dumb sheep dave

Promoting Jesus Dependency

  • What does it mean to “deny myself?”

    Jesus said, “If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself.”  Deny my agenda, my plans, my wisdom, my understanding, which are the fruit of independence/self-reliance/pride/worldliness.  Denying myself means ASKing Him about everything, and THANKing Him about everything, acknowledging that I don’t know what’s best, what’s thankable.  Denying myself means being curious and…

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  • The only time I’m joyful,

    is when one of my idols/addictions delivers what I want.  Something goes my way.  Ministry, health management, bargain, sports team, investment, brilliant decision, family relationship, efficiency, production, automotive perfection.  Problem is, that which brings joy also brings excruciating pain when things go south.  Idolatry/addiction is not the pathway to happiness. –ShepherdDave, living in the prison…

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  • You are not alone today.

    It’s not up to you.  This is not your life to live, but Jesus is living His life in you.  The problems you face today are not your problems, but His.  Are you curious and expectant to see what He does NEXT, in you, others, circumstances?  No?  Confess your unbelief in His promises, in His…

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  • Jesus has compassion on ShepherdDave,

    who is harassed and helpless, like a sheep without a shepherd, and so He sends His Spirit to freshly convict ShepherdDave of his independence/pride/worldliness/agenda/willfulness, so he can momentarily be DumbSheepDave, experiencing the bliss of Jesus-dependency, enabled to be humble enough to have compassion on his sinful, pathetically-dysfunctional self, like Jesus does, and have the humility…

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  • Until I see the impossibility of obeying

    Jesus, I will not humble myself and ask for His help.  And I will live in denial of my independence/evil/wickedness.  I will dumb down obedience, dumb down sin/idolatry/addiction, so I feel somewhat successful at following Him.  Whyzat?  Because humans were made to feel good about ourselves, either through our own righteousness, or an alien righteousness. …

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  • When I grow up

    I wanna have faith like Myriam. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153122599221197 –ShepherdDave, needing the Shepherd’s Spirit to freshly convict him of the sin of worldliness/independence/pride, so he’s momentarily DumbSheepDave, enjoying the bliss of Jesus-dependency To receive my weekly updates, email me, or subscribe to my blog: dumbsheepdave.comThis message was sent to weakdave@yahoo.com from: Dave McCarty | weakdave@sent.com | GospelFriendships…

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  • Why do I dislike my addictions?

    Because I wanna feel good about myself.  My idols/addictions expose to me, and others, how dysfunctional I am, and that makes me feel like a loser/failure/nobody.  Sure, Jesus loves me just as I am, but do I love me just as I am?  No, my love for me is conditional.  Pride.  When I perform up…

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  • S’wunnerful to not feel alone.

    ShepherdDave always feels alone.  Up to ME to solve the problems of the day, deal with the challenges facing me.  MY responsibility.  MY performance is always under scrutiny by ME.  I’ve lived this way all my life.  Without realizing it’s a horrible way to live. DumbSheepDave never feels alone.  Sees his ShepherdJesus behind everything and…

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  • The happiest people in this world.

    The happiest people in this world. http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-happiest-people-in-the-world?fb_action_ids=10153716708383312&fb_action_types=og.shares WeakDave, in his saner moments, in awe of the genius plan of Jesus

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  • The humble believer is self-aware and self-accepting.

    The proud believer is self-deceived.  And filled with irritation/self-contempt, or bummed, in failure.  The proud believer does not handle failure well.  His whole life is based on failure-avoidance.  And this weirds him, and his relationships. The humble believer enjoys himself in failure, and enjoys learning from failure/mistakes.  The proud believer only has fun when things…

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