Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail "It may be said of Him, "You have kept the best wine until now," for in this chapter and in that which follows we have some of the choicest, deepest, and richest words that the Master ever uttered. You will endeavor, then, to hear Him speaking as upon the verge of Gethsemane. You will listen to these sentences as coming to you associated with the groans and bloody s...

Send us Fan Mail "But when I come to deal with the Holy Ghost, his operations are so mysterious, his doings are so secret, his acts are so removed from everything that is of sense, and of the body, that I cannot so easily get the idea of his being a person; but a person he is. God the Holy Ghost is not an influence, an emanation, a stream of something flowing from the Father; but he is as muc...

Send us Fan Mail "There is no cure for heart-trouble but heart-trust. "You believe in God" — you trust in Divine Providence, now trust in the Savior’s great Atonement. You have come close to God already, come closer to the Incarnate God, the Lord Jesus Christ." Charles Spurgeon The Lord comforts His disciples. He knows what is about to happen to Him and these men/friends will b...

Send us Fan Mail "I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you." John 13:15 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." John 13:34 Jesus humbled Himself and washed His disciple's feet, thus demonstrating that no act of love is too low to perform! It is the eleventh commandment and demonstrates that we b...

Send us Fan Mail "A man highly honored today can be looked upon with scorn tomorrow.  I think it is very good spiritual advice that we should never tie ourselves up to public opinion, and never accept any successes we may have today as being due to our superior gifts.  Let’s thank God for anything we get, and then go on with the Lord!" AW Tozer Jesus is the creator of the world, yet He i...

Send us Fan Mail "It becomes the devil’s business to keep the Christian’s spirit imprisoned. He knows that the believing and justified Christian has been raised up out of the grave of his sins and trespasses. From that point on, Satan works that much harder to keep us bound and gagged, actually imprisoned in our own grave clothes." AW Tozer Once we're saved, our salvation is a given...

Send us Fan Mail Charles Spurgeon states, "Doubtless these days are exceedingly dangerous and I have certain Brethren round me who never allow me to forget it... I remember hearing some 30 years ago that we lived in awful times and, as nearly as I can recollect, the times have been awful ever since and I suppose they always will be! The watchmen of the night see everything except the coming o...

Send us Fan Mail Have you hardened your heart to God's will? Have you refused to see the miracles in your life for what they were because you were not wanting to submit to Him? I know I have and so did the Pharisees we read about in John 9. Join me and be encouraged as we read His word!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Anyone who might feel reluctant to surrender his will to the will of another should remember Jesus’ words, “Everyone who sins is a slave to sin.” We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The sinner prides himself on his independence, completely overlooking the fact that he is the weak slave of the sins that rule his members. The man who surrenders to Ch...

Send us Fan Mail "I fear that sometimes we who, "profess and call ourselves Christians," err in exactly the opposite direction. Instead of worshipping more than God, I fear we worship less than God. This appears when we forget to pay due adoration to the Holy Spirit of God. The true God is triune — Father Son, and Holy Spirit — and though there is but one God, yet that one God has m...

Send us Fan Mail Man constantly thinks about the physical, while Jesus is showing us what's really important, the spirit! While our focus tends to revolve about our belly buttons and how to deal with caring for our physical needs, Jesus directs us to the important/critical part of our being, our spirit. For if Satan can keep us focused on the worldly, then we can't truly worship God in s...

Send us Fan Mail Man is so short sighted and yet, Jesus is lovingly focused on our spiritual future because that's what will last! Today, we read that despite all of the miracles already done, the people want just one more!!! Jesus knows, that even if He performed one more, that wouldn't be enough. As a result, He focuses on our spirits, not our bodies. Join me in reading about His mirac...

Send us Fan Mail "Five thousand people and five little biscuits to feed them! The disproportion is enormous — if each one should have only the tiniest crumb, there would not be enough! In like manner, there are millions of people in London and only a handful of whole-hearted Christians earnestly desiring to see the city converted to Christ. There are more than a thousand millions of men in th...

Send us Fan Mail "What a sight for the Great Physician to look upon! The whole world must have been, to Him, like one huge hospital full of "impotent folk, blind, halt, withered." Wherever He went, He was surrounded by the sick, sad and suffering — those who were afflicted physically, mentally and spiritually." Charles Spurgeon So often we don't see ourselves as broken and...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus doesn't care what your station in life is. You could be an outcast or a privileged leader and He loves you all the same! In chapter 4, we see Him loving the Samaritan woman with 5 husbands and the royal leader! It doesn't matter who you are or what your past is, it only matters that He loves you wherever you are at! Join me in reading chapter 4 and be encouraged! ...

Send us Fan Mail "The great God Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, said, “This is My name throughout all generations, My memorial forever: I AM WHO I AM. I never was created; I was not made, I AM. I made you for My love. I made you to worship, honor, and glorify Me. I made you to love you and hold you and give Myself to you. But you turned away from Me. And you made yourself god and you put...

Send us Fan Mail "Jesus Christ commenced the gospel dispensation, not with a miracle of vengeance, like that of Moses, who turned water into blood, but with a miracle of liberality, turning water into wine. He does not only supply necessaries, but gives luxuries, and this is highly significant of the kingdom of his grace. " Charles Spurgeon God doesn't give barely enough grace to co...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” John 1:50-51 Jesus is alive and active today, just like He was in the Bible. Just...

Send us Fan Mail "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1 A word is a medium by which thoughts are expressed, and the application of the term to the eternal Son leads us to believe that self-expression is inherent in the Godhead, that God is forever seeking to speak Himself out to His creation. The whole Bible supports this idea. God is s...

Send us Fan Mail An introduction to the Gospel of John... Just as a coin has two sides, both valid, so Jesus Christ has two natures, both valid. Luke presents Christ in His humanity as the Son of Man; John portrays Him in His deity as the Son of God. John’s purpose is crystal clear: to set forth Christ in His deity in order to spark believing faith in his readers. John’s gospel is topical as well...

Send us Fan Mail I just wanted to let you know that I'll be out for 3 days traveling for work and to offer a quick prayer. When I return, we'll start the book of John.    Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.  Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 Pau...

Send us Fan Mail What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith....

Send us Fan Mail "The wisdom of the cross is repudiation of the world’s “norm.” Christ, not society, becomes the pattern of the Christian life. The believer seeks adjustment, not to the world, but to the will of God, and just to the degree that he is integrated into the heart of Christ is he out of adjustment with fallen human society. " AW Tozer We are reminded in Philippians 2 that not...

Send us Fan Mail "The true test of any action lies in its motive. Many a deed which seems to be glorious is really mean and ignoble because it is done with a base intention. While other actions which appear to be poor and paltry, if we truly understood them, would be seen to be full of the glory and beauty of a noble purpose." CH Spurgeon Philippians is the "Joy" letter from Pa...