How amazing these last three days have been, and how blessed to see how God carries us through what He begins in us to where He wants us to be. When I write it is usually because I need to learn something new, or to confirm and shore up what I have been learning. Such...
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What Matters?
Two days ago, Jerry set a record as we celebrated his eighty-first birthday. He has lived longer than any of the Rogers in his family. His brother died at the age of eighty, and all his dad’s brothers died in their seventies. During this time, we are preparing for...
Humility and Contentment
How do we relate humility to contentment? Think of humility as the Alpha and contentment as the Omega of the Christian life. Humility leads to contentment. There can be no divine contentment without humility. The Spirit of Christ, supernaturally working in the heart...
How the Holy Spirit Works
Continuing from our last post The Spirit of Contentment, and using the following diagram, we will explain how the Holy Spirit works in man to produce the fruit of the Spirit. Scripture explains all the Holy Spirit does, so to fully understand how our contentment...
Heaven in a Bucket
The Lord said to me, “At the end of each day bring me all your thoughts from that day in a bucket. This will be your test of how much you have of heaven.” I found a small bucket, but before the end of the first day I needed more than one. Little did I realize how many...
A Year for CONTENTMENT
Knowing my own need, the Lord is leading me in the year of 2017 to continue in my desire and search for the contentment that is found in Him alone. It is easy to read about, to talk about, to search for its meaning and to hope and pray for it. Like “humility” which...
A Broad Review of Andrew Murray’s HUMILITY
Our newest book, A Broad Review of Andrew Murray's HUMILITY, is now available on Amazon. Kindle .99 Paperback: $5.59 (A free copy is available for anyone who would review this book.) Murray's books have been a great influence in my life, but none as significant as...
Three Obstacles to Spiritual Growth
I would rather write than eat; pray than sleep; read His word than play, because the one about whom I write, and the one to whom I pray, is the one who gives me life, and the one for whom I live. This has all been through a process of growing and bearing the fruit of...
Going Up To Jerusalem
Going Up To Jerusalem is related to our last post, Going Up To The Feast. The last Feast that Jesus and His disciples attended in Jerusalem was an example set for us as His disciples who follow Him now. We, too, are being led by the Spirit of Christ, continually...
