Real Life

Held Deeper, Hidden Higher

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Oh Holy Spirit, burn like a fire.  All consuming, consume me.  Here in your presence. Lord I surrender to your glory.   Living water.  River wild in me.  Immerse me.  In your mercy.   Holy Spirit fire.  Burn within my soul.  As I call upon your name…Jesus.  —Open Heaven, Hillsong 🌿LIVE THE REAL…

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Talk It To God Tuesday

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.  —Luke 19:4 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Zacchaeus is standing among the crowds.  Being short has so many disadvantages, thinks Zacchaeus.  But that tree might be the answer.  If I can reach up that…

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Warped Adventure, Part 2

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Christ suffered for our sins once for all time.  He never sinned, but He died for sinners to bring you safely home to God.  —1 Peter 3:18 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 The prodigal son leaves his home when his passion for his father is displaced by an affinity for adventure.  He walks away…

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Warped Adventure, Part 1

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Christ suffered for our sins once for all time.  He never sinned, but He died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. —1 Peter 3:18 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Two brothers.  One stakes his place at home with the father and diligently stays on the farm.  The other brother sprints away and…

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My Heart

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Hear me as I pray, O Lord.  Be merciful and answer me!   My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”  And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”  —Psalm 27:7-8 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 In Samuel 3, Samuel hears a voice calling out his name.  He runs to Eli, his…

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Interruptions and Disruptions

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 The seed is God’s Word.   The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved.   The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message…

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Rocking The Faith

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so He could lay His hands on them and bless then.  But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering Him.  But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me.  Don’t stop them!  For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these…

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Thirst Into Truth, Part 2

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water!  Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” “Go and get your husband,”Jesus told her. “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.  —John 4:13-17 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Thirst into survival truth. Survival in the…

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Thirst Into Truth, Part 1

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water!  Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” “Go and get your husband,”Jesus told her. “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.  —John 4:13-17 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 The woman prepares to come to the…

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Until Disaster Passes

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Be merciful, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in You.  Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge until disaster has passed.  —Psalm 57:1 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Washington DC.  2 out of 4 kids sick, including me.  I wasn’t well all day and spent most…

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