A Christ Follower: The Journey

Numbers 6:24-26 New King James Version (NKJV)   24  “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25  The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26  The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”’

  How? 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 16  From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation the old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18  All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19  that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20  Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21  For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God .   How did we use to look at people?   How does God want us, who are Christ Followers to look at people? How ...

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be held in high esteem --because of your character-- is better than silver or gold.   Allow the Creator to form you into the New Creation Christ image that the Creator desires you to be. 2 Corinthians 5:17   Then you will be truly blessed and you will truly live.   SoJourner

Dear Lord I bless our children (spouses are children) and our grandchildren, on This Father’s Day, in YOUR Holy Name: May they be blessed with the capability to be filled with the knowledge of YOUR will, through all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that they can live lives worthy of YOU and please YOU in every way.   By the power of YOUR Holy Spirit, I pronounce this blessing so that they will bear fruit in every good work.   I bless them to grow in the knowledge of God and be strengthened with ALL power according to YOUR glorious might. I bless them to   have great endurance and patience.   And I bless them so their hearts will be filled with joy and thanksgiving.   I bless them because YOU have blessed them to be qualified to share in the inheritance of the saints.   I bless them because YOU have rescued them from the Kingdom of Darkness, and YOU have transferred them into the Kingdom of Light… The Kingdom of the Son of God whom YOU love. I b...

The Vineyard: A Short Detour. " I am the vine   you are the branches. If you abide in me, and I abide in you, you will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing." Jesus      Before we begin our journey backwards through the Sermon on the Mount, and before we go out in to the yard to walk on the stepping stones for this part of rock-solid living, we need to go to another piece of property. Of course Jesus parabolic house has to have a vineyard. What is really interesting is what Jesus says about himself. He calls himself "The Vine.” He also calls us something: He calls us “the branches;" therefore, there is a life connection between the Son of God and us. Maintaining that connection, intentionally, is important, if we will bear fruit.      One of the dangers of following a teaching is that of the teaching becoming legalistic or regulatory.   As a matter of fact, I think that a lot of people give up on even tryin...

To Hear or Not Hear?   That Is The Question. The one who hears my words and obeys them is the one who has a life that will stand up to the storms that beat against and challenge our lives. Jesus      Hearing, and applying what is heard, seems to be extremely important, if we are going to experience rock-solid living in this quicksand world. Whether or not we are victorious and overcome our wounds, injuries, abuse trauma or sin is related to how we hear Jesus. How we hear Jesus is so important that he taught a parable about it, and then he went the extra mile to explain the parable to be sure we would get it. How we hear Jesus will greatly impact whether or not we will put into practice what we hear: THERE ARE 4 WAYS TO HEAR GOD… OR NOT.   Jesus Based On Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23      Back in the day, when Jesus was teaching among humanity, He made it clear that He wanted rock solid living to be a part of daily living....

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash!   Jesus                                                                   Storms        Storms seem to come into ever...