by rushingstreams | Commitment
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.” John 14:21 Obedience is not spontaneous; it is a constant battle with your flesh nature. Obedience demands the surrender of your natural inclinations. It demands complete submission to that which...
by rushingstreams | Commitment
“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River,…” Joshua 1:2 "Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous: Do not be terrified; Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."...
by rushingstreams | Righteousness
More and more we are confronted with a new ‘righteousness’: ‘Political correctness,’ it is quickly becoming the language of the new social religion. Claiming kindness and tolerance as its mandate, while deeply rooted in deception. It denounces Godly...
by rushingstreams | Faith
When I look at my children, I wonder…How well did I model being a man, a husband, a father, a neighbor? As Jesus was a testimony of the Father, they are my testimony.“Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."Jesus answered: “Don’t you...
by rushingstreams | Holiness
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Proverbs 4:24 We live in a combative world, a world where words are often the weapons of choice, and we have learned to use them with careless disregard. We have become dispensers of verbal...
by rushingstreams | Obedience
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22-25 We hear so much, but obey so little.When we hear the word and do not act, we remain unchanged.We can hear the promises and we can stand on the promises, but if we are not...
by rushingstreams | Healing Insights
When we have grown up learning and believing there is no such thing as a free lunch, one of the hardest things to do is receive something without having worked for it. We think a gift always requires a pay-back in kind. Anything of value has to be earned. We dont...
by rushingstreams | Healing Insights
The need to be seen as special, as part of the group, is a major driving force in our lives. We are born with this need and will probably have it until the Lord calls us home. We were created to belong, to be enriched by fellowship and live in the natural comfort and...
by rushingstreams | Healing Insights
The Fear of Rejection His word declares his deep concern, care and love for us. Psalm 139:13-17For you formed my inward parts; you wove me in my mothers womb.14 I will give thanks to you, for i am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul...
by rushingstreams | Healing Insights
One of the greatest issues we face is the pain of not being valued, understood and cherished by the people around us and by the world at largein a word, rejection. Rejection has been called the greatest undiagnosed and therefore untreated malady within the body of...