Posted on June 28, 2011, 11:26 am, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
Could eight words transform your life for God? Yes! They did for Jesus and they will for you if you pray them from your heart — and keep praying them.
Let me set the stage for these words of power and peace to live in you and I as they did in Jesus…
Jesus’ Way for You
Remember that Jesus was tempted to sin in every way that we are and he experienced all the stresses and pains that we do — and far more besides — and he remained loving toward God and neighbor and always at peace (Hebrews 4:15). The Son of God [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2011, 7:35 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
Christ is risen! What does this mean to how you are living your life today? How are you interacting with the risen Christ as you do what you are doing?
If we’re not careful we go through a typical day relying on our own wisdom and strength without appreciating that the grace of God is with us — we react to situations without following the Spirit’s leading or joining with his love and power.
“Awake my soul!” the Psalmist urges himself (Psalm 57:8). May our minds and hearts awaken to the opportunity at hand, which is the open nail-pierced hand of our risen Lord.
This [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2011, 7:08 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
There is comfort for you in the cross of Christ if you seek it properly.
Many people won’t let themselves feel sad about what they should feel sad about. When they or a loved one suffer from a hurt, lose something important, or struggle with a sin they tell themselves to “be strong” or they busy themselves. They miss out on God’s comfort and may become depressed because they don’t understand the cross.
The cross ministers God’s grace and mercy to us if we grieve in the right way, putting our trust in Jesus Christ and opening our [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2010, 4:54 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
Temple of Artemis in Ancient Ephesus
By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
In 1989 Right after I earned my Ph.D. in psychology I lost most of my psychotherapy clients. For one reason or another they discontinued and new referrals were not coming in to replace them. I had spent eight years and over $100,000 o on my education toward serving the Lord Jesus as a psychologist and I had only two or three clients to see each week. Most of my income at that time came from my other job as a security guard – I was the “Dr. of Security!”
I prayed and prayed for God [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2010, 7:09 am, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
Are you free – really free? Are you at peace being the person God created you to be and enjoying your life with him?
Many people we talk to are wearing a heavy yoke. They’re working all the time. Or they’re worried about money or their health or their kids. Or they’re tired of trying to please an impossible to please spouse. Or they’re depending on alcohol to relax.
Jesus shows us a life of freedom. No one has had more pressure than Jesus. No one has had more responsibility, expectations, temptations, stress, or pain than Jesus. And no one lived life more [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2010, 10:49 am, by Bill Gaultiere.
“[The Lord] raised up for his people [the Christ], the praise of… the people close to his heart” (Psalm 148:14).
“People close to his heart.” I am close to the Lord’s heart! You are close to the Lord’s heart! Doesn’t this make your heart skip with joy? If you join me in this meditation and prayer it will!
Remember John at the Last Supper? He reclined on Jesus’ chest and later he told the whole world again and again: “I am the disciple Jesus loves!” (John 13:23, 26; 20:2; 21:7; 21:20).
What a blessing it is when I’m meditating on Scripture and the Holy Spirit [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2010, 1:37 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
You know the verse: “Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” And probably you know the verse that comes later in the same Psalm: “Children are a reward from him.” But you may not know the verse that connects these two: “In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves” (Psalm 127:1-3).
In God’s wisdom the Psalmist’s prayer is showing us that the way to build a home and a family, or anything, begins with resting in the Lord’s care. That’s why the Hebrew day begins with a [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2010, 4:41 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2001, 2010
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
I met Alandro on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, 2001. I was on a short-term mission trip to a small village outside of Ensenda, Mexico, with my wife and three small children and some other families. We were putting on a Vacation Bible School (VBS) and holding meetings in the neighborhood church.
It was a cold and rainy day. Alandro stood in his bare feet, shyly watching the other Mexican kids [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2010, 8:51 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
Could a prayer change your life? This little one could ignite your heart for Christ as it has mine…
The other day on my Sabbath I sat on a rock by a stream for hours praying the Lord’s Prayer with Martin Luther. His barber asked him how he prayed and he wrote him a letter featuring his meditations and prayers inspired by Jesus’ prayer. What a blessing it was to read and pray from his classic little devotional book: A Simple Way to Pray.
I shared this prayer in our recent Soul Shepherding Board of Directors meeting and as part of a sermon I preached.
Martin Luther said…
“I [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2010, 8:33 pm, by Bill Gaultiere.
By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
What do you want Jesus to do for you? It’s the most important question of your life.
John and Andrew were introduced to Jesus by John the Baptist who said to them: “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
They approached Jesus eagerly and he asked them the question: “What do you want me to do for you?”
Think of the ways that people like you and I answer Jesus’ question…
Lord, I want… Financial help… Success in my project… Wisdom to solve my problem… Healing… Help for a loved one… A new opportunity for my ministry…
These are all good [...]
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By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
