Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

5.20- Principle 19 We miss up on these principles all the time.   So we feel sorrow when we do and we repent and confess we were wrong and we get God’s forgiveness and other’s if needed and then we move on . We do not wallow in guilt.   We receive forgiveness and move on and forgive others around us.  Luke 7. 36  When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37  A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38  As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39  When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a si...

Proverbs 19. 14  Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,      but a prudent wife is from the Lord . Exactly four years ago today at this exact time almost we were looking for a house for the first in a long time. When I graduated from college in 1968 I had little idea of exactly what I would do in my life.   I coached and taught school for a few years.   Then I got the bug to be retrained and go into ministry.   I did so and worked in Dallas/Mesquite, Abilene   and Denver/Aurora Colorado for 42 years.   With the help of our parents and the churches where we worked we were blessed to buy a house in 1977.   Paid 45k for a new house in Denver.   Can you believe that? Four years ago this week a strange thing happened.   For the first time in over thirty years we were asking God in prayer to give us wisdom about where to live.   Because most of our family lived in the DFW area and our son lived in...

5.19- A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes he’s lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?" The man below says: "Yes. You're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field." "You must work in politics," says the balloonist. "I do" replies the man. "How did you know?" "Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but It's of no use to anyone." The man below replies, "You must work in media." "I do," replies the balloonist, "But how'd you know?"* "Well", says the man, "you don’t know where you are or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault. M...