Our brain accepts what the eyes see, and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants. Daniel Gilbert One day, at the height of a Chronic Fatigue crash, I wanted to watch TV, but couldn’t find the remote. (Remember when there were no remotes? Now we can’t watch TV at all without one!) So up…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
The God Who Seeks You
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.” Luke 19:10 New Living Translation “There once was a shepherd with a hundred lambs, but one of his lambs wandered away and was lost. So the shepherd left the ninety-nine lambs out in the open field and searched in the wilderness for…
Seeking After God
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 New Living Translation ********** Seeking God…
Seek
“Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door. Matthew 7:7-8 The Passion Translation **********…
Ask Yourself …
Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and imagining where you want to take your life in the future. Robert L. Rosen Ask yourself what is really important, and then have the wisdom and courage to build your life around your…
Asking …
God doesn’t always answer prayer like we want, but He always answers with what we need. (unknown) God will either give us what we ask for in prayer or give us what we would have asked for if we knew everything God knows. Tim Keller
Keep Praying
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show them that they must keep praying until the answer comes. Luke 18:1 Living Bible ********** Right after Christmas my cat, Hunter, began crying outside my bedroom door at 5:30 every morning. No matter how often I mumble,…
Keep Asking
Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit. He said, “There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people. A widow in that city kept after him: ‘My rights are being violated. Protect me!’ “He…
Happy New Year!
There is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar, but it represents a clean break, a new hope, and a blank canvas. Jason Soroski I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance to Him who said, “Behold, I make…
Ask for Wisdom
WISDOM: The quality of being wise; power of judging rightly and following the soundest course of action, based on knowledge, experience, understanding, etc.; good judgment; sagacity. And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you…