Secular Drift and The Weight Of Secrets
Good evening! Here we are again, on the cusp of the close of the day, pondering what the occurrences or non-occurrences of things in our life, and looking forward to the developments of tomorrow. i’m Social Porter and this is … Continue reading →
Read MoreFind Your Courage
Now this is serious, no satire or funny stuff. Way too commonly, i meet believers who “put on a face” just to get along, but underneath, it’s simply not what’s really going on. By saying “put on a face” i … Continue reading →
Read MoreI Will And Because
When i was a boy, more than a few times, in frustration, i would hear my dad say, “Boy, i tell you what, when i get to Heaven, i’ve got some questions for God. My entire life all i’ve heard … Continue reading →
Read MorePockets Full Of Nickels
i realize this is a story previously spoken of, but the Lord has illuminated to me the value of it again. A little definition is necessary to set the stage here. A moral is “concerned with the principles of right … Continue reading →
Read MorePersist Persist Persist!
After reading a Charisma Magazine article about how many pastors leave the church every month, which is approximately 1500, I think I’m beginning to realize, from what I can hear and have read, that they’re leaving probably because they had … Continue reading →
Read MoreVictory In Your Veins
Now, i’m not going to go down the longest list you ever heard concerning examples of heroes, the list would go around the earth several times. But what i do want to convey is that you, yes you, are a … Continue reading →
Read MoreFear And Failure
When i first met Jesus and went to church, i remember the story of Israel crossing the Red Sea and spending 40 years in the wilderness more than most other stories from the Bible. It’s a story of great deliverance, … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS Summary
Synthesis of Nine Fruits of the Spirit At about program number 52 i began to notice a phenomenon within myself…it was the growing realization that i didn’t know what i thought i knew. You’ve heard the phrase, “Out on a … Continue reading →
Read MoreDuplicity & Double Standards
The tragedy involving the Kansas City Chiefs and linebacker Jovan Belcher stirred up a number of emotions and thoughts for me. We know that after the shooting and killing of his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, Belcher drove to a location near … Continue reading →
Read MoreCommon Sense
Common Sense, if you’ve got, use it, and if you need some, God’s got it. On February 18, 2003, I remember hearing the disturbing news that Robert Hanssen, a 25-year veteran of the FBI and expert in counterintelligence, had been … Continue reading →
Read MoreWhy Why Why
Let’s step off the dock here and jump right in: What will it take for you to be OK with yourself? We say, “If they’d just …”, “If i could only …”, “If everyone would …”. Shoulda’, woulda’, might’ve … … Continue reading →
Read MoreWait For God
This evening is another beautiful evening on the banks of the beautiful Ockluhwahhah River, which flows south from here until it joins the French Broad many miles from the end of Old Field Road. For the sake of trivia, i … Continue reading →
Read MoreHide, Hiding, Hidden
We hide, we are hiding, and often remain hidden. Hide, hiding, and hidden. i think, these days, many of us are hiding from God, but, you know, it’s not a childs game, and there’s no laughing and giggling to it … Continue reading →
Read MoreLooking For Rest, Needing Peace
Where are you on the “at rest” scale, with ten being at total rest, and zero, of course, being completely unnerved, twitchy, can’t settle your thoughts in one place, and restless? How about the “peace scale”? Are you feeling a … Continue reading →
Read MoreMy Gain, Your Pain
Ever been in a relationship with someone where you felt if a new model came along, they’d gladly trade you in for a new one? I often hear from married couples how one partner or the other thinks and feels … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Blame Game
I won’t accept when things go wrong and to someone else, the blame belongs. That’s the blame game by choosing to be a victim for reasons of an agenda. When conflict comes our way, for those who play the “blame … Continue reading →
Read MoreWord For Janine 11.06.2024
11.06.2024 Let the vision play. See this… Imagine yourself on a long stretch of highway and you’re driving. It’s a two-lane black top road. See yourself driving across mountains and valleys, wide places and desert places. One day, as you’re … Continue reading →
Read MoreBaggage And Listening Well
Sometimes examples of communication can be ridiculously funny. The Massachusetts Bar Association Journal printed the following questions that were actually asked of witnesses during a trial. Were you alone or by yourself? Was it you or your younger brother who … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Merchandiser
Our adversary, the merchandiser, is the one whose will is fully set against God and ourselves, now and forever. It’s important to know something of who it is that constantly grieves the nations as a whole and us as individuals. … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Aiming Finger
There are not many things as uncomfortable as someone scowling and aiming their finger at you. It is possible to inspire feelings of guilt in other people simply by scowling and aiming our bony finger at them. There is a … Continue reading →
Read MoreFots: Extended Hands Of Grace
Kindness Kindness is not only what we do, but how we are and why we do what we do. As example, it is a kindness to listen, and a kindness to bury the dead. It’s the kind of virtue which … Continue reading →
Read MoreWords Of Praise
The sky is clear, i mean not a cloud in the sky this evening, just blue and blue as far as you can see in any direction; as to God’s brilliance about His color – blue – it’s the color … Continue reading →
Read More18 Things Which Are Always
In this life, there are very few things which are always. Unless we’re speaking about strict identities, like man, woman, up, down, etc, most everything else can change it seems. i realize we’ve spoken of the words “always” and “never” … Continue reading →
Read More18 Things Which Are Never
Never. Just as there are several important things for us to know of the Lord which are always, there are several important things which are “never”, meaning at no time in the past or future; on no occasion; not ever. … Continue reading →
Read MoreMy Box Of Valuables
In another room in the house is a blue metal box with a small lockable latch, though the key is long gone. i’ve had it for years now. In it are things from when i was a boy, memento’s, little … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Doldrums
There comes a time in the lifespan of any believer when there seems to be no wind, no inspiration, no motivation, we don’t know what to pray, and maybe even all purpose for praying is a vacuum of sorts. Oh … Continue reading →
Read MoreChurch – an essay
Church – an essay What is this thing we do? Not too long ago, someone in a group conversation asked, “Do I really, truly, have to go to church?”
Read MoreCounsel And Exhortation
Counsel And Exhortation (the doctrine of Instruction) Proverbs 12:20, “Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.” It seems these days there’s a lot of people who like to offer lots … Continue reading →
Read More“Impact And Influence”
We’ve been pursuing a better view of the King of Kings whom we love and serve, to understand His character which would be to know His values, that we would be like Him, from beginning to end in honor of … Continue reading →
Read MoreTrouble And My MO
Transitions can be very tough and if they’re not made in today’s world, it’s called an adjustment disorder. James writes as a Jewish man who knows something about transitions. There he was, a half-brother of Jesus, learning to get over … Continue reading →
Read MoreIf – If Only
If – If Only (or Might Have Been), in the world of “If Only” and “What might have been”. Almost, pretty much, just about, for the most part, if, maybe, might have been…yea but, yea but if… …if …if only … Continue reading →
Read MoreFull Of Goodness
Romans 15:14, “Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.” The Lord is the personification of perfect choosing, and His heart … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Phone Is Ringing!
Hey! The phone is ringing! Aren’t you going to answer it? i’d recognize that ring tone anywhere, i guarantee you it’s Jesus calling and He wants to talk to you. That phone has rung everyday of your life, just answer … Continue reading →
Read MoreSet And Bearing
Set and Bearing Or Application And Provision In our beautiful Savior is justice based on accurate scales, He IS the perfect and just weight by which all standards of righteousness are based. He, himself, IS the Prince of Shalom, and Shayim, … Continue reading →
Read MoreWishing The Phone Would Ring
Intentions and inclinations. i believe anyone with a prophetic gift struggles with where God’s word to them ends and their imagination begins and it is hard won wisdom and maturity to sort those things out to do our gifting well. … Continue reading →
Read MoreRSVP Please
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall be saved.” – OR – God sent the world an invitation to come to His house, live and eat … Continue reading →
Read MoreWhat Is Your Armor Made Of?
As the sun sets low and evening settles in until morning, the sky is absolutely hypnotic with its midnight blue directly overhead then fading to deep azure, and blazing pink and orange at the horizon. The world’s edge is so … Continue reading →
Read MoreAll Things…
When God says “ALL”, He means what He says, All means all and nothing less than all. How often to we re-think God’s “all things” into being most things, some things, and a few things? We often seem to re-think … Continue reading →
Read More66 “That you may…”
We are all moving in the direction of our expectations, that for which we hope. Hope is always future-looking and is a type of “che’sed”, “that you may know I AM the Lord”. Do we have an anticipation that the … Continue reading →
Read MoreIntimacy with God
Draw close to Him and He’ll draw close to you. Test Him. Phil 3:12 “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus … Continue reading →
Read MoreInclination And Motivation
……the date is today, and the time is now. i’m Social Porter and this is Outposts, contemplative conversation, just for you in this season, at this time, where ever you are, be it grieving at home alone, or in the … Continue reading →
Read MoreBowed To The Ground
Let’s get right to the topic this evening – my guess is there are a lot of people who incur offense at the hands of others, mostly from family, friends, and the occasional stranger – probably, the worst of offenses … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Value Of Wisdom
Wisdom. We won’t get far without it. Wisdom is a deep understanding and realization resulting in the ability to choose to produce the optimum results, it is the comprehension of what is true and right coupled with right … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: Both Noun And Verb Altogether
Love In a 1985 Grammy award-winning song written by Terry Britten and Lyle Graham, as performed by Tina Turner, took the airwaves by storm… “What’s love got to do, got to do, got to do with it? What’s love but … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Value Of Honesty
Honesty is like a magnet radiating a strong magnetic force; in the heart of God’s people it is a clear bell set on a hill; like a clarion call it draws truth-hungry people to engage. Honesty should be one of … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: Melody Of An Illuminated Heart
Joy Nehemiah 8:10, “Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, for the … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: The Axle
Goodness Goodness is intrinsic and essential to good works. From God’s perspective, doing good things is not His definition of “good works”. In order to have “good works”, the foundational element of our character must be … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: The Way Of A Lamb
Gentleness i heard a story of a corporal at Valley Forge who was directing three men as they tried to lift a log into place. It was too heavy, but the corporal commanded again and again, “All right, men, … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: A Level Path
Self-Control Oh my gosh! In this country do we even have any self-control, which literally means that our thinking is on a level path? One group thinks the other is on a downhill skid, the second group is absolutely … Continue reading →
Read MoreHe Governs
From the desk of Larry Foldoe The trusted delegates and scholars were in a struggle. There was so much disagreement, clashes of opinion and heated discussion with little resolution to their task. After more than three weeks of closed-door meetings, … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: A Fountain of The One
Peace i find the Lord often uses contrasts to teach us about Himself, and how to conduct ourselves worthy of our calling in Christ. Frequently the best way to understand God’s perspective about Shalom peace is to also investigate the … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: Fierce Determination To Not Be Moved
Longsuffering And there i sat, day after day … the sun came up and the sun went down … the seasons came and went … days went by … waiting to hear from the Lord. Three years and not … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: Illustrated Righteousness
Among all of the things we all do, everyone does a good thing here and there, obviously some more than others, even the worst of people do something good from time to time, and i suppose it also depends on … Continue reading →
Read MoreAttributes Of God
Why study the Attributes of God? Daniel 11:32 says that “the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” Omnipotent Omnipresent Omniscient Immutable Eternal Faithfulness Love Goodness Holy Impartial Incomprehensible Infinite Jealous Justice Longsuffering Mercy Righteous … Continue reading →
Read MoreDon’t Quit!
Don’t give up, we’re too close to going home and now is not a good time to quit. The news media reports so much discouragement, it’s seems difficult for most to escape the landslide of bad news. Sometimes … Continue reading →
Read MoreFellowship, Lonely No More
Millions of people, mill around, go to work, talk on their cell phones (or at least pretend to), are married, and have children. Many are living in neighborhoods around the world, communities where everyone is surrounded by everyone … Continue reading →
Read MoreFotS: Loyal, Dependable, Consistent, and Repeatable
Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness Isaiah 25:1, “Yahweh, You are my God; I will exalt You. I will praise Your name, for You have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.” An attribute of God is His … Continue reading →
Read MoreGreat Expectations
The idea of right expectations is such a big deal, the Lord directed me to also point out scriptural expectations that are the product of God’s heart, righteous expectations, and lifegiving expectations. A little of this program is a bit … Continue reading →
Read MoreMaking Insight A Priority
Many years ago i entered into a business relationship with two other people. We created LLC rules, wrote checks to the business, and it seemed all things were good. i had been warned about being in business with one of … Continue reading →
Read MoreJesus And…
Yes, another beautiful evening as the sun sets low on the horizon. Spring has sprung, flowers are pushing their way thru last year’s rubble and ground cover to start the yearly cycle of spring, summer, fall, and winter … round … Continue reading →
Read MoreGotS Overview
There is no doubt as to who the listening audience is for these broadcasts. The programs are meant to encourage the body of Christ and to inspire us all to put our thinking caps on and think. Use your God … Continue reading →
Read MoreWhat Do I Want For You?
If i could want anything for you, what would i want? In Romans 12 & 13, Paul lays out for us a list of good things we should want for ourselves and others. It would seem that … Continue reading →
Read MorePressing Onward And Upward
Epictetus was a Greek speaking Stoic philosopher, born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life. He wrote what is likely the … Continue reading →
Read MoreProsperity
Today the idea of prosperity is on the table. i know what i think it is, but what does the Lord say about it? So much of my life has been spent struggling to keep my head above water … Continue reading →
Read MoreAnswered Prayer
Prayer is the breath of our spiritual life. A Christian life without prayer is like not breathing and expecting to continue to live. Prayer is our lifeline to God, it is something we, as Christians, must do regularly, even as … Continue reading →
Read MoreForesight, Insight, Hindsight
Many people today say they have no visions to speak of, but i’ve got this idea rolling around in my head that says just because we don’t recognize them doesn’t mean they aren’t there. i believe if God didn’t give … Continue reading →
Read MoreThe Horrible Four
Thanks for tuning in. i’m Social Porter and this is Outposts, it is no accident that, as you were channel surfing, you stopped here. Hopefully you’ll sit a while with me to look a little deeper into the word of … Continue reading →
Read MorePersonal Holiness
Purity is one of God’s attributes, and concerns the necessity, and power of living a consistent and repeatable life of being unmixed and undiluted with the world… a life of our being the same in private as we are in … Continue reading →
Read MoreMercy And Forgiveness
i met a young man the other day, covered in tatoos, quiet, life in turmoil and chaos … in trouble. Across his neck he had the words “Expect No Mercy”. The tattoo reminded me of the words of someone who … Continue reading →
Read MoreA Garland Of Praise
Isaiah 61:1-3, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and … Continue reading →
Read MoreBy The Anointing
1 John 2:27, “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as … Continue reading →
Read MoreWhere Is The All?
Another fellow and i were doing church at the local jail one Saturday morning, and in walked a guy who appeared so far down he couldn’t see up. Upon inquiry, he said he couldn’t even begin to fathom how his … Continue reading →
Read MoreThrowing Stones
John 8 Jesus was in the temple teaching, as usual, and then came the Pharisees with a woman who was taken in adultery (where was the man? Also, how is it they just “happen” to be there to catch her?). … Continue reading →
Read MoreSlackness Idleness And White Noise
Why do we study God’s word? Is it to gain information so we’ll know about Him? Maybe we do it so we can truly know our Redeemer. Is it so we can say we read the Bible? Is it for … Continue reading →
Read MoreReference Points And Patterns
When i was growing up, my mother made almost all of our clothes for the entire family. i saw with my own eyes, that there were times when what she made didn’t work out … i remember walking into her … Continue reading →
Read MoreLiving A Circumspect Life
Ahhh, yea … it’s another of those hypnotic evenings with the sun having settled down to a rosey glow at the horizon and the clouds are parceled out across the sky, looking like the porches at the entrance to Heaven’s … Continue reading →
Read MoreMore Than Conquerors
Even if it seems like the whole world is against us, even when our eyes see nothing but dark clouds all around, as believers, God is on our side, and we have the strength to come out winners. As believers, … Continue reading →
Read MoreWhere Two Ways Meet
What do all the following words have in common? Crossroad, intersection, cloverleaf, crosswalk, crossway, exchange, grade crossing, gridiron, interchange, junction, traversal, underpass. They are all places where paths or roads meet and a decision must be made. True, we … Continue reading →
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