The Word and His Pen

I felt led to post about this.  The flesh nature is aggressive. We want to do what we want with little to no interference. We want to be in charge of our own lives, and not have to submit to any higher authority. Especially not authority that operates far beyond what we can see or understand.  This is going to be a brutally honest blog post, but God is telling me that it needs to be shared.  Today I was getting lunch out. I had hastily whipped together a sandwich and some little snacky things before I ran out the door this morning. This thought came into my mind out of the blue. Fast lunch. I paused. I did not want to fast lunch. I was a little hungry and hankering the taste of the mayonnaise and cheese on my sandwich. I wrestled back and forth. The enemy added confusion and accusatory voices in my mind until it felt like a storm. I didn't know what to do, and my mood darkened within minutes. Deep down I knew what to do, but I didn't want to do it.  I wish I could say that I ju

 It has been way too long since I have done a blog post. I sincerely apologize and will make a couple posts about what all has happened in between times soon. However, I left off in the middle of a series that I need to finish! Fighting the battle from victory.  This concept applies to so much more than just identity. Praise God it applies to all of Christian life.  1 Corinthians 15:57 "But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." As Christians, every single area of our lives has been changed and transformed by the power and love of God. We can, perhaps emphasis on 'can', live differently because of the truth that we build our lives on.  Matthew 6:31-32 "So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs."   Unbelievers do not live in this assurance. They cannot f