of what an egregious sinner you are as you go through your day, Jesus will not be a big deal to you during your day. Your human-wisdom and the human-wisdom of others, will be the big deal. You will be circumstance-dependent for your joy and peace — not Jesus-dependent. The imputed worthiness of Jesus to…

and feel pressure to decide, I NEVER have sovereignty-awareness, because I feel ALONE and in CHARGE, not curious/expectant to see what SovereignShepherdJesus does NEXT in me, others, circumstances. My human-wisdom is lord of my life, not Jesus. I only experience sovereignty-awareness — the benefit of Jesus in THIS life, when the Spirit freshly convicts me…

people He brings across my path — thanking Him for them just as they are, I begin to enjoy them for the jerks they are, curious and expectant to see what He might do NEXT in me, them, circumstances, with oodles of potential for Him to get glory for Himself by the difference He makes…

I have momentary sovereignty-awareness — seeing Jesus behind everyone and everything, so I’m THANKful for everyone just as we are, and everything just as it is, all according to His genius plan, for my good and His glory. I do NOTHing on my own, because I’m being directed by my SovereignShepherdJesus. Curious and expectant to…

you won’t realize how unhappy and uncontent you are when you’re human-wisdom-dependent. You’ll just think your life has always been this way. So without tastes of Heaven — Jesus-dependency, you won’t know what you’re missing. How can a Christian become more self-aware? By the work of the Spirit, opening our eyes to human-wisdom-dependency in us.…

Wow. Jesus surprised us bigtime by moving a half-dozen folks to give in unexpected ways in 2020, so that instead of a $5k deficit, we had an $11k surplus, which we’ve needed for the past several years as our cash balance at the bank has steadily decreased, so that two years ago, I only received…

but emotionally, I want easIER circumstances, a more-normal life. Whyzat? Because my emotions are usually more influenced by my human-wisdom than by Scripture. My human-wisdom and the human-wisdom of others, would have me believe that I OUGHT to be able to fix myself — figgerout how to make my circumstances easIER. But human-wisdom-dependency is not…

My being freshly curious and expectant to see what my SovereignShepherdJesus does NEXT, in me, others, circumstances. How do I get freshly curious/expectant? Only from fresh conviction by the Spirit, of my unbelief in the sovereign reign of Jesus over everyone and everything — like when I feel ALONE and in CHARGE of my daily…

better? Why do I want government different, better? Why do I want ME different, better? My human-wisdom. My human-wisdom thinks it knows BETTER than SovereignShepherdJesus, how things should be going in this world, for now. Knows what’s thankable and what’s not. Pride, not humility. Adultlike, not childlike. Human-wisdom-dependent, not Jesus-dependent. Confident-my-human-wisdom-knows-best, not confident-Jesus-knows-best, for now.…

than anyyy-thing. Anything my human-wisdom thinks would make me happier — feeling good from much-better health, much-more-normal eating, much-more-normal sleep, a much-better car. Howbout an EASIER LIFE? Jesus-contentment is light-years-better than whatever comes second best. Jesus-contentment is the pearl of great price, worth selling all to get. Jesus-contentment means Jesus is ENOUGH. Means CONTENTment with…