dumb sheep dave

Promoting Jesus Dependency

  • Impossible to be discouraged,

    or frustrated, or fearful, or bored, unless I’m confident-I-know-what’s-best.  ShepherdDave. DumbSheepDave is too clueless-about-what’s-best to be discouraged, frustrated, fearful, or bored.   He just eats the grass right in front of him, where his ShepherdJesus has led him.  DumbSheepDave lives in the present, in the moment.  Other-worldly contentment.  The future is not his problem, not his…

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  • The happiest believers

    are the most clueless-they-know-what’s-best, the most content with themselves, others, circumstances, the least leaning on their own understanding, the most Jesus-dependent/humble – asking and thanking about everything, the most curious and expectant about what Jesus does NEXT in them, others, circumstances, and are the most self-enjoying and others-enjoying, and thereby the most fruitful with pre-believers…

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  • Whenever I’ve been secretly critical of Trump,

    or other politicians, or other believers, or other humans, I’ve always been confident-I-knew-what-was-best.  Impossible to judge, unless I’m confident-I-know-what’s-best.  ShepherdDave.  Analyzer, critic of all.  Leaning on my own understanding, wise in my own eyes.  Clear-sighted about the weaknesses/sins of Trump, but blind to ways I’m just like Trump, down deep on a root level.  Humility…

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  • How can I tell when the Spirit

    is momentarily changing me?   When I’m asking and thanking Jesus about everything, and curious/expectant to see what He does NEXT in me, others, circumstances.  I get no credit for Jesus-dependency.  Work of the Spirit. So if I find myself operating in out-of-character-for-Dave ways, with other-worldly humility, and other-worldly love, clueless-about-what’s-best-for-anyone, with a joy and a…

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  • Financial Update on GospelFriendships for 2015.

    Thank You, Jesus, that we ended the year with $69.71 more than we spent! Dave McCarty Exec. Dir

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  • If I don’t read the Bible

    and conclude, “this is impossible,” I have missed something bigtime.  I don’t just need a Savior to get me INTO the Christian life, but I need a Savior to rescue me every second of every day of my life, from myself and my independence/confidence-I-know-what’s-best/agenda/prayerlessness/willfulness/worldliness.  Sin is not something I do now and then.  Sin is…

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  • What helps me remember

    the sovereignty of Jesus, is THANKing Him for everything in my day, especially the harrrd.  Lotsa opportunities.  He’s been retraining me to be a thank-er.  It’s weird, being a thank-er for the harrrd.  Other-worldly.  Amazing how helpful it is, to see the suffering I face as coming from the hand of a loving SovereignShepherd to…

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  • The Bible is a dangerous book

    for ShepherdDave to read, because a self-deceived believer imagines himself way-better than he actually is.  If the Holy Spirit is not convicting ShepherdDave of his sin as he reads the Bible, he becomes a monster — clear-sighted about the sins/weaknesses of others, but blind to his own sin.  Loves feeling superior.  Just like the Pharisees,…

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  • Thank You, Jesus, for your total sovereignty

    over everything and everyone.  So helpful when You give me grace to believe Your sovereignty afresh, because if You are not, it’s UP TO ME.  I don’t like the pressure of UP TO ME.  Independency is scary, stressful, makes me hurry, intense, failure-avoidant, pain-avoidant, suffering-avoidant, orphanlike, so I’ve got to succeed, with the weight of…

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  • My car is a retraining machine.

    These days before Christmas, when I’m all alone in my car with the radio off, I find myself paying attention to my thoughts and feelings, my response to different situations I encounter while driving.  Jesus is using my car to retrain me in a better way of living – less confident-I-know-what’s-best-for-me.  This is the most-sanctifying…

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