Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail "The book of Genesis provides a reason for the rest of the Bible: God’s plan to rescue the people he created after the fall of Adam and Eve (3:1–24). Because sin could not remain in the presence of a holy God, Adam and Eve and their descendants faced eternal separation from their Creator. " AW Tozer Now that we've read 10 different books and 3 different topical stud...

Send us Fan Mail "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." Ephesians 6:10-11 "It is of the utmost importance that Christians should be as strong in Grace as they can possibly be. And the power that is to be in them is to be the power of God — " the power of His might.&q...

Send us Fan Mail "...walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:2 It isn't always easy to walk in the way of love and live as God wishes, but it doesn't mean we don't try and aren't held to a standard that pleases God.  As Tozer states, "we must meet the present emergency w...

Send us Fan Mail "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Ephesians 4:2-3 Have you ever read God's word and just felt like there's no way to do it? That's how I feel often when gentleness and humility are brought up, along with MANY other Christlike attrib...

Send us Fan Mail "This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 3:6 The mystery of gentile salvation and heirship is revealed through and in Christ. It's the message or Gospel Paul has received and is preaching. We are filled with the Spirit and can ap...

Send us Fan Mail "By Grace are you saved through faith." Ephesians 2:8.  Grace is the first and last cause of salvation and faith, important as it is, is only an important part of the machinery which Grace employs. We must not look so much to faith as to exalt it above the Divine source of all blessings which lie in the Grace of God. Never make a Christ out of your faith, nor think of it...

Send us Fan Mail I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms E...

Send us Fan Mail Ephesians is well known for one of the last instructions, putting on the full armor of God, but there are also many practical instructions for living a quality life! Join me in reading this practical and inspiring book and be encouraged!    Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Without compromising Himself in any way, God now receives the returning sinner and puts a deposit of His own nature and life in that sinner. That’s what the new birth is. It’s not joining a church, not being baptized, not quitting this or that bad habit, though everybody will quit his bad habits. The new birth is an implantation of divine life. 2 Peter 1:4 AW Tozer   Just a Guy an...

Send us Fan Mail Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:17-18 I have started to think of Peter as a lighthouse! He warns us of upcoming issues and possible doom, yet also points t...

Send us Fan Mail “People are slaves to whatever has mastered them.” 2 Peter 2:19  A truer statement and fact has never been expressed! The question I ask myself is who do I want for a master? Is it to be Anger, lies, addiction or will it be the Maker of the World whose burden is light? I choose God and thank Him for the opportunity to serve Him and be free! What about you? Join me in reading 2Pete...

Send us Fan Mail Peter encourages his readers to add the following character traits to their faith: goodness, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, and brotherly kindness (1:5–7)—a list not unlike the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22–23). Since the readers of Peter’s epistle lived in a time of many heresies, Peter has harsh words for those who teach false doctrines and for those who fall prey...

Send us Fan Mail We don’t want God to compromise. We don’t want God to wink at our iniquity. We want God to do something about it.  What did He do about it? He came down and became flesh and became both God and man, sin excepted, in order that by His death He might remove everything out of the way so that man could come back... When the sinner comes home, repents and believes on Christ savingly, G...

Send us Fan Mail Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will h...

Send us Fan Mail They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 1 Peter 4:4 Just as the children of Israel ignored the blessings of God and performed all kinds of detestable acts, so will all children of the world. It has been going on forever. QAnd don't be surprised when they send insults your way when you stop participating.  To quo...

Send us Fan Mail AW Tozer says, "If we find ourselves irked by external hindrances, be sure we are victims of our own self-will. Nothing can hinder the heart that is fully surrendered and quietly trusting, because nothing can hinder God." Basically, we are the cause of those things that annoy us because if we were truly focused on the right things, we wouldn't be annoyed. Today, we...

Send us Fan Mail "Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." 1 Peter 2:1-3 Charles Spurgeon states, "It would be better to begin life over again than to live long enough to have gain...

Send us Fan Mail Why are we reading 1Peter now? There are a couple of reasons: 1. Peter was a key character at the end of John and it seems like a natural transition; 2. Peter is a great example of being used by God despite our faults; and 3. His exhortations for living for Christ are just as applicable today as they were when written.  Join me on this journey and let's be encouraged!   Just...

Send us Fan Mail "Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. "1 Peter 1:13-14 Do you remember Peter from the book of John? He denied Christ 3 times, cut off the ear of a servant and got distra...

Send us Fan Mail In verse 20, Peter’s mind seems to have been distracted from the command to follow the Savior by a very simple incident. "Turning about." Such a simple act could derail a disciple walking next to Jesus! I'm know I'm even worse! I get distracted by the events of this world daily, (TV, internet, text) and so did Peter! He had just confessed his love for Jesus thr...

Send us Fan Mail "Unbelief often reads things wrongly — it reads sorrow into facts that should create joy." Charles Spurgeon While the disciples were running about, Mary stayed in one place and wept. It was then, when Jesus revealed Himself to her and turned her sorrow into joy. Too often, I'm like the disciples, running here and there, planning this and that when I should be like M...

Send us Fan Mail "Christ left us an example, and from it there can be no appeal. As He was, so are we in this world, and He felt no trace of resentment against any man. Even those who crucified Him were forgiven while they were in the act. Not a word did He utter against them nor against the ones who stirred them up to destroy Him. How evil they all were He knew better than any other man, but...

Send us Fan Mail "Are we such men and women of prayer that others know where we pray? Have you some familiar place where you go to meet your Lord? I am afraid that many know where we trade and many know where we preach but, perhaps, few know where we pray. God grant that we may be often at the Mercy Seat! We would be better men and women if we were more frequently at the Throne of Grace. &quo...

Send us Fan Mail "In religion more than in any other field of human experience a sharp distinction must always be made between knowing about and knowing. The distinction is the same as between knowing about food and actually eating it." AW Tozer To know God is different from knowing about Him. One is experiential and one is theoretical.  It's my goal to "know" Him! Join me...

Send us Fan Mail "But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you." John 16:7 It is better to have the Holy Spirit living inside us than to have Jesus walking beside us! Hard concept for me to grasp, but it's true. Join me in reading John 16 and be encouraged!   Just a Guy a...