Shrinking in my own strength and wisdom and EXPANDING in the understanding of what God can do in and through the person who lives and moves in faith.
01 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
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“If little children can go to the houses of complete strangers and expect good things, imagine what we can expect when we go to our Heavenly Father’s house.” This statement was made during worship last evening at a prayer meeting in our home by a young mother who had just seen many children come to her house in Elizabethtown expecting a ‘trick or treat’ blessing. Jesus said, “Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Luke 18:17
I am a board certified psychiatrist (shrink).I am also a pastor. My faith,not my professional credentials,defines me. Therefore I say that I am an 'expander' not a 'shrink'.
My sense of the significance of what I can do in my own strength has shrunk over the years. My awareness of what Christ can do in the person yielded to His will has expanded over the years.
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