Leaving the Land of Ought

Distillation: Pain

July 11, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

The pains of doing it wrong are far greater than the pains of doing it right.

Distillation: Wisdom

July 4, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

Wisdom isn’t attained by effort. It’s a product of seeing things clearly.

Distillation: No need to fix

June 27, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

Perhaps it’s not about fixing, but about loving. And love brings healing. Do I ever need to concern myself with fixing?

If your goal is to get people to serve you (or your ministry, your organization, your vision), then you’ll have to use some form of obligation or reward and punishment. You won’t be able to just just say “follow my lead” because your lead is getting people to serve you. It’s self-serving. And by following your lead, people will learn to be self-serving. They’ll want you and others to serve them and you’ll want them to serve you. Everyone will place…

Distillation: Death for Life

June 20, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

Something has to die for me to eat. Something has to die for me to live.

Distillation: God Thoughts

June 13, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

Some think God thoughts. Some think God’s thoughts.

Distillation: We Search When We’re Sick

June 6, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

The sicker I am, the less discerning I am about what I put in my body if it promises to make the pain go away.

Distillation: Live from Success

May 30, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

If being right with God is up to you, you’ve already failed. If being right with God is dependent on Jesus, you’ve already succeeded. Why not live from the place of success?

Distillation: Scarcity or Abundance

May 23, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 3 comments

We act as though we live in scarcity, when in fact we live in abundance.

Distillation: Whose Spirit?

May 16, 2017 leavingthelandofought Comments 0 Comment

We’re not called to be “Peter-like”, we’re called to be “Christ-like”. We don’t have the spirit of Peter in us, we have the spirit of Christ in us. (see introduction to distillations here)