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Category Archives: God’s direction
The Chapter of Noah
I am still studying the Book of Enoch I. I’m now in the chapter concerning Noah and the building of the Ark. What I see is things that are hidden from view in the Protestant Bible. For instance, there is … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Common Sense, God's direction, God's Guidance, Hope, Love, Maturity, More of God, Ponderings, Priorities, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, noah, Salvation
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Taking Stock
Hello again. Summer break from driving a school bus is coming to an end in a couple of weeks. I keep forging ahead. Today, I feel the need to take stock of where I am with God. I think we … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Common Sense, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Marriage, Maturity, Mental Health, More of God, Old Age, Priorities, repentance, Respect for Life, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, Completeness, faith, god, jesus, Marriage, More of God, repentence, Salvation
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I’ve Grown Quiet
I’ve been quiet for a good while now. Inner turmoil has been my portion. I love structure, and driving a school bus has helped me to keep depression away. During the summer break, I need to maintain a schedule of … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, church, Common Sense, Divorce, Family, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Growing up, Hope, Marriage, Maturity, Mental Health, More of God, Old Age, Priorities, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Soulmate, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, Family, god, jesus, life, old age, Salvation
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Getting Older
Old people like me try to side-step getting old by not saying “I’m old”, but saying I’m older. That doesn’t sound like much, but it says a lot. It’s a non-admission of getting old. I’m presently 74 years old. I … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Hope, Maturity, Old Age, Ponderings, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investments
Tagged bible, christianity, death, faith, god, jesus, life, old age, Salvation, Work
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Life Is Changing
It’s been a long time since my last post. I have changed so much in my absence from this blog of mine. I once thought I had it all together. I’m pretty sure I did. What changed? I got lax … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, Growing up, Hope, Love, Mental Health, Mission Work, More of God, Old Age, Patience, Ponderings, Possibilities, Priorities, Righteous alarm, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Gits, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investments
Tagged bible, christianity, death, faith, god, jesus, life, old age, Work
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Being Changed
A fellow minister of mine, Doug Fortune brought up the subject of the transformation of caterpillars to Butterflies. I had never heard of Imaginal cells. If anyone knows me, I will do my due diligence to discover what this is … Continue reading
Posted in God's direction, More of God, Ponderings, Random Thoughts, Respect for Life
Tagged butterflies, butterfly, caterpillar, nature, transformation
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To Be Continued
Some days I wish to cry. Like today. I have an overwhelming urge to leap into depression. I have no energy to do anything. Yet in all of it, I hear God speak. In the previous post, I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Common Sense, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Ponderings, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts
Tagged christianity, faith, god, jesus, Salvation
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Powerful Man
I don’t know exactly how to title this, so I’ll start writing and see where it leads. This happened at church today. There was a take-back to last week. Let’s start with last week. At the end of our service … Continue reading
What Now?
I almost named this post I’m Tired, then I remembered a few posts back I have one of the same title. I’ve been home recovering from a short hospital stay for a TURP procedure to help me with my old … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, Fur Babies, God's direction, Growing up, Health, Love, Maturity, More of God, Old Age, Patience, Ponderings, Possibilities, Prayer, Respect for Life, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investment
Tagged books, dachshund, dachshunds, dogs, life
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Healing
I have often considered the decisions of either praying for someone to be healed or to pray for God’s will. I’m sure I’m not alone in this world over these two directions we should consider for someone who requests we … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical teaching, Christian, Common Sense, God's direction, God's Guidance, Health, Mental Health, Ponderings, Prayer, Priorities, Respect for Life, Sobering Thoughts
Tagged christianity, faith, god, jesus, Prayer
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