The Voice of Truth

“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.   If we say we have fellowship in Him and yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” (1 John 1:5-7, NASB) “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed” (James 5:16, NASB) I remember the first time I shared my struggle against same-sex attraction in a small open share group in Celebrate Recovery.   Next to confessing all of this to my wife, it was the single most difficult thing I had ever done.   The idea of confessing this fault to a group of men whom I did not know was very scary.   As each man shared openly about his struggle with alcohol, drugs, anger and other issues, I sat quietly and thought how brave these guys wer...

“The steadfast of mind He will keep in perfect peace because he trusts in You.” (Isaiah 26:3, NASB) I meditated on this Biblical passage this morning.   It speaks to me about the battle that is raging for control of my mind.   All of the spiritual attack I have been experiencing lately has been centered on creating doubts in my mind about one thing or another—Is God purposefully engaged in and controlling my life, has He truly “taken me on”?   Am I in God’s will for my home life, work life, ministry, etc.?   I have to continually reaffirm that what I am doing, how I am living my life is what God would have me to do.   The World is shouting a different message to me.   Being steadfast of mind comes only as I stay my focus on God’s presence with me.   Whenever I get away from that, I feel ill-at-ease, uncomfortable, and vulnerable to the schemes of the devil and the error of the World’s thinking.   I have to remember that God and His Word are fai...