A Minute of Mentoring

Unstopable, Unchangeable, Unshakeable.

rose@sheepshed.org — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:04:00 GMT

We come expecting Jesus to be as we would have HIm to be, and we find is the same the first Christmas as He is today...

I'm sorry is appropriate

rose@sheepshed.org — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Don't ask the Lord to direct your steps if you are not willing to move your feet. Question: Where are you not willing to move your feet?

The Face

rose@sheepshed.org — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:15:00 GMT

2009 Begins our reading of the Word all the way through using SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer). Classes from the book, The Divine Mentor by Wayne Corderio are periodically offered to join with a group if you wish. Check the calendar for the schedule and location.

Scripture

Begin by asking God to bring ONE thought from these scriptures and record it in your journal. Catch that ONE thing.

Observation:&

A New Year: A New Beginning

rose@sheepshed.org — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:23:00 GMT

Join with us this year as we are mentored by the Creator Himself. We are using the book, The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordeiro. Go get it or order it from here, and join in the readling/mentoring as you will be taught there. After you hear from the Lord, share with us here so that we can grow more. The selection you find here today is from Psalm 12 with a note from Eugene Peterson in Run With The Horses. Read and respond.

Time With The Master

rose@sheepshed.org — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:34:00 GMT

Reading Scripture is just reading Scripture unless you enter in. What is happening, what does it mean to you? Then pray about it. It's rude not to answer.

My Journey “From Strength to Strength”

rose@sheepshed.org — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Over the years I have learned many disciplines that have helped me grow spiritually. I want to really know God as the Bible says is possible. So I would listen to people and how they were doing or how they learned to have intimacy with God and then go try it myself to see if it worked. Of all, I find that the most effective, personal, works every time, is to simply pray before I read my scripture for the day, “God show me what you are saying here.” Then I read until something catches my eye or catches my interest in some way. Then stop, write it down and continue to write what comes to mind. In this case writing the words and responding to them would be prayer; it’s rude not to answer when God says something. Example:

Psalm 84:5-7, 10a. NIV “Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength till each appears before God in Zion. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere…”

(The Valley of Baca is the Valley of Weeping.) I read this passage a few times to see what was drawing me to it. I always thought that life was going from one pit to another, because there were times that it wasn’t going so well. However, when I looked at this passage I noticed it said, “They go from strength to strength.” Thinking about that, I know that when there is a wounded place in me, and I take it to God, there is a healing that forever changes the perception of that event. It’s strength! So as a healing happens, I’m standing on strength; I am stronger because of the healing that came from the hurt. Looking at it as strength rather than a pit is a change in my perception. This part of the Word is now living in me; it’s now my truth. This passage also says that, “They go from strength to strength until each appears before God in Zion.” I know too, that it’s God’s job to bring those places in me to my attention so that they can be dealt with and I can walk in freedom. This is another affirmation of that, He doesn’t miss any, and “each appears before God.” Thank You God for this truth for me.