Repentance?

What do change, growth and overcoming have to do with repentance?

• Add to your faith 
• 2 Peter 1:5-8 (NIV) For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
• Fruit of the Spirit 
• Galatians 5:22-25 (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

God's Strategic Will?

You "Are", so "Be" and you'll "Do"!

Who are you in Christ?

How does "Authority" and how does "Discernment" fit in with God's Strategic Will for you?

What is Quiet Time?

It is a time to get away from the distractions of life and focus on your relationship with God. Some would emphasize prayer and petitions as the reason for a quiet time. I like the deeper idea of "communion with God". Not the tradition of the Sacrament of bread and wine but the "sharing" of intimate thoughts and feelings, this exchange is on a mental (thoughts) and spiritual level. Here are some ideas to get the exchange going…

To start, I've learned that sitting there thinking about God is frustrating. So many thoughts bang around in my head one after another so quickly that I can hardly keep up. I realized I should actually speak out quietly about the truths I know. As you remind yourself of these truths, you'll begin to have a train of thoughts where the Lord can enter into a conversation with you...

Speak out the truths to Him...

• Lord, You know me
• Lord, You Love me
• Lord, Because of Christ's work on the cross, I'm forgiven
• Lord, you provide New mercies every morning
• Lord, you want me to seek you with all my heart
• Lord, you have a plan for my life
• Lord, you want to guide me in the way I should go

As I remind myself of the truths I know; this is when I experience the truth of...,

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

• Lord, You know me
• I hear Him say, "Before I knit you in your mother's womb, I knew you"
• Lord, You Love me
• Yes, I sent my son to the cross so that I could have mercy on you and forgive all your sins.
• Lord, Because of Christ's work on the cross, I'm forgiven
• Not just forgiven, but Born Again, with eyes to see my Kingdom
• Lord, you provide New mercies every morning
• Yes, your future is in my hands. I will guide you.
• Lord, you want me to seek you with all my heart
• Yes, and all your soul, mind, and strength
• Lord, you have a plan for my life.
• Yes, even after you’ve blown it big time.
• Lord, you want to guide me in the way I should go
• Yes, I know the way you should go. Just Ask, and I will make your path known to you.