Being comfortable in our own skin is not always easily achieved. It is true that we’re created in Christ Jesus. It is also true that we’re God’s workmanship. Yet, at times, we try to be more than who He created us to be, which leads us to our drugs of choice to feel better about ourselves.
He set our height parameters. He gave us the talents we have. He gave us the abilities we have as well. Though He set our parameters, we can get better about listening to and following Jesus in how to use those talents and abilities everyday everywhere. We can enjoy being in the presence of God while going through our daily lives, no matter what our skin looks like.
We can either be daily frustrated by focusing on who we’re not and what He didn’t give us, which leads us to our drugs of choice or we can experience contentment and peace by focusing on who He did make us.
Frustration or contentment, how we view ourselves has a lot to do with both. Hopefully you’re living with corrected vision.
“S”et Free Nowww

I thought, “My God, You are huge!” as I looked upon the beautiful mountain waterfall landscapes on my family’s hike up Lundy Lake trail. The total contrasting landscapes on this trail were nothing short of awesome and breathtaking. Our God is indeed huge!
How big is your God and how much of Him do you want to know? Be careful. Think before you answer. You probably know that He loves you. But what does that love really look like?
Let’s face it, much of what we call love these days does not belong in the same atmosphere with the love of God. We love our drugs of choice. We love how they make us feel. We love turning to others and ourselves to meet our needs. Hopefully you are getting the picture. We have a much distorted view of just one aspect of who God is, love.
In order to enjoy those majestic landscapes, you’re going to have to let Jesus take you places you’ve never been. You’re going to have to climb some very tough hills to see sides of Him you’ve never seen. You’ll have to use faith muscles you never knew existed. Yet as the Spirit replaces your worn out ideas/thoughts about Jesus with the “real deal” Jesus, you too will exclaim, “My God, You’re huge!”
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You were created for greatness! Adam and Eve were created with a job they could do as they lived in the presence of God. They were successful at it too…until they choose to turn their back on the very God who created them to do that job. They were destined for victory until they thought they could do life better without Him.
Crazy thinking, huh? Yet this is thinking we must overcome as well. When we came to faith in Christ, we were made winners, not losers; victors, not victims! We are created in Christ Jesus. We have been given a job to do by Him. Sound like we’re back in the Garden again? In a way, we are.
As secure children of God, we’ve been given both the mind and nature of Christ. We’ve been destined for greatness. We can experience victory everyday everywhere. The question is, “Will we choose to walk with Jesus in that victory as we live our daily lives?
Let the Spirit of God replace your stinking thinking with Christ’s winning thinking. In Jesus, you can overcome your drugs of choice as you are a victor in Jesus. It’s time to start living the destiny Christ has given you.
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“How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You bestow in sight of men on those who take refuge in You.” Psalm 31:19
Okay, it appears that we are on this planet for another year. Bummer! But I am processing that reality, are you? Our God is more than good, but this verse goes onto to say that He likes to pour out that goodness on those who do two things: fear and take refuge in Him.
Yes, we are tired and want to go home. Yet, He has given us another year to draw closer to Jesus and allow others to see Him in us. Let’s continue to realize that our God intends to do good, not harm, to those who love Him. And as secure children of God, remember we are only secure as we let Him tear down our strongholds (2 Cor. 10:4-5), our defense mechanisms, and replace them with Him.
May your continued walk on this planet be one where you continually realize that your God loves and will take care of you for your betterment and His glory.
“S”et Free Nowww

Words are important, especially Scriptural words. The words we use to translate the original words into our language can both hurt and help what God’s trying to say to us. One such word is, church.
I can only speak from an English speaker’s point of view. This word, church, has done a lot of damage as well as good throughout the world. The word comes from two words that mean to be called out from one place to another. In Ephesians 5:22-33, the Spirit calls Jesus’ wife, the church. Jesus is doing the calling. He is calling those who say, “Yes” to His marriage proposal out of the world to Himself.
He is calling us to listen to and follow Him everyday everywhere. He is calling us to move away from our worlds to be nearer to and like Him. One day, He will finally call us out of this world to be with Him in heaven or home. This can either be through physical death or through a loud shout from heaven (1 Thess. 5:16).
I believe this latter event is prophesied in the 5th of 7 Feasts listed in Leviticus 23. There’s an article in the Article section that covers this. When will this happen? I have no clue. But I do know the day is spelled out in the Feast of Shouts/Trumpets. And if it’s this year, it will be September 4th Israeli time.
Ready or not, here He comes…maybe. Hopefully, we’ll be meeting Him and each other in the air this coming Wednesday. If not, let’s continually get closer to Jesus by responding to His call to be near and like Him. The world needs to see believers listening to the call of Jesus to be more and more like Him rather than like them.
“Set Free Nowww”