Triptic Early 2010.

January 17, 2010.

Even though I have pain. I am experiencing Joy. I am walking in God’s will for my life.

I sense something… God is moving. I believe he will heal my wife. The process is under way…

January 25, 2010.

For years, I have heard of those to whom the Holy Spirit’s voice was loud and fairly clear. No, not necessarily an audible voice, but whose promptings were unmistakable. I desired to have that, though it seemed impossible. To me, the voice of the Holy Spirit was the sound of pale voice being spoken though a dense pillow in the middle of an Oklahoma wind storm!

This wasn’t the fault of the Spirit. This was a result of my disobedience. I always knew and agreed with the idea that it was important to spend time in God’s word, yet I didn’t do it. I did pray, but how much got through?

When I Eric Browning invited many people to read through the Bible in the 365 days of 2010, I accepted the challenge. It really wasn’t very long before the voice of the Holy Spirit started coming in a little clearer. Some of the text I read was very pertinent to the dark valley in which I found myself, but much of it was not. I do think, however, that a connection between myself and the creator was being restored. This was a connection that I had been invited to make and long since dropped.

“Hi, God… I’m back, sorry about that.”

January 26, 2010.

Confession of a sin is critical. Why? Well, if you want God to give you his power to be triumphant against sin… don’t expect him to do it, unless He gets all of the glory. God is very concerned about being glorified. This would take a very long time to explain why the greatest thing we can do is glorify God, but it is. Just read John Piper if you want the long explanation.

Now, if a sin remains a secret, and there is victory, nobody would know that God is the reason for the victory… because you kept it a secret! If that’s the case, why would He aid you in victory? He does want to aid you in the victory! But he wants you to confess the sin first, and give him the credit and glory for the victory once it is won. That way, others will see the victory, know it was due to God’s love and seek out his love for their own deliverance from sin. Simple. Profound.