to change your circumstances, or the circumstances of those you love, what would they be? 1._______________ 2. _______________ 3. ______________ Now, suppose you don’t get your three wishes and circumstances stay the same? SO WHAT? It’s your human-wisdom and the human-wisdom of others convincing you what’s best for you and your loved ones. SO WHAT…

what my human-wisdom wants — easIER, but giving me what is BEST for me and the Kingdom. Whatever it takes, to get me from where I am, to where You’re taking me, that’s what I want more than anything else in this world. Thank You that suffering produces perseverance, then character, then hope/faith/dependency/sanity/humility. Thank You…

I feel entitled to NOTHing. No roof over my head, no family, no friends, no job, no savings, no freedoms, no cool-fast car, no good food to eat, no good sleep, no decent health, and then pitied — or worse, despised, by others. NOTHing. Like, living homeless under a bridge, on cardboard, dumpster diving for…

I’m ALWAYS human-wisdom-dependent, NEVER Jesus-dependent. When I’m encouraged by my success, I’m ALWAYS human-wisdom-dependent, NEVER Jesus-dependent. A humble believer — a Jesus-dependent, is interested in his failure, but not bummed by it. LEARNS from failure. Benefits from failure. A proud believer — human-wisdom-dependent, is obsessively failure-avoidant. Unless extremely self-deceived. The Christian life is not about…

Lord of my life — when I’m Jesus-dependent? For me, it’s when I THANK Him for everything in my life, just as it is right now, including the harrrrd — the things my human-wisdom HATES and wishes were different. Impossible to THANK Him for the harrrd with integrity, unless I really believe in His total…

a refreshingly-honest pastor. This is good example of a chief confessor pointing Christians to Jesus, rather than a chief expert preaching the Gospel to Christians. The Christian life is not about our loving Jesus, but about Jesus loving us. Not about our performance/obedience, but His. We are not the deal. He is. Sorry, but I…

I’m ALWAYS focused on the waves of my circumstances, instead of Jesus. The secondary things in my life have become primary, and the PrimaryThing has become secondary. Whyzat? Human-wisdom-reliance — my human-wisdom and the human-wisdom of others, especially experts. I’ve been snookered into believing a lie — that my life is UP TO DAVE, so…

is that the more you have of it, the less you’re able to handle the pressures of daily life, by yourself, without Jesus. So you’re better off living in denial of what’s going on inside, if you want to live like most Christians live — as INdependents, weight of the world on your shoulders, UP…

Jesus-dependency — the Lordship of Jesus in the details of your daily life, as contrasted with human-wisdom-dependency, where you are wise in your own eyes, leaning on your own understanding, circumstance-dependent for your joy and peace, uncurious and unexpectant about what Jesus does NEXT, in you, others, circumstances. When you are human-wisdom-dependent as a Christian,…

about the Boss’ plan, on a need-to-know timetable. The human-wisdom of a go-fer HATES trusting the Boss, wants to know what’s ahead, and HATES being a go-fer. The happiest go-fers follow the Boss, are content with not knowing, because they realize they aren’t paid to think, but just follow directions from the Boss on a…