"...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" 2 Corin. 3:17

Welcome! This site was born out of an intense hunger for God. That seeking after God has led me on a journey in which my reliance on commonly held views has been torn down and many of my traditional assumptions have been abolished. This journey has had enormous ramifications - bringing a more intense awareness of the Love of God and a far greater freedom in Christ. These writings are my feeble attempt to communicate the insights, wonder, and joy that God has been so gracious to bestow along the way.

The first commandment is to love the Lord with all our hearts. And we are told in Hosea 6:6, "I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings" (New Living Translation). What God desires is not complex; it is simple. It's SIMPLE, but not EASY. It's like that "single eye" in Matthew 6:22 - without duplicity…for we must abandon the idols that our hearts hold dear... repent and turn from other things that we have come to love because we depend on them for safety, security, and happiness instead of the One who would reign supreme in our hearts. Whatever, whoever, we love more than Him must give place to our Lord who has loved us with an everlasting love. This is the baulking point for most... "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" (Matthew 6:24).

Seek FIRST the Kingdom - the reign of Christ in our hearts! Traditions of the church cannot be more important to us than God. Neither can we love our parents, our spouse, or our children more than we love God. And we can't worry about what other church members, friends, neighbors, or co-workers think of us. Pleasing our pastors or deacons or elders cannot mean more to us than Christ. And even pleasing ourselves - fulfilling our own agendas, wants, needs, desires, or rights, cannot be first in our lives. Many of these things can be modern day idols that steal our hearts away from our first love.

Christ says, "Come unto me..." And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Anyone who knows the truth says, “Come.” Come to the One who has loved you with an everlasting love, look for Him with all your heart, for only then will you find Him. And only when you find Him will you experience true freedom; only then will the deepest longings of your heart be satisfied. May God give us wisdom to discern the idols in our own hearts as we set our affection on things above and...

Seek First The Kingdom Of God!

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