What is it that controls me? Unfortunately, I often feel as though I am blown about by a wind… a great hurricane that pummels me about quite a bit depending on my circumstances … and that is NOT God’s best for me.
Self-control should be a steadying force within that gives me the strength I [...]
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On Self-Control 3
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged emotions, Holy Spirit, self-control, the vine on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Self-Control 2
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged Grace, Irish blessing, self-control, St. Patrick on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pastor Craig selected Titus 2:11-14 for our meditation today and I could barely get passed the first verse, “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “no”…” I was caught by an idea, as we move toward doing good (the virtue piece of our plan [...]
On Self-Control 1
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged control, devotions, faith, holy inventory, knowledge, prayer, self-control, virtue, wisdom on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s interesting to me that self-control is the 4th leg of this journey for sustaining our faith over the long haul. This bears some comment in my mind that you must have your faith, then your virtue or ability to “do good” and then knowledge to understand the why of it all and only then, [...]
On Knowledge 4
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged Ephesians 1, eyes of the heart, knowledge on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How we acquire knowledge is a mystery in itself. So often, we think of knowledge as being in the realm of the brain, but Ephesians 1:15-23 gives us some hints that knowledge of the things of God is much deeper. Here, Paul refers to the heart saying, “…I pray that the eyes of your heart [...]
On Knowledge 3
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged knowledge, mystery of God, understanding, wisdom on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pastor uses Colossians 2:1-3 as his companion scripture for today’s meditation and I have to say, it’s quite powerful. I have it underlined in my Bible, but I haven’t revisited this in awhile.
The first phrase that jumped out at me was, “the mystery of God” and then, how that mystery (which is Christ and [...]
On Knowledge 2
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged data, faith, information, knowledge, revelation knowledge, understanding, virtue, wisdom on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite discussions of wisdom is actually on a website that has nothing to do at all with scripture, but is, instead, about knowledge management and systems thinking. The particular article is called Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom by Gene Belliner, Durval Castro, & Anthony Mills.
They divide the mind’s capabilities to handle [...]
On Knowledge 1
Posted in 50 days with Jesus, tagged gnosis, II Peter 1:5-6, knowledge, sophia, understanding, wisdom on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, after Saturday night’s service and Pastor Craig’s sermon, I was a bit surprised to hear him say the Greek word for “knowledge” used in II Peter 1:5-6 is gnosis (practical knowledge) vs. sophia (philosophical knowledge). I had always thought of the word sophia as meaning wisdom … and yet, as the message continued, Craig [...]
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