Healing Streams

Cures for the Common Cold… Heart (Don’t Catch this Bug!)

February 5, 2016

FORGIVING (OTHERS/SELF), STRONGHOLDS TO OVERCOME

What do church-going Christians want? Only a novice at seminary dreams of parishioners calling him or her to expound on books of the Bible, or to interpret the deeper doctrines of the faith. What people actually want to know is what to do about the pain they get from other people, especially people they care about. In a word: offense! In three words: hurt and offense! I certainly know what they are talking about: I get my share of it too. How can you live without…

Transformers Activate!

December 4, 2015

Healing Streams

BELIEVING THE TRUTH

“Transformers activate!” is a phrase from the toy craze my son went through years ago. Right now, it has me thinking about what the Lord uses to “activate” us—His “transformers”! Like Hasbro’s toys we, too, have been created to be genuine transformers. Unquestionably, Jesus wants to use us to transform the world around us. For that to happen, however, we will have to learn the way of being continually transformed ourselves. If not, we risk being put back “on the shelf” by the Lord.But we want to stay in active service, don’t we.To stay in active service, we need …

Ignorance Is Not Bliss!

November 21, 2015

Healing Streams

BELIEVING THE TRUTH, INNER PEACE AND FREEDOM

The Lord says that His people are carried into captivity, even destroyed, for lack of knowledge. What we don’t know about this new life in Christ not only can keep us from entering into blessing, it also opens doors for the enemy to prey upon us. In the spiritual life ignorance is not bliss—it quickly becomes bondage! For a remedy Jesus invites us to seek truth. He says that if we will take pains to pursue a true knowledge of…

The Lord of the Flies (He’s Been Busy like a Bee)

November 12, 2015

Healing Streams

SPIRITUAL WARFARE, STRONGHOLDS TO OVERCOME

Wounds from the past often get contaminated by false beliefs about God. This is heart breaking to see, especially when the person was raised in a Christian environment. You would think that knowing God and Jesus would help a person heal, and not be a source of further infection. Yet, I see this all the time at the Mission…