Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
Everyone who ever lived—everyone alive now—everybody knows two things automatically—
One – – – We all know there is God, The One True God, no matter what we say, no matter what we claim, no matter what we invent to substitute for God.
Two – – – We all know there is more to us after this life.
We know there is LIFE after life – or – there is DEATH after death.
We know there is HEAVEN after this life – or – there is HELL after death.
We all know this, regardless of . . .
“I will be content . . . “
OR
“I am content.”
– – –
Take time to reflect.
Wait on God.
“Trust in the Lord, . . .”
. . . don’t lean on your . . .
— your anything
— your thinking
— your understanding
— your abilities
— your figuring it out
— your health
— your strength
— your goals
— your position
— your success
— your money
— your insurance
— your retirement
— your . . .
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”
If we do not stop to consciously, verbally, recognize our dependence on God, our trust in Him “in all our ways”, in every detail—then we are not trusting in the Lord with all our heart.
ALL – – – or – – – NOTHING
“Be still, and know that I AM God.”
Jesus – – – Safe ? or Dangerous ?
Following Jesus – – – Safe ? or Dangerous ?
Your Life – – – Safe ? or Dangerous ?
– – –
Safe is Dangerous, for a Christian.
— Because this time he’s getting more done, quickly.
— Because this time the left knows he is jeopardizing their agenda to take down America—MAGA makes them mad.
— Because this time he repeatedly acknowledges God–
+ “I was saved by God to make America great again.
I believe that.”—–President Donald Trump to joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025
+ Palm Sunday 2025—his message on Truth Social (a must read, search PALM SUNDAY on this site)
+ Palm Sunday 2025—his Presidential Proclamation (a must read, search PALM SUNDAY on this site)
+ Faith Office in White House
+ Administration Task Force to stop persecution against Christians (initiated yesterday by attorney general Pam Bondi with a number of cabinet officials)
“Why are Teslas getting burned and Trump attacked ?
Why are churches not getting burned and pastors not attacked ?
Because churches and pastors are not the threat that they should be.”
—–Steve Deace, on afr
Zeal—to believe in Jesus as my Savior
Zeal—to understand what I believe
Zeal—to understand more
Zeal—to have answers
Zeal—to want to explain everything
Zeal—to find people who have answers
Zeal—to listen to people who explain everything
Zeal—to trust what they know
Zeal—to trust what I know
Zeal—to depend more on what I understand
Zeal—to depend less on faith
Zeal—to depend less on the Bible
Zeal—to depend less on God
– – –
God—
Do you seek to understand Me ?
or
Do you desire to trust Me ?
1– There comes a time when you can’t afford to waste what you have—your resources, your energy, your time, your mind, your emotions, your relationships.
Now, the same statement, with one word added and underlined:
2– There comes a time when you can’t afford to waste what you have left—your resources, your energy, your time, your mind, your emotions, your relationships.
As we get older, we start facing that second statement, with the word, left, because we must accept less in many areas.
The key is dealing with it without adding more stress.
– – –
For anyone out there who feels you’re losing it, a little or a lot,
we need the
Department
Of
Mental
Efficiency
Find waste, fraud, theft, inefficiency, in the use of mental energy, especially as the available supply becomes a premium.
We need D.O.M.E.
But who can we find to do what needs to be done—identify our unaffordable mental inefficiencies and give practical suggestions to address them.
I believe it must be done.
I feel it can be done.
(I’ll start writing notes when ideas come.)
“Jesus will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Him.”
—–Elisabeth Elliot
We are not called to make God fit anyone’s thinking, to make anybody comfortable.
“Do not fear—be strong and courageous.”
—–God, to Joshua, the new leader of Israel, after Moses
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