Sonshine for your soul
Posted in humility on May 19th, 2011
Humility can be amazingly potent when applied in the proper way.
Sometimes it is the only legitimate choice when it comes to preventing personal disasters.
Abigal’s story in I Samuel 25 is an excellent example.
During David’s years of hiding from King Saul in the wilderness, David had provided protection from rampaging marauders for people who lived near [...]
Posted in humility on May 4th, 2011
The longer I live, the more I realize the importance of spiritual humility.
With too much of ministry success defined by “cool” and marketing/packaging, it is refreshing to see the hyper-simple lesson of John 3:30.
It is a lesson that can jump-start ministry success for the un-cool ministry crowd who don’t have megachurch megabudgets and mega-pools of [...]
Posted in humility on Apr 14th, 2011
One of the lessons that Christians learn early in their walk with the Lord is how to eat humble pie.
Well, at least most Christians do.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of trusting our own intelligence, abilities and life experience when it comes to tough decisions.
And, yes, those factors should be [...]
Posted in humility on Feb 28th, 2011
It’s interesting, this idea of a glorious Messiah who doubles as the second person in the majestic Trinity and as the perfect role model for humility.
Jesus was the greatest and most powerful person ever to take human form and yet, concurrently, the most humble.
The wind and the waves and the demons of hell obeyed His [...]
Posted in humility on Nov 15th, 2010
Hebrew 12:14 is one of those verses that we need to hear from time to time.
For it reminds us of how we can show our faith to others in an unmistakable fashion.
“Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
Notice the absence of [...]
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