Psalm 46:10 - "Be still, and know that I am God."

The wording "be still" means "soaking" in His Presence. The result is that you will know He is God.

It's not being still and knowing about God. It's being still and knowing God experientially. You will experience God. You will know the Presence of God.

As we focus our heart, spirit, soul, mind, and body (the whole person) on His manifest Presence, we become oblivious to...

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"God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. - Galatians 4:6

We can't let "COASTING" be our default setting in our life with God.

CRUISING (definition: to travel at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period) fits the advancing nature of the Kingdom of God much more than coasting. God made us to live life at "maximum operating efficiency." Jesus called it as having "life, and life abundantly" (John...

Tornado warnings everywhere. I have a little area down in my basement that I seldom go in.
I have a small 12 inch TV and a battery powered radio down there that I use when the weathermen chase me down there.
I grabbed my smokes and a can of Pringles and sat down there for a couple of hours. I could hear the spiders talking, " What's he doing down here? Must be tornado warnings again."

So far the greatest damage was across the river in Edwardsville where an Amazon...

I have spent many a year just looking for the perfect cup of coffee. Many times, I get good coffee, but seldom do I get great coffee.

Oh, there have been those moments where, out of nowhere, there happens to come a perfect cup of coffee. One place that sticks out is the Grapevine Cafe on South Padre Island. I'm not sure if the blend was Colombian, but that coffee there was as good as this writer has ever had. Every once in a while, I trudge over to Black...