Live As If is the seventh pattern and includes only Chapter 19 Harness the Psychology of the Soul. The author starts with examples of Teddy Roosevelt, William James, recovery programs, and many others to discuss the topic. He then grounds it in the life of Faith we are to live. We have all heard the… Continue reading Life Master 18: Patterns, Chapters, and … Live As If
We got through the first part this week and will get to the real questions next time. 6 In this you rejoice,[a] though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, 7 so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and… Continue reading 1 Peter Lesson 3 – 1:6-12 – Part 1 -Impressions and terms
What I just now found odd about this whole path is that, generally speaking, I do not appreciate poetry. It was always something made up by a weirdo about girly stuff and I wanted nothing to do with hearing it, reading it, writing it, or, heaven forbid, memorizing it. I know there is a musical… Continue reading Job 19: Study 12: 3:3 – The real beginning… of Poetry
A while back I wrote a piece about replacing “us” in the Lord’s Prayer with “me” to make it personal. I did not like what came out of the resulting substitution. However, when we discussed temptation the other day in our Bible study, I began to wonder how the phrase “Lead us not into temptation”… Continue reading Random 9: The Lord’s Prayer Revisited
We have a new president. I am reading another book. Anything else? The book I am reading was from 1968 (the year I was born). It is titled Lessons from History and while the authors did not have a proper relationship to God, they had indeed learned a few things. I have not yet finished,… Continue reading Random 8: Pick your Lord and Follow your Leader
The Poetry. I have been looking forward to going back through my study of Job 3 for a while now. I started Job 3:1 back on August 31 and it is now January 17. If anything, as I get older, my tasks seem to be getting bigger and bigger. Big D told me that she… Continue reading Job 18: Study 11: Job 3:1 – Come on Poetry
Pattern Six is Operate on Yourself and Chapter 18 is The Art of Strengthening Yourself in the Lord. Part 2 I paused earlier when the author told us to preach to ourselves. I could not get my head around that. To me preaching is something you do for others and then only if gifted by… Continue reading Life Master 17: Patterns, Chapters, and … Operate – Part 2
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation… Continue reading 1 Peter Lesson 2 – 1:3-5 – One Part
Déjà vu. Like Aladdin being cloaked in mystery, I feel we left this word in French to make it more mysterious. I do not recall experiencing déjà vu as much as I did when I was younger, but I sure do feel like have done a lot of things that I actually have not. Maybe… Continue reading J17: Study 10 – Chapter 2 – all at once
Pattern Six is Operate on Yourself and Chapter 18 is The Art of Strengthening Yourself in the Lord. The old phrase is “Physician heal thyself.”. I have no idea where it comes from, but I think it some. The author references the exploits of a real-life doctor who took out his own appendix. That took… Continue reading Life Master 16: Patterns, Chapters, and … Operate – Part 1