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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute, I want you to consider three questions. Here’s the first question. It was God’s question to Adam. He asked, “Where are you?” We know God knew Adam’s location. There was a deeper meaning. The question exposed the problem. Adam had sinned and now his relationship with God was changed. He no longer enjoyed close fellowship with the Lord. Sin destroyed it.
Here is the second question. It’s found in Matthew 2:2. When the wise men from the East heard of Jesus’ birth, they asked, “Where is He?” They were guided to a lowly a manger by a heavenly star in the sky. They found the Savior. He was the answer to sin. He who knew no sin would become sin, so we could escape its grip and get back to God.
Now, consider a final question. It is just like the first. God, in all His loving grace, will ask it of you. “Where are you?” Yes, you! I’m Dr. Bob. Stop for a moment, consider this question and then, contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and tell me where you could be, if you just accept Christ’s loving sacrifice and then, draw near to God.
Where Are You?
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute, I want to ask if you treat God as if He was like a drink on a fast-food menu – a sugar-free God. We can be like a person who drives to a fast food restaurant, orders a double cheeseburger with a large order of fries, and then, feels the need to order a sugar-free diet coke. How many of us treat God just like that, as if He were a diet coke? What do I mean? Well, we bloat ourselves with nasty, unhealthy things all week long and then try to supplement them on Sunday with a light dose of God, a sugar-free God. We have decided that a little bit of God is sufficient, better than none at all. Do not deceive yourself. A full taste of God and His presence is far too sweet to pass up. I’m Dr. Bob. Do not settle for a lightweight version of God in your life. That is a counterfeit that robs you of all God is and has for you. You can have all if Him. Do not settle for less. Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and let me know what you think.
A Sugar-Free God
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute, I’d like to encourage you to get out of the boat and follow your faith. Until and unless you do, you will never realize the fullness of your life’s possibilities. Go ahead, get your feet wet! Yes, you will begin to sink from time to time. However, when you do, you will find Jesus’ outstretched hand is always there to keep you afloat. Yes, when you have that sinking feeling, you will discover His absolutely dependable touch. He will lift you up and you can continue your journey to your destiny. Go ahead. Walk on the water with Jesus. You can declare to the world, “Watch out! Here I come. Get yourself ready to walk with me so you can get wet too.” I’m Dr. Bob. Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and let’s talk and let’s walk on the water.
Wet Water Walker
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute I want to ask if you would like to know a valuable secret? Sure you would! Everyone likes a secret, especially one as valuable as this. The secret is… happy lips! Yes, happy lips! Psalm 63:3-5 says, “Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. {4} Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. {5} My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.” I like to say, “And my mouth shall praise You with happy lips.” I do so because the Bible says, “for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” (Psalm 6:45) When your lips get happy with praise for God, the rest of you will join in. It’s a no-brainer! Go ahead. Lift your hands, open your mouth and let your lips celebrate His lovingkindness. You will make happy noises. By now you have figured out I’m talking about the joy of being in God’s hands. I’m Dr. Bob. Write me at www.mentoringministry.com and we can celebrate Jesus and be happy together.
Happy Lips
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I’m Dr. Bob, and for just a mentoring minute I want to add one more thing to my previous thoughts on the subject of “Just Because.” I cannot let it go without encouraging you that you ought to add a significant truthful revelation from Scripture to your answer when you are asked, “Why you follow Christ, and why you are so committed to Him?” It comes from prayerfully meditating on these two Scriptures. In John 8:58 (NKJV), Jesus identified Himself to His enemies by saying, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” In Revelation 1:8 (NKJV), the risen Lord declared, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” He is all that I said in my previous thoughts on “Just Because.” Add to that the truth that He is the Almighty, King of Kings, the Most High, the Great I AM, and your loving Lord and Savior. He surely has done great things for you. Add this to your answer and you have the complete picture. He is absolute in faithfulness. He is completely dependable and trustworthy. He is infinite in power. He is the Ruler over all things. He rules over every circumstance, opportunity, trial, test and triumph. I’m Dr. Bob. Write me at www.mentoringministry.com and let me know how both these mentoring minutes have touched your life.
Just Because – One More Thing
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute, I have a question. Have you ever been asked why you do what you do? I have and there have been many times my answer to this question was, “Just because!” I am guessing you have said the same thing. When anyone asks you why you follow Christ, and why you are so committed to Him (and they will), you do not have to say, “Just because.” You have a far more significant answer. You can say, “Just because of who He is.” Or… how about adding, “and just because of what He has done for me.” Both of these answers are awesome door openers to help someone else turn and follow Him. I’m Dr. Bob. Write me at www.mentoringministry.com and share your testimony… just because it would be wonderful to hear from you.
Just Because
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute I want to ask if you have ever considered climbing the clouds and flying with God? Yes, you can climb the clouds! Yes, you can fly with God. Does this sound a bit far fetched? It is simply lines up with what Jesus said. In Matthew 19:26, He said, “with God all things are possible.” All means all! There are no exceptions. Learn not to limit God, and you will stop limiting yourself. Today would be a good day to let your faith launch you to the clouds so you can fly the flight of faith… all the way to your destiny. Start climbing right where you are. Declare in faith that God is going to move you higher, and that you will not stop until you get to the top! Go ahead. Climb the clouds. Then start flying by faith and you will love flying by faith as you soar like the Eagles! I’m Dr. Bob. Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and tell me about your flight plan.
Cloud Climber, Faith Flyer
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute I want to ask how you would describe your attitude when you go to church? Do you come because of a sense of obligation? Do you attend just because your family does? If this or other similar reasons are the case, you are probably just ducking in and then, as quickly as you can, ducking back out! Do not duck your opportunity. Take a chance. Open your heart to God’s life-giving Word to you. Come and sit. Soak it in. Then, you can pour it out. If you allow God’s Word to soak deeply into your heart every time you come to church, two things will happen. First, you will become someone you never imagined or hoped you could be. Second, you will find yourself pouring His Word out all over others, and they will experience what they otherwise never would have. They will be touched by the power of the living God. They, like you, will be changed forever. I’m Dr. Bob. Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and let me know what you think.
Duck in, duck out
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute, I’d like to ask if you find yourself making too many bad decisions? If so, it may be time to change your filters. Perhaps you need something different to filter your thoughts through. Try installing the principles of James 3:13-17 as the filter for what you allow into your heart.
(James 3:13-17 NLT) “If you are wise and understand God’s ways, live a life of steady goodness so that only good deeds will pour forth. And if you don’t brag about the good you do, then you will be truly wise! {14} But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don’t brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie. {15} For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil. {16} For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil. {17} But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.”
These principles could become the filters that will change what flows out through your life! Is it time to filter your thoughts with wisdom from above? I’m Dr. Bob. Take time to study James 3:13-17. Then, contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and let me know how you have changed.
Change Your Filters
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I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute I want to talk a little trash with you. I recently heard someone’s life described as a spiritual junkyard. It was a life tragically used up and rejected because of sinful, destructive behaviors and habits. The person’s life was trashed, seemingly destined for a forgotten, wasted ending. But, even in a junkyard, someone will come looking for just the right thing and buy, repair and restore it. God is always looking for someone to redeem, restore and renew. He will turn yesterday’s carnal trash into tomorrow’s spiritual treasure. I’m Dr. Bob. Luke 1:68 in the Amplified Bible says, “Blessed (praised and extolled and thanked) be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has come and brought deliverance and redemption to His people!” Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and let me know what you think.
Spiritual Junkyard
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