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For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword (Heb. 4:12 NASB).

LaWanda – O how I love Jesus.  O how I love Jesus.  O how I love Jesus because He first loved me.  Help me to never just go through the motions with you, Lord.  I lay my heart at your feet.  Help me to keep it there.

Do you get an annual performance review at work? These are typical as a meeting with management to discuss what is going well and what needs work. In the best of conditions it is an affirmative meeting. Would you be eager to have such a review of your spiritual life with me? Would you fear it? You need not think of it as punitive. You would benefit from periodic reviews of your practices to find out which are working for you that you may do more of them, and which are not working that you may let them go. Come and let us reason together.

I received this question in an email from England: "My friend believes you should believe what your spirit tells you above the scriptures because not all scripture is divinely inspired. My question is, is the Bible infallible?"

How do you know when you are deceived? You can’t figure this out on your own and need others to help. How do you know when you are self-righteous? Do you think there are self-righteous people? Are they aware of this? Do they identify as such? What do you think is the source of the problems in the world? Can you readily identify them? Does your list of immediate responses include only those other than yourself, outside your group and creed? Can you only see evil outside of yourself? If you think that everyone other than you is the problem then you may be self-righteous.

Anointed living is about releasing the Holy Spirit. These six foundational experiences (Heb. 6:1,2) describe the steps to restoring spiritual intimacy and power so we can live as Jesus lived (Jn. 5:19,20,30) and fulfill the destinies God has ordained for us.

Some time ago, an acquaintance of mine resigned his job go into ‘full time ministry.”  He had been a very good salesperson who was respected by his customers and valued by his employer.

LaWanda – O Jesus, the day is almost gone and once again, I have let other things distract me.  Will I never learn, Lord?  Help me, Lord Jesus, to from the moment I wake up to put you FIRST, with everything else coming AFTER my time with you.  I cannot continue to sleep until 7 or 8 and expect to get everything done.  I need your help, Lord.  Help me to go to bed early enough for me to get up @ 5 or 6.  O lord, I feel you are calling me to more of you, for me to invest more of me into you.  And I must get to bed by 10 to do it, Lord.  Help me please.

Have you ever run from me? Jonah did, but he couldn’t outrun me, and I got him in the end. People spend a lifetime running from me, but I’m always in hot pursuit. This is a legal term for police in actively chasing a suspect, and you too will find that you can’t outrun me. Where would you go to escape from my presence? The Psalmist discovered that no matter where he went I was there. So if you decide to stop running you don’t have to trace your entire route back. No matter how much time and distance you have put into running from me, if you stop and turn to me I will be there.