How to See God's Goodness

Unbelief is all that limits God's goodness in your life.  Believe He's holding you, and doing marvelous things in you, then you'll see it's true!

The Scouring Waves

God's love is a powerful, active wave!  He scours our hearts, like huge waves scour the shore, cleaning out the puss of sin and self.

A Bad Day

There's no "bad day" worse than being hung on a cross, where Jesus overcame ALL bad days!  Trust this God, Who's provided your every remedy.

When the Dove Enters

Jesus' character can be YOUR character, if you're willing!  You're no longer bound to old personality flaws when the Dove enters and sets you free!

Need, Redefined

When you look only to God, your life lacks nothing you need.  Need is redefined to mean, "whatever purifies my soul, preparing me for heaven".

The Sensing of God

God is as nearby when you can't sense Him, as when you can.  Various perceptions are given to strengthen your faith, never to bring despair.

Exchange Time for Eternity

In God, you escape the constraints of time if you live in the "now" of eternity by desiring only His will, and only this moment.

The Fire

Don't be afraid of the fire.  It burns only what you wouldn't want, and can't have in eternity.  The burning changes and purifies your desires.

Agree with God About Yourself

Honesty is just agreement with God about your state.  Trust God more than anyone.  Love His secret designs for your soul.  He loves you unconditionally.

God in Nature

Great wisdom of God is seen in nature.  Observe; find things to love about God, and ways of doing things that are better than man's.

Where Locusts and Lions Hide

Locusts (flesh) eat your crops (fruit), and lions (sins) eat you!  Clear your fields of tall grass (worldliness) and you'll have less trouble from both.

Compulsion or Freedom?

Who are you?  A slave obeys from fear and compulsion.  A son obeys from love and freedom.  Jesus died so you could become God's child.

Jesus, a God of Miracles!

Where Jesus is, there are miracles!  He's making paradise in your heart; a place of beauty and wonder, fit for a KING!  He's never idle.

Laying Down Your Life

Placing your will inside of God's is the greatest act of love.  Your will is your life, so you're laying down your life for God.

No Good Time is Lost

No wonderful time is ever lost.  They're only a tiny foretaste and preview of the life God plans for you in eternity!  And much MORE!

Rejoice at Anything God Wants

If God wants you to be a rock by the road, rejoice that you can watch great saints walk by, and maybe rest upon you!

Prosperity

Prosperity:  When I trade what I can't keep for what I can't lose; my flesh, for the Lord God Himself and His plans for me!

God is For You

You're not a subject of God's wrath.  Only your sin, and impurity, and Jesus defeated them!  God is for you, not against you!  Believe it!

Feeling Follow Obedience

By daily acts of your will, you learn to love God: show up in prayer, turn to Him often throughout your day, and obey Him.

Being Raised

Children trust that their parents will raise them to maturity.  So also, trust God to raise you to spiritual maturity!  He's actively doing so now!

God's Vision for People

The transforming thing:  BELIEVE.  Rather than listing peoples' faults to God, you should believe God for His vision for them!  Pray in agreement with faith!   

Inordinate Affections

Don't go to another for what you should receive only from God.  Inordinate affections are sweet at first, but are the deadliest poison.  They're idolatry.

Times of Hiding in His Heart

Trust God in your deepest hurts.  His good is never operating more strongly in your soul, than in these times of hiding in His heart.

Life is Always at Work

Wherever God goes, there is new life.  Since He is everywhere, new life is everywhere!  This life is working in you always, no matter what.

What Love Wants

Until you want only God, you haven't understood Him.  He's Reality, and all that's worth having.  Once you know Him, you want what Love wants.

Seeing Evil in Your Heart

Don't be shocked/discouraged when discovering evils in your heart.  God makes them visible just before He plans to remove them.  Be humble. Trust Him.

He's in Love With You

Thank God today because: He's never bored with you, He's fascinated by you, He can't get enough of you!  He's in love with you forever!

Forget the Past

To be like Jesus, forget about past injuries and injustices, people's faults, and your forgiven sins.  The alternative is to be like Satan, the accuser.

Practice Continual Thankfulness

Practice feeling just as thankful when thwarted, as when pleased.  Being upset accuses God of being unfair, unable, or ignorant.  God ALWAYS does what's best.

Love His Will

If anything seems unpleasant, be comforted, knowing God sent it.  THERE is where your pleasure lies; in loving His will, in all times and ways.

The Wine Press

Unless grapes are crushed, there will be no wine.  This happened to Jesus on the cross.  Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Him.

The Warning

If you stray, or stop listening, God gives warning.  It'll be like a reduction of flow, as when pinching a hose.  Stop and turn back!