Living a fulfilling life as a Lean Christian in a Fat World ©

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. When we allow fear to overcome our lives, we begin to lose what we were destined for.   The Bible says that God has not given us a spirit of fear.   When things do not happen the way we desire, we allow the spirit of fear to take residence in our lives.   Fear makes us lose what God wanted us to receive.   Fear acts like a fog in front of us and many of us may give up before the race is over. There is this story about Florence Chadwick who was a competitive swimmer.  However, on July 4, 1952, Chadwick attempted to become the first woman to swim 21 miles across the Catalina Channel, from Catalina Island to Palos Verde on the California coast. The weather that day was not auspicious-the ocean was ice cold, the fog was so thick that she could hardly see the support boats that followed her. However, after about 15 hours and 55 minutes, with only a half mile to go, she felt

The other day I was reminded of the differing characteristics between a pig and a cat.  The pig loves the dirt so much that it keeps going back into the swamp, as if the dirt is pulling the pig into the swamp.  However, the cat has a total opposite nature.  The cat is a clean animal, the moment a single drop of dirt falls on its body it immediately cleans itself. Interestingly, I saw a similar analogy in our lives.  I am sure if you look into your life you will find some things or some characteristics that you seem to be constantly struggling with or inadvertently doing.  Many times we wonder why we keep doing those things?  We make every effort to cover it up, read books to understand the root cause to possibly resolve them, sometimes we try counseling for help, and sometimes we even talk to friends or family for assistance.  No matter what we seem to do we never seem to get complete deliverance from these infirmities that exist in our nature.  For some people this nature is o

The year 2019 offers us three bible verses as promises for us. First, in the book of Exodus, the Israelites under the leadership of Moses are delivered from Egypt’s 400+ years of bondage as God amazingly takes them through the Red Sea on dry ground. He then feeds them manna in the desert. But when they reach Meribah the Israelites begin to complain about being brought to the desert with no water and then God brings out water from a rock. As they reach Mt Sinai, God gives Moses the two tablets of 10 commandments and when he comes down the mountain Moses sees the Israelites again rebelling against God by creating a golden calf. God is angry at the people and Moses pleads for them. That is when we see God saying in Exodus 34:10 (ESV) 10 And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels , such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome t