depths of your heart and soul? Sin is destructive. Sin is devastating. Sin is a black hole of guilt and shame. Sin is an abysmal place of agreement withContinue reading “The utter devastation of sin”
Where the Spirit of the Lord is
Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. Where is the Spirit of the Lord? Is there a place where He is not? Where can you go to flee from His presence? Whether you are on the far side of the sea, in the heights or the depths, God is there. So whyContinue reading “Where the Spirit of the Lord is”
The Need to be Still
In my last post I spoke about the need to be productive. Now I would like to briefly consider our deeper need to be still. It’s not that we don’t have a calling and purpose in this life that ought to be diligently and intentionally pursued, but rather that being still is the greatest thingContinue reading “The Need to be Still”
The Need to Be Productive
It is the beginning of a new year. As such we are looking back to see what last year held for us and look ahead to see what is yet to come. In our review of history and in our hopes and dreams for the future, we realize that we analyze the importance of thingsContinue reading “The Need to Be Productive”
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”
Pastor Michael Johnson 