The way Wisdom describes herself in Proverbs 8 continues to be one of the strongest and most attractive arguments for loving wisdom I have come across. Just hearing her declare what she has, what she does and how much she benefits anyone who seeks her, makes it maddening that we ignore her. After a period […]
Read More Fruit of Wisdom (The Fruit Series 17)And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”(MRK 7:20-23 ESV) There’s a saying […]
Read More Bad Fruit – Rotten From The Core (The Fruit Series 15)I watched something recently that made me sad. I saw things that were meant to be so beautiful, corrupted by the pursuit of money and power. Relationships so sacred were sullied by deception. Interactions designed to help each other were full of mistrust and disrespect. Enforcing this was a system that was more concerned with […]
Read More Let It Grow NaturallyIt was my main man AJ who reminded me about Hezekiah Walker. Back in the day, Walker was a part of my listening life. He wasn’t as prominent in my life as Fred Hammond or John P Kee, but the brother had some choir pieces that stimulated interest that’s for sure. In fact, I recall […]
Read More Knowing Where Power BelongsAnd the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:16-17 NIV) The source of life and fruitfulness is God. Choosing […]
Read More Bad Fruit and the Self Life (The Fruit Series 12)And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:16-17 NIV) Not all fruit is good fruit. A fruitless situation […]
Read More Introduction to Bad Fruit (The Fruit Series 11)And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 The blessing given to humanity was never […]
Read More Be Fruitful – A Relational Mandate (The Fruit Series 06)And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 The blessing to be fruitful keeps bugging […]
Read More Be Fruitful – A Personal Consideration (The Fruit Series 05)When the financial crisis hit, talk of austerity and cutbacks were not embraced with joy. Especially when certain people suffered in particular where others did not appear to suffer that much at all. Almost a decade since it hit and there is little indication that what was done was fair, equitable and just. Understandably that […]
Read More Cutbacks to Go ForwardThere is a lot of sound advice in this video. Advice I wish I had taken when I went through my own seasons of heartbreak. In as much as this is less than five minutes of advice, it’s worth considering each point carefully and exploring the scripture references to see what is being said worked […]
Read More How Can I Recover from a Broken Heart?
