My Dog Is A Jedi

Tiny - the Jedi Master

My dog may look like a poodle who needs a trim, but he is really a Jedi.  He knows the Jedi mind trick.

Without a word, he can make me open the door to let him out - even though he was just outside thirty minutes ago.

He communicates telepathically.  While I am cleaning up the breakfast dishes and talking to my wife, he is communicating directly with my brain.  While I am preoccupied with other things, I find myself at the door, with my hand on the doorknob, starting to open it at his bidding.  Sometimes he is out the door and off the back porch before I realize what is happening.

Occasionally, I catch myself and tell him the Jedi mind trick will not work on me.  But he knows it does.

Filled With The Holy Spirit

The disciples were gathered in the upper room.  They were waiting.  What were they waiting for?  What did they get?  Should we wait like they did?  If we do, what should we expect to receive?

What Is This To Jesus?

Jesus turned water into wine.  But why did He do that?  What were the lessons for the disciples?

Spiritual Warfare: Prayer - Our Battleground

This is the conclusion on our study of spiritual warfare.  Is prayer a weapon for our struggle, or is it actually the arena in which we fight the battle?

Sermon In A Sack: The Thermometer

Are you hot or cold - or only lukewarm?

Jesus And Jacob's Ladder

Some people say that Jesus never claimed to be God.  In John 1:50-51 Jesus makes some specific statements that should clear up any question about what he claimed for himself.

Magic

We like the idea of magic.  Give me three wishes.  Give me a magic potion, a magic wand, a magic word.

Isn't this the appeal of many advertisements?  Slice and dice your vegetables!  Lose weight!  Grow hair!  Get rid of hair!  Flatten your abs!  Cook perfect omelets!

Whatever it is, it works like magic!  Perfect results every time!  Never needs sharpening!  Takes just pennies a day!  No salesperson will call!  Visible results in just thirty days or your money back!  Call now!

Magic is so appealing that we are all at risk of this kind of thinking.  We want great results, but we don't want to do the hard work it takes.  We don't want to make a real commitment.  We don't want to feel any pain.  We don't want to sacrifice any pleasure.  We don't want to pay any significant cost.

We think there must be a pill, or a tool, or a book, or a program, or a person, or a seminar that we can purchase for just pennies a day...  Somehow - somewhere - there must be a magic answer to all of my problems.

So people are searching.  And they will keep searching... for something that will magically satisfy all of their problems and fulfill all of their dreams.