in the Upside-down Kingdom of Jesus. Failure is ABHORRENT in the right-side-up kingdom of human-wisdom. Why is failure a good thing for Christians? It has the POTENTIAL to be a channel of grace from Jesus’ Spirit, to EXPOSE our human-wisdom-dependency, so we can SPOT it, so we can CONFESS it, and be freshly captivated by…

I momentarily relinquish ownership to Him, so I’m curious/expectant to see what He does NEXT, in me, others, circumstances, INSTEAD of me owning the outcome in any area of my life. Not MY will be done, but His. Not MY agenda, but His. Ahhhh. Jesus-dependency, not human-wisdom-dependency. When I don’t have ownership, I dunno what’s…

was already behind me, when it’s complicated, or scary, or above my pay grade, or my last attempt met with failure. What can I DO to actually LOOK FORWARD to the challenge? CONFESS to Jesus that I don’t really believe He’s sovereign, knows what He’s doing, is worthy of my trust, and that I don’t…

challenges, opportunities. Why? So we feel alone, intense, stressed, as we deal with them. Why? So we are desperate for HIM. Otherwise, we live our lives just like any atheist — alone, in charge, weight of the world on our shoulders. Well, Dave, what if I don’t feel the weight of the world on my…

Christians to trust our human-wisdom as we go through our day, instead of looking to Jesus. We don’t see trusting our human-wisdom as sinful. Normal. Natural. Has been since The Fall. Seems WRONG to see it as sinful. And we wonder why we’re so unfruitful with the seculars around us. Jesus-dependency is NOT natural. Nobody…

pro or amateur — through books, seminars, personal sessions, is not giving us the emotional health we’re wanting, I suggest we might want to change strategies. An alternative strategy, is to stop trying to fix ourselves, or trying to find someone to fix us. To try and fix ourselves is to try and fix our…

to be a sovereignty-aware Christian in the midst of brutal adversity? You feel like “the luckiest person in the whole wide world.” Huh? YES. Privileged like few others. Because Jesus and His genius plan for your life, is EVERYTHING and everything else — the things your human-wisdom values, is nothing, by comparison. You momentarily realize…

easIER — when my human-wisdom is influencing my perspective rather than Scripture, which clearly teaches that Jesus is behind everyone and everything, all according to His genius plan. Feeling entitled to easIER, leads me to grumble, complain, be easily irritated with others, long for Heaven, escape the reality before me. My human-wisdom and the human-wisdom…

in the Christian life? To CONFESS when freshly convicted of our sin. Only a fool imagines himself able to OBEY the commands of God, because the standard for obedience is PERFECTION. God doesn’t grade on a curve. Jesus modeled perfect obedience for us, but none of us obey PERFECTLY, which is why we need a…

let me get the LIFE from my circumstances that my human-wisdom so passionately desires. My human-wisdom HATES You thwarting its plans to deliver happiness to me. Thank You that You don’t give me what my human-wisdom wants for me, but rather give me what’s BEST for me. Every. Single. Time. Without exception. Because You love…