*Thursday 11.29.12* * * I was pleasantly surprised with the number of responses I received yesterday about the man who mailed me from prison. All of them were positive and expressed empathy for the man. I do not know why but God has put him on my heart and since it seems to be what …
I received a letter yesterday. It was from a man in I have never met. How he got my name I will never know … yet, he is housed with 1500 other men in a prison in America. His letter went to Vineyard Columbus and they forwarded it on to me. To say the least …
The Law of Recovery – Recovery is not Perfection BUT Perseverance.
One piece at a time … I like that. It’s just another way of saying “One day at a time.” But that is the way life goes and that is the way recovery goes. The misconception that I am going to make leaps and bounds and God is going to heal me quickly from the …
*Monday 11.26.12 – A Puzzling Recovery* * * Yesterday, during worship, I had this image come into my mind that I think was from the Lord. It was a puzzle box filled with an unknown number of pieces. I shook it and sensed there must be at least 1000 pieces in there. There was no …
How many of you can remember your mother saying to you; “Say Please and Thank You!” It is a way of being polite and courteous. Saying “Please” is a way of signifying that you realize you are asking for a favor and are not just barking a command. Sometimes that is not the case like …
*Friday 11.23.12 * * * What words come to mind when you think about Black Friday? Shopping … Crowds … people fighting over a sale item. People are just crazy and Madison Avenue has trained them that way. We feel good about saving a lot of money even though what we spent was probably put …
*Wednesday 11.21.12 – Being Thankful.3* * * *[image: Inline image 1] * * * There has been a shift in the way I view things over the past 7 years that I am deeply thankful for. I am talking about the way I view my life, my reality and my future. Before my sin was …
*Tuesday 11.20.12 – Being Thankful* * * *[image: Inline image 1] * * * Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the …
*Monday 11.19.12* * * *[image: Inline image 1] * It seems to me that sometimes holidays become an event and the reality behind them has lost it’s meaning. Certainly two of them are staring us in the face as 2012 draws to a close. Those days we call Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving is no longer …
