I do not like it when I get into an inner storm caused by fear. It’s easy to hide an inner storm, but long ago I made a commitment not to live by fear. Sometimes it’s hard to wrestle through to peace when waves of feelings are tossing me and wanting to crash me against the rocks–they […]
Knowing Your Heart
Jesus wants us to live from our hearts–that part of us where we connect with Him and hear Him. The opposite of living from our hearts is living from the flesh–that place where we think we can decide what is good and bad without God. These are very distinct different ways to live. If Jesus […]
Joy-Filled Relationships
All of us long for loving connections, belonging and unconditional acceptance. God designed us that way. We look for people and places where this yearning can be met, only to find that relationships can be messy. Then we want to wallow in the mess or run away from it. If God designed us for close […]
Musings About "Holey Ships"
A few weeks ago I was talking to my niece, Stacey Tafao, and she mentioned that she had heard a speaker say there are differences in the closeness of relationships. I was intrigued, so I decided to do a little study on some Greek words—from Strong’s Concordance—since I don’t know Greek. I began my brief […]
A Friend’s Immanuel Process Testimony–Part 2
This is Part 2 of Debbie Sellmann’s testimony about how she is learning to go to Jesus when she is upset. Part 1, if you missed it is here. Enjoy! How Do We Seek God? Part 2 But something has changed. I am learning what to do with these unpredictable moments. What I’m learning starts […]
A Friend’s Immanuel Process Testimony–Part I
My friend, Debbie Sellmann, has been learning the Immanuel Process that I wrote about in Walking With Immanuel. I loved what she sent me in an email, so I’m sharing it here. It will be in two parts. How Do We Seek God? Part 1 For a long time, I thought the act of seeking God […]