One Thing – All of Me – All in All – Give Aggressively – Feed on the Bible Whenever I read All in All, I think of Cars 2 (Big D’s favorite movie) and the fake biofuel. For those not initiated, Sir Axelrod tries to put oil companies out of business so he can sell… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 17: One Thing: Behavior Modification?

Job 3:21 Who long for death that does not come,                 Who seek it more than buried treasure, I went from two in one day, to not another one in over a month. Weird how life works sometimes. One of my big thought uses these days is how much effort to put into seeking what… Continue reading Job 40: Study 29: Job 3:21 – Longing

1 Peter 4:12-19 Revised Standard Version 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are reproached… Continue reading 1 Peter Lesson 17 part 2 – 1 Peter 4:12-19 – The useful tool

Leading 10th grade boys has been a growing experience much more so than the year before when they were 9th grade boys. My most recent attempt to teach them something may not have been my best, but it may have had the most impact. As one might imagine, high school boys have many things on… Continue reading Random XIV – Asking the Omnipotent for a Miracle

Habitually Holy – Drill and Kill – Light with Fruit – Titanic – Near Death Experience – Ask, Believing – All These Details I have a friend that asks me for a job every time he thinks he might get laid off.  I do not think he realizes I am a one-man band and there… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 16: Ask, Habitually, Believing

1 Peter 4:7-11 Revised Standard Version 7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers. 8 Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. 10 As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards… Continue reading 1 Peter Lesson 17 part 1 – 1 Peter 4:7-11 – Glorious Victory

Job 10 My soul loathes my life,                 Let me give free rein to my lament,                                 Speak out in the bitterness of my soul. I say to God,                 Do not condemn me, Let me know,                 Why you contend against me? Does it do you good to practice oppression,                 To despise the… Continue reading Job 39: Job 10 – The Amalgamation

One of the topics that I have run across a number of times lately is the question of what happens after death. At my age, parents of my friends are increasingly ill, injured, or passed. It makes the topic of one’s own death harder and harder to ignore and the contemplation of what is next… Continue reading  A Month of Sunday’s: 4 – Revealing the call to Heaven and Maturity

Friends Care – Guard your marriage – Lead Me – Soul Water – Gibberish   I week ago, I decided I was working too much and needed to reduce my stress levels. This week I worked just as much, but the stress levels were way down. I have put together a few ideas over the… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 15: Follow the not GIbberish

1 Peter 4:1-6  Revised Standard Version Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by the will of God. 3 Let the time that… Continue reading 1 Peter Lesson 16 – 1 Peter 4:1-6 – Spiritual by the WIll of God