Your Own Genesis Week
“God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.” (Psalm 51:10 MSG) “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalms 51:10 NIV) God spoke the world into existence, and he spoke you into your mother’s womb. Even now, he can speak into the chaos of your life to bring it shape and form. This is a Genesis event (Psalm 51:10 MSG) – where God speaks into the void and the darkness of your life, creating a fresh start for you. God can create something …
A Perfectly Reasonable Request
By Jon Walker “Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, [and] because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.” (Isaiah 6:5 HCSB) There are days when I think I’m doing pretty good in my pursuit of holiness; other days, I find myself in the dirt, grit between my teeth and the mud and crud of life all over my less-than-saintly face. It makes me wonder, some days, if Peter was engaged in wishful thinking when he restated God’s …
On Waterwalking: Part II
In On Waterwalking: Part I, we discussed the analogy of Matthew 14, in which Jesus and Peter walked on water and Peter although afraid, overcame his fear by focusing and believing in the Lord. In Part II, we will look at fear and how not facing fear will lead to more pain and failure in our lives than dealing with it. Every apostle had the choice to get out of the boat and walk with Jesus yet only Peter faced his fear and did. Many times in our lives we have to choose to get out of the boat and …
A Perfectly Reasonable Request
By Jon Walker “Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, [and] because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.” (Isaiah 6:5 HCSB) There are days when I think I’m doing pretty good in my pursuit of holiness; other days, I find myself in the dirt, grit between my teeth and the mud and crud of life all over my less-than-saintly face. It makes me wonder, some days, if Peter was engaged in wishful thinking when he restated God’s …
