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.

Living Stone

Passage - As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by people but chosen by God and precious to him, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be cohanim set apart for God to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to him through Yeshua the Messiah. 1 Peter 2:4-5 Restated in my own words - As you come to... Continue Reading →

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Found in the Word

Passage - and be like newborn babies, thirsty for the pure milk of the Word; so that by it, you may grow up into deliverance. 1 Peter 2:2 Restated in my own words - Just as milk is a newborn baby's only source of nourishment so they hunger for it, so we should thirst for the... Continue Reading →

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Rid Yourself

Passage - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, of all deceit, hypocrisy and envy, and of all the ways there are of speaking against people; 1 Peter 2:1 Restated in my own words - Don't be talking against other people, inflicting injury or harm out of meaningless, telling lies or misleading things about others, making... Continue Reading →

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God Revealed

For all humanity is like grass,all its glory is like a wildflower —the grass withers, and the flower falls off;but the Word of Adonai lasts forever. Moreover, this Word is the Good News which has been proclaimed to you. 1 Peter 1:24-25 Restated in my own words - Things in this world quickly fade away but the Word of... Continue Reading →

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Sincere Love

Passage - Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have a sincere love for your brothers, love each other deeply, with all your heart. 1 Peter 1:22 Restated in my own words - Love each other in Christian faith with your whole heart, sincerely because you have been purified... Continue Reading →

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Revealed

Passage - God knew him before the founding of the universe, but revealed him in the acharit-hayamim for your sakes. 1 Peter 1:20 Restated in my own words - God knew Jesus before the creation of the world. He chose when to reveal Jesus to us. Application in my own life - Jesus has no beginning or... Continue Reading →

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One Who Paid the Price

Passage - You should be aware that the ransom paid to free you from the worthless way of life which your fathers passed on to you did not consist of anything perishable like silver or gold; on the contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or... Continue Reading →

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Fear of Judgement

Passage - Also, if you are addressing as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s actions, you should live out your temporary stay on earth in fear. 1 Peter 1:17 Restated in my own words - God looks at our works while we're here on Earth, so conduct yourself accordingly with fear... Continue Reading →

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