Tag Archives: Christ in me

Taming the Untamable

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Pete

Oh, if ever there were an area of my life in which I needed to know the functional reality of “it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20), it’s the area of what comes … Continue reading →

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A Big Ask

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Pete

Talk about praying big prayers! Talking about going for broke on the ask! Then, you’re talking about Ephesians 3:14-21. Chewing on Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian believers. And Paul swings for the fence. He prays first that they be “strengthened … Continue reading →

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Christ Is In You

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Pete

Four words. That’s what I’m chewing on this morning. Yet four words within one grand context — Romans 8. There’s no way you can read Romans 8 and not be stirred within your soul. There is therefore now no condemnation … Continue reading →

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Examine Yourselves

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Pete

Complex. As I finish my readings in 2Corinthians, that’s my overall impression of this letter — complex. Probably because it deals little with the “simple stuff” of theology and much with the messy stuff of sociology. Less about how God … Continue reading →

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Enriched

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Pete

Three words. That’s what I’m chewing on this morning. Two of those words popping, I’m sure, because of a book I’ve been reading by Rankin Wilbourne on the doctrine of our Union with Christ — in which one of the … Continue reading →

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That I May Be

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Pete

Jesus prayed for me. I’m chewing on the last seven verses of John 17. And there Jesus prayed for me, as well as for all who would believe in Him through the word of the gospel. The word first proclaimed … Continue reading →

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The Fruit of Righteousness

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Pete

Started in on Paul’s letter to the Philippians this morning. And what hits me pretty quick is the familiarity of his “laboring” language. Back in Galatians Paul talks of being “again in the anguish of childbirth” because of his consuming … Continue reading →

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Incline My Heart

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Pete

Hovering over my reading in Psalm 119 this morning, verses 33 thru 40. A number of asks here by the songwriter as he continues his ode to the word of God. Teach me . . . give me understanding . … Continue reading →

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Aroma Ministry

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Pete

I honestly don’t know much about it, other than, that for some, it’s a thing. I’m aware of aromatherapy but I couldn’t describe or explain aromatherapy. I’ve heard the term “essential oils” but I couldn’t tell you what makes an … Continue reading →

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Christ In You

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Pete

Paul says it’s “the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to the saints” (Col. 1:26). A secret thing of the Divine not readily available to the cognitive capabilities or the innate understanding of men and women. It’s … Continue reading →

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