we are embarrassed to see how human-wisdom-reliant we are, and how little we are Jesus-wisdom-reliant — how little we follow Jesus, and how much we follow our human-wisdom. Little self-awareness = little embarrassment, little humility, little real graciousness — little selfless love for others, especially enemies and others most different from ourselves. Little self-awareness =…

from Jesus to undermine your trust in your human-wisdom. Your human-wisdom does NOT know what’s best for you, but it has you convinced it does, and so does the human-wisdom of others. Especially experts. Jesus knows what’s best, and will deliver the best, but you don’t believe that, so you need further retraining, further disillusionment…

Adultlikes (Christians dominated by the-old-man/sinful-nature/human-wisdom), have fun in all sorts of ways — reaching goals, competing, performing, achieving, shopping, driving fast, feeling superior, noticing weaknesses in others, whatever. All this activity is stressful. A lifetime of stressful = disease — cancer, cardio-vascular, digestive, skin, arthritis, migraines, whatever. And worse — a lifetime of stressful activity…

is not real. WHAT? It’s an alternate reality rooted in human-wisdom. But it SEEMS so real, on TV, in the news, as we go through our day. It only seems real to seculars and to Christians dominated by our human-wisdom. We do NOT see SovereignJesus behind everyone and everything. So our lives are not up…

what others think of me.” What a great truth this is, that someone shared with PeoplePleaserDave a few years ago. But yesterday I realized, there’s MORE. None of my business what DAVE thinks of me. None of my business what DAVE thinks of my circumstances, my health, my savings, my ministry, my performance, my decisions,…

for followers of Jesus, seems to me, because thanking Him for the easily-thankable, obviously-thankable, reinforces control addiction, and surprisingly leads us into an INdependency that encourages God-bless-my-agenda kinda praying by believers, confident-we-know-what’s-best, confident we know how to direct the CreatorSustainer of the Universe. Thanking Jesus for the harrrd is commanded in Scripture. Thanking Him for…

Two kinds of self-love: conditional and UNconditional. Conditional-self-love is unhealthy, rooted in pride, self-absorption — I love myself when I perform up to expectations, or better, when I exceed expectations. But UNconditional-self-love is Jesus-like. Jesus loves us kids of His UNconditionally. Humble/Jesus-like Christians love themselves UNconditionally, and others UNconditionally. Prideful Christians love themselves conditionally, and…

Am I the old man, with a self-absorbed nature, a strong proving addiction, A.K.A. JudgeDave, assessor, critic, of everyone and everything, A.K.A. AdultlikeDave, full of human wisdom, confident-he-knows-what’s-best, A.K.A. CompetitiveDave, needing to feel superior to everyone, secretly rejoicing in the failures of others, especially other sports teams, living with stress 24/7, circumstance-dependent for joy and…

We’re running a $7900 deficit, in spite of my taking a cut in pay from $30k to $26.5k for 2019. Because we’re low on cash in the bank, I needed to take half pay for August, $100 paycheck for September, and $300 for October. Guessing we could have a year-end deficit of $5-10k, but hard…

realizes human wisdom has always been his/her downfall. Only Jesus-wisdom is valuable. Dumb sheep are safest when looking to their shepherd for direction, and are in great danger when they set off on their own, imagining they have sufficient wisdom/understanding to navigate life. No fear of God, i.e., no fear of godless living. The nicest,…