Free from the Past

Living for Jesus spiritually without religious loyalty
Many (most?) Christians express confidence in their loyalty to how they worship God, the congregation they belong to or the denomination they subscribe to or their self-righteous declaration of freedom from all gatherings of believers. Read more…
I once was working a contract that was only 18 minutes from home – a real Godsend. Read more…
Recently, again, I have had occasion to be questioned by believers who no longer “feel” like God is real. Watchman Nee points out that faith rests on trusting God for what God has done, not for how we feel today about life. Read more…
Today, July 24, 2017, I listened to an episode of Ideas on CBC Radio. The topic was gender portrayal in video games. Read more…
Jesus “can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.“ Read more…
“True patience is the losing of our self-will in [God’s] perfect will…patience is not our gift…it is God’s gift” (Andrew Murray, Waiting on God, Day 14). Read more…
This song has filled my mind for weeks. I share it for pure encouragement – not judgment.
Friday night, on the way to work, I heard a small part of a Joyce Meyer talk on the radio. What grabbed me was this: God wants us to control self and love others, but we want to love ourselves and control others. Read more…
This past weekend the mosquitoes were active in large numbers. Since it has been very dry, with less than half our usual rainfall, I was watering our gardens. Read more…