Category: Growth Process

For the past two decades I have been journaling during my quiet time.  Recently I started to feel like I should go back and review those journals and type out the lessons. There are many things that I have learned over the years that are engrained in my life, they have become part of who I am. There are some lessons, that like the parable of the seed, fell on bad ground.  At the time in my life I was not in a place that those seeds could take root.  I need to be reminded of those so that I can continue to grow.
There are some lesson that I am still learning.  Things I know that God continues to show me time and time again, like the children of Israel because I need them to move forward in my journey.   I need to review them so I can move forward.
These journals are not in order.  I will do my best to date them as they happened, even if they are not typed in that order.  I am hopeful that my journey may help others.  Help others to see:

It is okay to start somewhere.
That God meets us right where we are
He speaks to us in a way that we can understand.
Sometimes it comes in waves and other times in a single sentence.

For me, I grew up in church but never learned about a personal relationship with a heavenly Father that loves me.  I could quote the scriptures and tell the stories, but they were just that words and stories.  I had to start with learning lessons in general.  Grand ideas found in the scripture that were applicable to lives in general.  Then I started to learn how to apply them to my own life.  Now I am able to help others learn to apply the lessons to their life.  If nothing else, I hope that it helps you to grow in faith because for the most part, the person who wrote these journals, is a life transformed.  Below you will find writings from these journals.

All Authority is His

Passage - He has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities and powers subject to him. 1 Peter 3:22 Restated in my own words - Jesus went to heaven and is seated on the right side of God all authority belongs to Him. Application to my own life - I'm... Continue Reading →

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Baptism

Passage - This also prefigures what delivers us now, the water of immersion, which is not the removal of dirt from the body, but one’s pledge to keep a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah. 1 Peter 3:21 Restated in my own words - Baptism is not for the removal... Continue Reading →

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Speaking against instead of changing

Passage - keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are spoken against, those who abuse the good behavior flowing from your union with the Messiah may be put to shame. 1 Peter 3:16 Rested in my own words - You will be spoken against, abuse for your good behavior that flows from your relationship... Continue Reading →

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Helping despite the hurt

Passage - For who will hurt you if you become zealots for what is good? 1 Peter 3:13 Restated in my own words - Who is going to want to hurt someone doing good? Application to my life - I don't think much about people trying to harm me. I guess in part because I'm... Continue Reading →

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Watching and Listening

Passage - For Adonai keeps his eyes on the righteous,and his ears are open to their prayers;but the face of Adonai is againstthose who do evil things. 1 Peter 3:12 Restated in my own words - The Lord watches those who are right with Him. He listens to their prayers in anticipation of responding. But He is against those... Continue Reading →

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Don’t Speak Evil or Deceit

Passage - For “Whoever wants to love life and see good daysmust keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit, 1 Peter 3:10 Restated in my own words - If you want to love life and have good days don't speak evil or deceit. Application to my own life - It's a... Continue Reading →

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Insult or Blessing

Passage - not repaying evil with evil or insult with insult, but, on the contrary, with blessing. For it is to this that you have been called, so that you may receive a blessing. 1 Peter 3:9 Restated in my own words - Christians are not to return evil done to them or insult those... Continue Reading →

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Brotherly Love

Passage - Finally, all of you, be one in mind and feeling; love as brothers; and be compassionate and humble-minded, 1 Peter 3:8 Restated in my own words - Christian men and women need to be in unity, love each other, be compassionate and not think highly of themselves. Application to my own life -... Continue Reading →

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