Ryan's Ramblings

Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;he’s the one who will keep you on track. (Proverbs 3:6, MSG) Before I “do” and “go” I pray: Jesus, I need you today. I don’t want to do and go it alone. May I be “quick to listen” for your voice, remember that you…

The person in right standing before God by trusting Him really lives. (Romans 1:17, MSG) If you are reading these words you are existing, but are you “really living”? The man named “legion” existed. The woman at the well existed. The man born blind existed. The woman caught in adultery existed. Zacchaeus, the rich tax…

God calling yet; shall I not hear?Earth’s pleasures, shall I still hold dear?Shall life’s swift passing years all fly,And still my soul in slumber lie?    — Gerhard Tersteegen (1697 – 1769) Tersteegen wrote those words nearly 300 years ago, and yet they apply to my heart today. I guess time and life “flew” back then too.…

  Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing. (Matthew 3:8-9, NLT) John the Baptist was talking to the Pharisees and Sadducees. Now he’s talking to me. He’s saying,…

[The angel said unto Mary] … behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God. (Luke 1:36-37, ESV) “Barren,” such a harsh and painful word . . . void of life, an…

Nudgings #1 – Jan. 3 Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (Philippians 2:12-13, NIV) Have you ever been pushed, bumped, shoved or nudged? I have. I’ve been pushed by a bully…