Renewing our Minds – the Power of Pictures Dear Ones, We’ve looked previously at the concept of gardening, seeing everything in seed form and planting wisely in our minds, lives and relationships. And we’ve considered our mental pipeline, how one thing leads to...
Let us learn a deep lesson God wants to teach us. Ponder the words that make up the name of our Ministry: “FOLLOW ME!” Before we can follow our Master, we must first believe very, very deeply that He is actually here with us. If He is not truly here with us, we have...
RENEWING OUR MINDS – THE AWESOME MENTAL PIPELINE Dear Ones, As promised, Brenda and I would like to share some more of the wonderful tools found in our Disciple Training Toolboxes that we’ve gleaned from John’s earlier teachings. The recently posted number 15 Exodus...
RENEWING OUR MINDS – INTRODUCTION, GARDENING Key concepts: Seeds, Gardening ORIGINAL WEB SITE INQUIRY - We had received another cry for help in this month’s emails. A dear sister who has been battling obsessive, condemning, out of control thoughts asks how, or even...
This is an important question for all disciples-in-training to consider. In other meditations, we contrasted ‘Headless’ humans (those who run their own lives) with disciples who have come under the absolute authority and provision of God’s Living Word (Yeshua) and are...
You’ve no doubt heard the old adage, “What you don’t know, won’t hurt you.” But what if that time-honored bit of ‘worldly wisdom’ is a lie? If lies are repeated endlessly, people mindlessly start believing them. That draws them into a dangerous state of delusion. But...
After our Lord ascended to Heaven and gave the gift of the Holy Spirit to His disciples, He gave tremendous spiritual authority to His apostle Peter. And that gives great weight to Peter’s teachings and epistles. He wrote his first epistle to all Jewish and non-Jewish...
Imagine what would go through your mind if a law officer served you with a summons ordering you to appear as a witness in a widely-publicized, high stakes court trial. Suddenly your life would be invaded by a hard legal reality you would not be able to escape. No...
Genesis 3:7-11 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his...
1 John. 2:14a “I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning…” When we ponder Abraham’s life and significance, it’s important to realize that he is part of each disciple’s life, and each disciple is a part of his! We must not see...
Despite how wicked, brutal and dangerous our world is, God doesn’t want us to be dismayed or overwhelmed by it. In fact, through the apostle Paul, God commands us to do the opposite! Philippians 4:4-9 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your...
In the Bible, God continually separates what comes from and aligns with His Word, from what does not. It begins in Gen. 1:4 when God separates the Light from the Darkness. Then He separates Adam and Eve from their 'fig leaf covering' and clothes them with animal...