TWO TREES IN THE GARDEN OF OUR HEARTS Part 4 Hiding and Masks In the last blog, we talked about one of the fruits ‘The Knowledge of the Tree of Good and Evil’ produces, hiding. One of my precious brothers in Christ, John Lynch, has an awesome story about the masks we wear in his story called ‘The Two Rooms.‘ I hope you enjoy it! John is a member of the organization I serve with Network 220. Learn more about…
TWO TREES IN THE GARDEN OF OUR HEARTS Part 3: The Fruit of Hiding In our last two blogs, we talked about how eating from ‘The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil’ gave us our Independence from God to do whatever we want to do, but made us slaves to the evil one, sin, and the ‘flesh.’ We also discovered that hidden beneath the tree was the root of fear, which always produces death whenever we eat…
TWO TREES IN THE GARDEN OF OUR HEARTS Part 2: The Root of Fear From our last blog, we saw how Adam and Eve were FREE and INDEPENDENT of God to do whatever they wanted to do, but yet they felt lost, rejected, alone, and afraid in the amazing Garden of Eden. The tree they thought would make them WISE, as the evil one promised, made them AFRAID. The moment they ate the fruit from the ‘The Tree of…
TWO TREES IN THE GARDEN OF OUR HEARTS Part 1 – The Fruit of Independence In this first series of blogs, we will explore the different fruit the ‘Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil’ bears. This is the tree within our souls our Father forbids us to eat from; it also is referred to as ‘the hideous flesh.’ We live in both a natural and spiritual world. The natural world is where we use our five…
TWO TREES IN THE GARDEN OF OUR HEARTS New Series “THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIVES WITHIN US AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT WE UNDERSTAND WHICH TREE IS MEETING OUR NEEDS” While preparing for this blog series on “Two Trees Planted in the Garden of our Hearts,” Papa reminded me of a song we wrote in 1986 as He was teaching me how to live a life dependent on His Spirit versus a life lived from the flesh….
Matthew 13:45-46 (Amplified) “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 and upon finding a single pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. Jesus Christ is the Pearl of Great Price! Words can never convey nor describe the Glorious Person He is within our hearts and souls. He came to BE EVERYTHING OUR SOULS COULD EVER DESIRE OR LONG FOR. For this reason, millions of souls are…
WANNA GETAWAY-HOW ABOUT TIMBUKTU? Life can be very demanding. We go from one difficulty to another. Sometimes we feel so overwhelmed we feel like throwing in the towel and giving up. I shared this same sentiment on a Facebook post in the past. Years ago, I told Jesus that I was giving up and throwing in the towel. He replied, “Go ahead.” Then Jesus took the towel and wrapped me in His loving arms with it and loved me…
In the hour in which we live, with pain and sorrow all around, remember there are arms open wide where we can turn to and hide. Within the very heart and soul of believers, Jesus the Lover of our souls live. He calls us to share our pain, sadness, and sorrows with Him. His heart is to heal us, restore us, and to enjoy us every moment of our day. But, sometimes our pain, distractions, the voice of the enemy, and busyness…
LETTING GO OF OUR CAREER IDENTITY (Part 3 Voluntarily-Retirement) “Letting Go means to entrust into the hands of the Lord, to surrender control of, to relinquish power over, and to trust the Lord with.” Only in Letting Go will our minds, emotions, wills, find rest and cease to struggle. We have been on a wonderful journey since January examining the people and things in our lives we must entrust into the “Perfect Hands” of our Lord. As we…
LETTING GO OF OUR CAREER IDENTITY (Part 2 Voluntarily-Parenting) “Letting Go means to entrust into the hands of the Lord, to surrender control of, to relinquish power over, and to trust the Lord with.” Only in Letting Go will our minds, emotions, wills, find rest and cease to struggle. In our last blog we discussed what it means to lose our career identity involuntarily due to a layoff, getting fired, retired (not because we chose to), or because…