At the beginning of the year, I learned that a very good friend of mine had gotten a 90-day devotional (yea, I got it right, Drew!) published and I decided to use it (and the Bible!) for my morning times with God [See link below]
On Day 7 (today for me), I read Genesis 16 of how Ishmael (and today’s modern-day Arabians and Muslims) came into being through Sarai’s and Abram’s not patiently trusting in God’s timing and will. But I also learned the more valuable lesson in that, we as Christians are also constantly returning to our “comfort zones” (not God, but sin) whenever we get or feel insecure. In other words, instead of placing our security on God, we’ll revert back to former sin struggles because we return to the lie (misbelief) that that security is better, greater, more powerful and more reliable than God!
Let us turn our backs on Egypt and forever “[look] to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12.2, ESV).
Link to the devotional:
http://www.amazon.com/Going-Places-God-Devotional-Journey/dp/0830743162/sr=8-1/qid=1169470123/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1085423-8023205?ie=UTF8&s=books
A peek into my mind, to hear the thoughts of a 40-something single male as he walks this planet called Earth.
John M. Kirton II
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My Story
- John M. Kirton II
- I attended public school for two years and private school for the remainder of my education. After graduation, I attended Bible college in Dallas, Texas, for four and one-half years consecutively. Unfortunately, I failed a class and was unable to graduate with my class but God enabled me to re-take the course and I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Bible and minors in Youth Ministry and Biblical Languages in 1994. After failing the aforementioned course, I had continued attending a church but began to falter in my faith. It was during my second year after my Bible college years that I was introduced to the International Churches of Christ (ICOC), where I became a member and was involved for twelve years. It was not until my twelfth year that, after much prayer from my parents and closest friends, Greg Faure and Wayne Stiles, I became convinced that the ICOC was a religious sect. In June, 2000, I left the ICOC and became a covenant member of The Village Church in Highland Village, TX, in April, 2004.
