Tag Archives: obedience to God

A Consuming Fire by Anna Grace Wood

Deuteronomy 4: 24, “For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” Hebrews 12: 29, “For our God is a consuming fire.” God doesn’t care what we do. He doesn’t care how we worship. He just cares that we love Him. There’s many paths to God. Jesus just happens to be [...]

One of the Hated by Anna Wood

Mark 11: 18, “And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.” A friend of mine once asked me to think about something: if the church in America today could be picked up and [...]

Entertaining Ourselves to Death by Anna Wood

I Corinthians 10: 31, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” “If any occupation or association is found to hinder our communion with God or our enjoyment of spiritual things, then it must be abandoned.  Beware of ‘leprosy’ in the garment. (Lev. 13:47)  Anything in [...]

I Stand Before the Cross

I stand before the Cross and I profess a love for this Man, this One, Who has taken my place on it… and I turn away… and I go shopping and I buy a bikini… I can justify it because it is so cute on me and anyway… if a guy looks at me to [...]

A Call to Spiritual Maturity

When a child grows up and takes his place among the adults, it is expected that he will be able to understand more, do more, handle more, reason more than his younger counterparts. His mind, having the benefit of education and experience, is better equipped to spot lies and deduct truth from spoken and written words. Having understood the truth, we [...]

Open Letter to Pastors

Dear Man of God, You’ve been given a great and fearful job by Almighty God. As I sit before you week after week, I hunger for spiritual meat. I can no longer stand a cotton candy diet. Teach me the deep things of God. I want the truth about myself: I am a sinner and [...]

Dads Standing in the Gap

I think you’re making a big deal over nothing,” Landon said. “Sarah is going to feel uncomfortable if you make her dress different from the other girls. A regular swimsuit is fine! She is going to be swimming, Sarah, she isn’t meant to be fully dressed. Why do you have to make such a big deal [...]