Before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison.” – Bette Midler Our…
Tag: Bill Johnson
I’m Ruined for Anything Else
There’s one line from Bill Johnson, from Redding, CA, I like to quote, but one shouldn’t overdue. Those who know these words don’t live as Christians playfully. I’m ruined for anything else. We worshiped on Wednesday night, as we did the Wednesday before, at the church we attend in Calhoun County, AL. The environment was…
We Said Yes (Close to the Edge)
Now, we’re close to the edge. A couple Sundays ago in church we were encouraged to say yes to the will and plans of God. I nudged April and said everything in our lives and how we live, right now, is shaped by our yes to God. Last Sunday, while I was listening for the…
Your Heart Is My Desire
I was recently encouraged to make a simple slide-show video for an old Pentecostal praise chorus. I became familiar with it through Bill Johnson who sang it spontaneously at the close of a sermon he preached in December, 2012. I wrote a post last year, Some Days In January (1/26/15), where I described an encounter…
Perception, Part 1
A few days ago, I read of King David perceiving, finally, who he really was. God had already spoken to him of what his destiny was to be, and his circumstances had already dramatically shifted to his favor. Regardless, his own understanding of who he was, his perception being enlightened of his true reality was…
We Can Only Afford Air
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” . . . . And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who…
Fulbright Dream
In a recent Facebook instant message conversation, I wrote to a friend of mine I know we’ve come into a new season. He asked what God had conveyed to us about this new season. I just said I knew a new season had begun by virtue of what he’s shared with us in encounters and…
Some Days In January
The Super Bowl was slow in coming. The pitchers and catchers report for spring training weeks from now. Hockey is boring, and basketball isn’t interesting until March. What could we possibly expect from January except frigid nights, disappointing TV programming and fresh academic workloads with the start of a new semester? Maybe God will speak…
Change In Altitude
April dreamed recently our bed in our second floor bedroom was moved to the first floor. A bed in a dream means rest or intimacy. Prior to our move, but, after we received the invitation to move here, our sister-in-law told us she believed God told her we’d come here to rest. April dreamed twice…
Yes, Amen, So Be It!
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> I was praying yesterday, and a thought came to me that was not mine. “Say, ‘Yes” to that which God has promised.” The more I thought about that, it turned into “Yes, Amen, So be it!” So, this is what I say yes to today. When I heard for the first…
Psalm 102 in The Message 