I fail at following Jesus — following my human-wisdom instead, as JudgeDave? Or do I get irritated or disappointed with myself? Do I only enjoy myself when I perform up to my expectations? It’s been helpful for the Spirit to EXPOSE to me, my pride in wanting to perform better than I do. I HATE…

when you are Jesus-dependent. Humble. Only when you are human-wisdom-dependent will you be irritated with yourself. And others. Judge of all. Pride. You dislike Jesus’ genius plan for your life today, and you pridefully want Him to FIX you, right now. Jesus is not ENOUGH for you. You want some worthiness of your own, and…

detail of my day — every day, even though my human-wisdom and the human-wisdom of others thinks DAVE should be managing my circumstances. I LOVE when Your Spirit freshly convicts me of my human-wisdom-dependency — of feeling ALONE and in CHARGE, so I can relax and enjoy life as a spectator/observer, seeing You behind everyone…

I’m always human-wisdom-dependent, in need of fresh conviction of sin by the Spirit, so I’m freshly dead to my human-wisdom and the human-wisdom of others, curious/expectant to see what Jesus does NEXT in me, others, circumstances, enjoying everyone just as we are, and everything just as it is, all according to His genius plan. The…

making a big decision, comes from my desire to NEVER have any regrets, NEVER be criticized by others OR myself, so I feel WORTHY. Pride, not humility. I’ve lived with this pressure 24/7 all my life, but haven’t been self-aware ENOUGH to recognize it previously. Seemed normal. Unbelievably peaceful when the Spirit enables me to…

unconfessed sin/idolatry in the Church, is understanding-idolatry, the plight of humans since The Fall, both nonChristian and Christian. So common to the human experience that we see nothing wrong with it. We read books, articles, listen to lectures, sermons, seminars, to GROW our understanding. We LOVE understanding. Why? We cannot navigate our day, make decisions,…

is that getting my way delivers happiness. Getting my way is based on human-wisdom. Getting my way delivers ADDICTION to getting my way. So human-wisdom is lord, not Jesus. So I don’t experience the benefit of Jesus in THIS life. And seculars are not drawn to the Jesus in human-wisdom-dependent Christians, because we human-wisdom-dependent Christians…

is what I worship. Focus on circumstances = unhappiness. Focus on Jesus = happiness. When I try to manage my circumstances, my focus is on them, not Jesus. When I try and get Jesus to help me manage my circumstances, I USE Him to get what my human-wisdom wants. Jesus is the MEANS to an…

my human-wisdom is informing my reality, rather than Scripture, which says that Jesus is Lord of All — behind everyone and everything. My human-wisdom knows best, together with the human-wisdom of others. All atheists know what’s best. Jesus-dependents haven’t a clue what’s best, but trust that Jesus knows, and delivers the best. Every. Time. My…

I’m human-wisdom-dependent. Jesus-dependents are never encouraged or discouraged by circumstances, because they don’t know what’s BEST, but believe their SovereignShepherdJesus knows, AND delivers the best — every single time. Human-wisdom-dependents assess/judge everyone and everything to know what’s BEST — wise in our own eyes, leaning on our own understanding, just like any atheist. Jesus-dependents judge…