Tag: Joy

So that our joy may be complete

Some people think Jesus Christ is a myth, along with his teachings and miracles. Maybe this describes you. The Apostle John was addressing a similar understanding with the gnostics of his time in Ephesus. They had a problem with the concept that Jesus was both fully man and fully God at the same time.

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What more could you want than joy and gladness forever?

Psalm 90 is a prayer of Moses in which he acknowledges God for who he is and complains that the Lord disciplines Israel. He pleads for the favor of God. In the middle of this prayer is a glistening jewel to be mined for our personal and familial wealth. It is the prayer request in verse fourteen, quoted above. I want to break down this powerful one-sentence prayer and open up some of the riches in this single sentence.

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My story in brief…

Christ first came into my life at the age of 5 during a series of evangelistic meetings in our tiny country Quaker church house in Gate, Oklahoma. Since then it has been a process of “Stumbling forward by grace, through faith in Christ.” I experienced a significant personal revival at the age of 19 and have been much in love with the Lord ever since…five decades-plus.

My passion is to enjoy the Lord by encouraging others to make progress in their lives…living life successfully. I do that primarily through my disciple-making efforts and through my writing.

I spent about 20 years in public ministry and at the age of 40 decided that I had allowed my passion for ministry to impede my prior duty to my family, so I stepped aside. I found a new career as a financial advisor and now make my living serving my financial planning clients.

I now consider myself to be a bi-vocational minister of the gospel.

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