Posts by Doug Mitts
Growth in What?
When I entered the Kingdom at Jesus’ invitation to trust Him, His way of life, and His sacrificial self-giving through crucifixion on my (our) behalf, I thought simply in terms of morality and behavior. Externals. God has revolutionized this into something that I would never have imagined in my early years of walking with Jesus.…
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Blossoming
I have enjoyed a disciplined life with God. I don’t say spiritual disciplines because God has led me to understand He permeates everything with His presence, so life is spiritual. Another thing He has allowed me to grasp is to understand “spiritual” as referring to things invisible, meaning Him, my interior, where my interaction with…
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Empowered Speech
by Doug Mitts Key Verse: “Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.” – Colossians 4:6, NAS95 I wish I could do this better than I do now. I have noticed, though, the Spirit rearranging my words as I speak…
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Seeing the Unseen
by Doug Mitts Key Verse: I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.…In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. – John 14:18, 20, NAS95 Jesus speaks truth, but often those truths come from outside my normal frame of…
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A Life of Prayer
by Doug Mitts Key Verse: “It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”” – Luke 11:1 NAS95 When it comes to prayer, I need help. Jesus, on the other hand,…
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The Holy Spirit Speaks
by Doug Mitts Key Verse: While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” – Acts 13:2, NAS95 I enjoy training for disciple-making movements. Every time I either facilitate or attend a training, the Holy Spirit…
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New Life
“Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”” (John 8:12, NAS95) When Christ reconciled me to God through His work on the cross, I thought I had repented, but I really hadn’t.…
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Covenant Love
“Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, according to the faithful mercies shown to David”. (Isaiah 55:3, NAS95) I love pondering covenant: faithfulness to relationship. The preceding context to this verse speaks of a calling to repentance (without those words), but…
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A Long Conversation
“It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Thessalonians 2:14, NAS95) I’ve had an extended conversation with God about calling and purpose. I did not recognize it in full at the start. At the outset, a question stood out: what in…
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