Devotions from Fil Anderson’s book. Breaking the Rules How wonderful it is when we can take off our masks and not have to jump through any more hoops .. just be accepted as we are. Pretending drains every ounce of our integrity and it never really stays secret.  God is never fooled. It is both…

Devotions from Fil Anderson’s book, Breaking the Rules We are all deeply flawed and broken, and there are no exceptions.  If we deny our brokenness it can lead to additions, and destruction. Too often we edit ourselves so that we don’t know the person we have become. In the process we forget our true identity…

Devotions from Fil   Anderson’s book, Breaking the Rules “God has broken into our brokenness to find us, yet there is no guarantee that God will paste our messy, fractured life back together in the way we want Him to. To the contrary, brokenness is the key that unlocks the life we long for.” When we…

Devotions on Brokenness from Fil Anderson’s book, Breaking the Rules Henri Nouwen said,” Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually.  The main question is not ‘How can we hide our wounds?’ so we don’t have to be embarrassed , but ‘How can we put our woundedness in…

Devotions based on Fil Andersons book Breaking the Rules Jesus encountered religious people who were caught up trying to be the gatekeepers of the truth and wound up being self-righteous rather than genuinely righteous. Some today use religion for their own personal agendas and end up reflecting their own personal prejudices and practices. They presume…

Devotions from Fil Anderson’s book, Breaking the Rules Has our religion given us rules, systems and formulas to live by?  Does it give us a god who is obligated to provide the things we want if we hold up our end of the bargain by believing and going the required things? Some of our habits…

Devotions based on book by Fil Anderson “Breaking the Rules” The author was worn out with religious strivings and rule keeping that left him with guilt when he failed. His religion was characterized by a code of requirements and activities that were deemed necessary to gain good standing with God. He felt like he was…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love  We all face choices daily if we will choose for God or for our own doubting self.  We know the right choice but our emotions and feelings may suggest we choose the self-rejecting way. The root choice is to trust at all times that God…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love As we find the treasure of God’s love we may not be ready to fully own it. Many attachments keep pulling us away. If we fully owned our treasure we would hide it in the field where we found it, and go sell everything to…

Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Today’s devotion is about living our wounds through.  We have all be wounded in many way and it may seem like the more we open ourselves up, the more we discover how deep our wounds are.  But the fact that we are more aware of…