Christ Precious

“I daily search for Jesus in my retired devotions. There I tell Him all my heart—in secret groans and cries. He knows what my sighs mean, and what are my fears, and my painful sorrows. There I blush before Him—for my secret sins, and pour out the tear of penitential sorrow. There I utter my bitter complaints—of the disorderly passions I daily feel within me. I lament over the vanity of my thoughts, and spread before His eyes—all my soul’s sores and diseases. I lay myself low in the dust at His feet, and tell Him with humble confusion of face—how much I have done to dishonor Him, how unworthy I am of His notice, and yet how I long for communion with Him.

O when shall these days of sin and temptation, these tedious seasons of absence and distance from my God and Savior—have an end? I breathe out from time to time, the most earnest desires after Him, and after the endearing sensations of His love.”

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” (Psalm 42:1-2)

John Fawcett

Aging Gracefully

Let's not buy into the lies of the world and have our years and our joy stolen from us. Be useful now, yes, whether you are 24 or 44 or 64... but also let your mind joyfully wander to those future days, when your body may be fading, but your spirit, your wisdom, and your countenance will be all the brighter in shining for the Lord Jesus.

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HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN

The Scribes and Pharisees tried to catch him condoning disobedience to the Law. They brought before him a woman taken in adultery and said, "Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?" Jesus stooped down, writing on the ground with his finger, as though he had not heard them. When they continued asking, he said to them, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." And he continued writing on the ground. Convicted by their own conscience, they left one by one. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?" She said, "No man, Lord." And Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."

A Woman's Heart

"A Woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him to find her."


Author Unknown

Our Purpose

Believing we are saved primarily to serve God leads to;
trying to do things for God in order to ern His acceptance.
Living from our own strength and ability rather than depending on the power of the Holy Spirit.
Believing God is more interested in our behavior than in a relationship with us, and being spiritual proud based on our performance, abilities, or sacrifice.

Believing the "amzing good news" progressively transforms our lives!

Our purpose and meaning we give to life will change.

Increasingly, our purpose will be to enjoy a love relationship with God. Rather than always trying to avoid pain, we will begin to see problems as opportunities to know God experientially.

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 As a result, I can really know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I can learn what it means to suffer with him, sharing in his death.~Philippians 3:8-10 NLT

We Are Deeply and Unconditionally Loved By God!

God's character is one of perfect, unconditional love. This means that God loves us becasue of Who He is, not because of who we are or what we have done. We could never earn or deserve His love, and there is nothing we can do that would cause God to stop loving us.

But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ [the Messiah, the Anointed One] died for us.
~Romans 5:8 Amplified

The very essence of the Gospel is not to get man into Heaven,
but to get God into man!

Our Helper

The process of renewing our minds is not a a matter of deep introspective nor is it a matter of just replacing our negative thoughts with positive ones. This renewing process involves our relating to God and depending on Him to reveal the lies and teach us what is true. This renewal is possible through the work of the Holy Spirit.

But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
~John 14:26 NLT

God Transforms Us by Renewing Our Minds

God has provided a way to free us from my old corrupted belief system. God tells us to no longer walk or live by the same futile way of thinking. He has give us His Word, so we can change my beliefs and experience healing and change in our lives. This change takes place as we allow God to renew our minds (beliefs)

We must reject these false beliefs or lies before the truth can change our lives. The more we believe what God says, the more we can experience a life of joy and peace. Believing and acting on the truth sets us free from sin's destructive power.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans 12:2

Notice that God does not tell us to renew our behavior or our emotions, but our minds.


The problem lies with our belief system. What we truly believe is revealed by how we live, not by what we know.

My God is Amazing

It is absolutely amazing! How my whole perspective has shifted. I am beginning to know the Father as a constant companion and have Rethink how I looks at God, myself, the Scriptures, and life itself. Only Jesus can do this work in me, and even though I will go through some ups and downs in the days ahead, I can walk through them certain of Father's affection, His acceptance, and His presence.

“The way we look at ourselves means a radical change.
When self is displaced by Christ, the changes are always good,
but they are always deep.
Many people don’t want change.
Even though such change is good change.”

Thank you, Jesus!

Weary and Tough Times

This past several weeks have been so weary and painfully tough. The demands and challenges of life have shaken me to the core of the matter. I must say that this life has many trouble and it comes when you don't expect it at times. Circumstances can really cause you stress and pressure you to the point that you feel it wants to squeeze your sense of who you are out of you. This effect the intensity of our emotions, our minds, and our body. It makes you think, "am I going to make it through this deep and dark water?" But deep in my heart, I hear the spirit say to me, "let not your heart be troubled nor let it be afraid, trust in God!" Hard sometimes to think about when in the midst of struggles. I often want to take control of things when God is really calling me to trust and obey...not to be in control of everything.

Hope arise within me and I start to believe that all this will work together for my good. Not because I say so, but because the spirit who dwells in me assured me so.
I know that life on earth has it's terrains of storms and I must have a solid foundation such as believing what God said in His Word and His Word is the anchor of my soul. He gives me grace to stand firm against these storms of life, expecially when the wind come heavy against me.

Eventually, the storm will subside and the sun will start to shine brightly upon me. I will begin to feel a newness of life within me. A newness of confidence, a newness of perspectiveness, an newness of strength, and a newness of my becoming who I am. All new will behold with me as the Spirit of the Lord has His way in me. Just to think that "part of Him lives in me!"

I remember reading a quote somewhere while I was commuting to work.

"If I don't stand for something, I will fall for anything". Think of things that has significance and worth.

I will live on boundaries that will uphold me and will not let no one persude who I significally becoming.

Oh, the calmness of His Spirit taking control.

Thank you, Jesus!

Stand Firm, my friend!

My Morning Walk With Dusty

Usaully early in the mornings I have my long walk with my dog, Dusty. There was one unsual morning, it was very cold and the snow was coming down heavely. So no matther what the weather is, my dog and I have to go out for our ritual walks together around the neighborhood. This one was a rare morning. I became aware that it was a very quiet morning to the put of silence. I became sensitive to the silence and to my surroundings while some people were just walking the streets in differnent directions.

Where are they going? Or I know is that they were going somewhere...probably to work, their home, to the laundry mat. Some were opening their business, some were probably walking to school, some were waiting for the bus to go to school or to go to work. Some were probably going home from somewhere. Some were probably going to have breakfast with someone they know or maybe by themselves, or just have a cup a coffee while reading the daily newspaper....it was the ritual daily living!

Probably many are going to a shelter for whatever reasons they ended there, some have got up from sleeping in a corner street somewhere, some don't have a job to go to. Some probably have to go to their spouses, lover, parents, or children that physically, emotionally, mentally abuses them, and subjects themselves to such cruelty. Some have to go home to someone that has addiction problem...I mean WHO knows but then again WHO cares? It's their lives, one do not determine where their choices takes them!

The streets are littered with the stuff of late night party goers, empty bottles, brochures, cigarette butts. My dog seems very happy with our walk together. Anyway, as I am walking with my dog, I hear nothing but empty silence. I hear no birds chirping, no dogs barking, no car honking, not even a someone saying "good morning"....just a deep empty silence!

My dog stop for a moment, and this beautiful creature just looked up to me with his tail wagging so fast, as if he wanted to say to me "Thank You." That moment brought a smile to my face...he reminded me that life is very good and I am grateful for all of God's blessings in my life...and how much I enjoy having my walks with my dog Dusty.

A Letter

When was the last time I have written a letter to say....

"I appreciate you,"

"Thank you"

"I love you"

"A real love letter is absolutely ridiculous to everyone except the writer and the recipient".

~ Myrtle Reed

Spring is near...

For that last couple of months it's been nothing but freezing cold, thick snow, heavy rain, and storms...today God blessed us with a "beautiful day"....I am feeling for the mood of Spring to come and looking forward to see all the beautiful living things to come alive and breathing. Sigh!