Doesn’t this animation say it all?

This is about as far as we get in trying to please God in the strength of the flesh.

I don’t think I ever worked so hard at something with fewer results.Continue reading

Let’s reflect on the previous day’s post with some visual inspiration.

Because of what Jesus accomplished we’re once again a reflection of His image. Like the fabled ugly duckling, when we see our true image we are set free to be who we really are.

Read Likeness Restored  which corresponds with today’s image.

My story continues here

In Man’s Greatest Loss, we spoke of the seemingly irreversible situation Adam’s sin left us in. Mankind would now forever be born in the image and likeness of fallen man with an unchangeable nature of sin.  Can a leopard change his spots?  What can be done to change an inherent nature?  After all, we were born this way.Continue reading

Tuesdays and Thursdays we take time to reflect on the previous day’s post with some visual inspiration.

Being born with a sin nature and knowing that inborn characteristics cannot change any more than a leopard can change his spots or a zebra his stripes, can there be any hope for victory in the war between good and evil raging within us? Continue reading

Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.

One of the most important things I’ve learned in my Christian walk is the fact that I am a spirit. Is it any wonder that this is true?  After all, we were created in the image of God.  God is a spirit, and God is the blueprint of man’s design. Just like an egg has three distinct parts, so too do we.Continue reading

Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.

Even though I hadn’t seen how God could bring fruitfulness from my perpetual barrenness, He again confounded me with a verse in Isaiah 54.  Nevertheless, God was beginning to get through to me with the truth about fruit bearing.Continue reading

Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.

At times we might feel much like those in that storm-tossed boat with the apostle Paul that day, attempting to make it to Rome.

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.  Acts 27:20

That is precisely how I felt as I struggled to escape the darkness of my failures.  After years of unsuccessful effort I finally lost hope.  But thankfully God had not…for He knows how to calm the storm.

You can read or re-read The Tempest of Trying that corresponds with today’s image.

…My Story continues here