Entries by Robert Shaw
From Hiding to Abiding
What do you do when you try to hear from God and hear nothing but your own thoughts bouncing around in your head? How is it that we believe more in the power of the devil to deceive us than in the power of God to lead us? Why is it that we believe the […]
Somethings Wrong?
How is it that an individual can read, and study the Bible and not hear God speak? How is it that they can know about God but not recognize the various ways He communicates personally? Why do millions of church attenders rarely, if ever, compare and contrast their life to the lives of Biblical characters […]
Last Adam?
Other than losing their “lodging” in the Garden what was the primary thing Adam and Eve lost in the Garden of Eden? Was it that they were going to be slaves of satan and sin? Read on to find out. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an […]
Ghost in the Machine
In 1981 the British rock band “Police” produced an album titled “Ghost in the Machine.” One of it’s songs “Spirits in the Material World” states the very thing Jesus was seeking to awaken us to. The French philosopher Rene’ Descartes proposed a similar idea when he coined the phrase: “cogito ergo sum” (English: “I […]
Doubt Your Doubt
John 20:25 AMP “So the other disciples kept telling him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe [it].” We’ve been exploring the […]
Can You Hear What I Hear?
John 15:7 AMP If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. In the 2016 movie “Copying Beethoven” a fictionalized account is made of the last years of Beethoven’s life depicting his struggle with not being able to hear his own music. In […]
What Would Jesus Do?
John 15:4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. In 1896, Pastor John Sheldon, delivered a series […]
Can You See Him?
Luke 24:16 AMP Classic “But their eyes were held, so that they did not recognize Him.” Scholars, theologians, and Christians for the past several years have debated why the Jesus was unrecognizable in His post resurrection body. Many have postulated, myself included, that since Jesus was in His glorified, resurrected body it was difficult for […]
2017 State Convention – New Resolutions
At this years State Convention, two resolutions were adopted. You can read them below. Resolution Denouncing Racism WHEREAS, The Bible clearly teaches that God has created all men and women in His image, from all tribes and nations of the world (Genesis 1:27; Acts 17:26); and WHEREAS, Christ died for the sins of people from […]
God Speaks Through Signs and Wonders
God speaks through the riddles of signs and wonders inviting us to come to know Him
How To Interpret Symbols
Meditation on the ways that God speaks. How do you interpret the symbols in God’s language?
God Speaks Through Nature
A meditation on one of the ways that God speaks through His creation.
21 Day Fast – Day 11
Day 11. Hump Day. We are half-way through our 21 day fast. I was doing my Experiencing God study and happened upon this statement by Henry Blackaby: “What is God’s will for my life? One of my seminary professors, Gaines S. Dobbins, used to say, “If you ask the wrong question, you will get the […]
21 Day Fast – Day 10
How is everyone doing on there fast? Today is day 10 of our 21 day, and the second day of our meditations in Experiencing God. Tomorrow night we have our second prayer meeting. I began fasting back in the 90’s and was often amazed at how God’s grace would “carry” me through the time of […]
21 Day Fast – Day 8
Today is Day 8 of our church’s 21 Day Fast. How’s everyone holding up? This morning I was questioning the purpose of fasting as I thought about my hunger pains. In the shower I told the Lord that I could seek Him without having to go without food. Basically I was saying to Him, “What’s […]
21 Day Fast – Day 7
Day seven of our 21 Day Fast I have been seeking the Lord first of all because I felt that He was inviting me to so. In December I was going through my Scripture memory and my eye just happened to fall on some scripture I had written down that I wanted to memorize. (These […]
