IHS TOGETHER / EVANGELICAL CHURCH ALLIANCE INTL.

After the Seed is Planted: The Sole Balm

  One can tell that it is Spring, even in the desert, by the new plant life all around.  The area around our chapel is full of beautiful flowers, thanks to the constant devotion of one of our parishioners.  She is constantly feeding, watering, and weeding those flowers.  Her hard work is paying off, as those flowers have taken root and now are in full bloom.

Our spiritual lives are like those flowers.  For us to grow and bloom spiritually, we must be fed and watered.  How can we be fed?  By spending time in God’s Word, in prayer, and with God’s people.  Psalm 34:8 states, ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  To do that, we need to spend time with Him.                                                                      

 Our spiritual lives also need to be weeded.  God often refers to sin in our lives as weeds that come up and try to choke out the good.  We need to be open to God so that we can see the weeds in our lives and allow God to pull them so we can grow.

I hope that each of us will allow God to feed us and pull the weeds in our lives today so that we can grow in Him.

 Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

After the Seed is Planted: The Sole Balm

  One can tell that it is Spring, even in the desert, by the new plant life all around.  The area around our chapel is full of beautiful flowers, thanks to the constant devotion of one of our parishioners.  She is constantly feeding, watering, and weeding those flowers.  Her hard work is paying off, as those flowers have taken root and now are in full bloom.

Our spiritual lives are like those flowers.  For us to grow and bloom spiritually, we must be fed and watered.  How can we be fed?  By spending time in God’s Word, in prayer, and with God’s people.  Psalm 34:8 states, ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  To do that, we need to spend time with Him.                                                                      

 Our spiritual lives also need to be weeded.  God often refers to sin in our lives as weeds that come up and try to choke out the good.  We need to be open to God so that we can see the weeds in our lives and allow God to pull them so we can grow.

I hope that each of us will allow God to feed us and pull the weeds in our lives today so that we can grow in Him.

 Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

After the Seed is Planted: The Sole Balm

  One can tell that it is Spring, even in the desert, by the new plant life all around.  The area around our chapel is full of beautiful flowers, thanks to the constant devotion of one of our parishioners.  She is constantly feeding, watering, and weeding those flowers.  Her hard work is paying off, as those flowers have taken root and now are in full bloom.

Our spiritual lives are like those flowers.  For us to grow and bloom spiritually, we must be fed and watered.  How can we be fed?  By spending time in God’s Word, in prayer, and with God’s people.  Psalm 34:8 states, ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  To do that, we need to spend time with Him.                                                                       

 Our spiritual lives also need to be weeded.  God often refers to sin in our lives as weeds that come up and try to choke out the good.  We need to be open to God so that we can see the weeds in our lives and allow God to pull them so we can grow.

I hope that each of us will allow God to feed us and pull the weeds in our lives today so that we can grow in Him.

 Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

After the Seed is Planted: The Sole Balm

  One can tell that it is Spring, even in the desert, by the new plant life all around.  The area around our chapel is full of beautiful flowers, thanks to the constant devotion of one of our parishioners.  She is constantly feeding, watering, and weeding those flowers.  Her hard work is paying off, as those flowers have taken root and now are in full bloom.

Our spiritual lives are like those flowers.  For us to grow and bloom spiritually, we must be fed and watered.  How can we be fed?  By spending time in God’s Word, in prayer, and with God’s people.  Psalm 34:8 states, ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  To do that, we need to spend time with Him.                                                                       

 Our spiritual lives also need to be weeded.  God often refers to sin in our lives as weeds that come up and try to choke out the good.  We need to be open to God so that we can see the weeds in our lives and allow God to pull them so we can grow.

I hope that each of us will allow God to feed us and pull the weeds in our lives today so that we can grow in Him.

 Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

After the Seed is Planted: The Sole Balm

  One can tell that it is Spring, even in the desert, by the new plant life all around.  The area around our chapel is full of beautiful flowers, thanks to the constant devotion of one of our parishioners.  She is constantly feeding, watering, and weeding those flowers.  Her hard work is paying off, as those flowers have taken root and now are in full bloom.

Our spiritual lives are like those flowers.  For us to grow and bloom spiritually, we must be fed and watered.  How can we be fed?  By spending time in God’s Word, in prayer, and with God’s people.  Psalm 34:8 states, ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  To do that, we need to spend time with Him.                                                                        

 Our spiritual lives also need to be weeded.  God often refers to sin in our lives as weeds that come up and try to choke out the good.  We need to be open to God so that we can see the weeds in our lives and allow God to pull them so we can grow.

I hope that each of us will allow God to feed us and pull the weeds in our lives today so that we can grow in Him.

 Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

After the Seed is Planted: The Sole Balm

  One can tell that it is Spring, even in the desert, by the new plant life all around.  The area around our chapel is full of beautiful flowers, thanks to the constant devotion of one of our parishioners.  She is constantly feeding, watering, and weeding those flowers.  Her hard work is paying off, as those flowers have taken root and now are in full bloom.

Our spiritual lives are like those flowers.  For us to grow and bloom spiritually, we must be fed and watered.  How can we be fed?  By spending time in God’s Word, in prayer, and with God’s people.  Psalm 34:8 states, ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  To do that, we need to spend time with Him.                                                                        

 Our spiritual lives also need to be weeded.  God often refers to sin in our lives as weeds that come up and try to choke out the good.  We need to be open to God so that we can see the weeds in our lives and allow God to pull them so we can grow.

I hope that each of us will allow God to feed us and pull the weeds in our lives today so that we can grow in Him.

 Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

"Our Identity" from the book: The Sole Balm

   I attended a luncheon recently in our community.  One of the items of informal discussion at the luncheon related to with having identity in our community.  Someone remarked that he liked the community because people know who he was; he was not just one of many.  It was a reminder that we all want identity.  We all want to be someone that is accepted and welcomed in the community no matter where it is, whether at home, work, school, or church.

     Spiritually we have an identity in our faith. But what do we do with that identity in our faith?  Do we allow that identity in our faith through the Spirit of God to be a part of who we are? Is that identity only when we worship, or do we carry it with us all the time joyfully, or is it at times a struggle?  It is a struggle between our old nature and new nature, a struggle between actions of righteousness and unrighteousness.  If we truly identify with our faith, then we should be identifying with righteousness.  Our actions should reflect what we believe in.  It is a challenge. The challenge is made easier when we recommit ourselves to the identity of our faith and ask God to help us live that identity of righteousness.  Romans 8:26-27 states, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express and he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”  Help is present for each and everyone of us in the spiritual identity we have in our faith.  We have to want that help and seek it for it to be a part of who we are and what we want to become.

Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

"Our Identity" from the book: The Sole Balm

   I attended a luncheon recently in our community.  One of the items of informal discussion at the luncheon related to with having identity in our community.  Someone remarked that he liked the community because people know who he was; he was not just one of many.  It was a reminder that we all want identity.  We all want to be someone that is accepted and welcomed in the community no matter where it is, whether at home, work, school, or church.

     Spiritually we have an identity in our faith. But what do we do with that identity in our faith?  Do we allow that identity in our faith through the Spirit of God to be a part of who we are? Is that identity only when we worship, or do we carry it with us all the time joyfully, or is it at times a struggle?  It is a struggle between our old nature and new nature, a struggle between actions of righteousness and unrighteousness.  If we truly identify with our faith, then we should be identifying with righteousness.  Our actions should reflect what we believe in.  It is a challenge. The challenge is made easier when we recommit ourselves to the identity of our faith and ask God to help us live that identity of righteousness.  Romans 8:26-27 states, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express and he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”  Help is present for each and everyone of us in the spiritual identity we have in our faith.  We have to want that help and seek it for it to be a part of who we are and what we want to become.

Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

"Our Identity" from the book: The Sole Balm

   I attended a luncheon recently in our community.  One of the items of informal discussion at the luncheon related to with having identity in our community.  Someone remarked that he liked the community because people know who he was; he was not just one of many.  It was a reminder that we all want identity.  We all want to be someone that is accepted and welcomed in the community no matter where it is, whether at home, work, school, or church.

     Spiritually we have an identity in our faith. But what do we do with that identity in our faith?  Do we allow that identity in our faith through the Spirit of God to be a part of who we are? Is that identity only when we worship, or do we carry it with us all the time joyfully, or is it at times a struggle?  It is a struggle between our old nature and new nature, a struggle between actions of righteousness and unrighteousness.  If we truly identify with our faith, then we should be identifying with righteousness.  Our actions should reflect what we believe in.  It is a challenge. The challenge is made easier when we recommit ourselves to the identity of our faith and ask God to help us live that identity of righteousness.  Romans 8:26-27 states, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express and he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”  Help is present for each and everyone of us in the spiritual identity we have in our faith.  We have to want that help and seek it for it to be a part of who we are and what we want to become.

Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik

"Our Identity" from the book: The Sole Balm

   I attended a luncheon recently in our community.  One of the items of informal discussion at the luncheon related to with having identity in our community.  Someone remarked that he liked the community because people know who he was; he was not just one of many.  It was a reminder that we all want identity.  We all want to be someone that is accepted and welcomed in the community no matter where it is, whether at home, work, school, or church.

     Spiritually we have an identity in our faith. But what do we do with that identity in our faith?  Do we allow that identity in our faith through the Spirit of God to be a part of who we are? Is that identity only when we worship, or do we carry it with us all the time joyfully, or is it at times a struggle?  It is a struggle between our old nature and new nature, a struggle between actions of righteousness and unrighteousness.  If we truly identify with our faith, then we should be identifying with righteousness.  Our actions should reflect what we believe in.  It is a challenge. The challenge is made easier when we recommit ourselves to the identity of our faith and ask God to help us live that identity of righteousness.  Romans 8:26-27 states, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express and he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”  Help is present for each and everyone of us in the spiritual identity we have in our faith.  We have to want that help and seek it for it to be a part of who we are and what we want to become.

Blessings to all,

Chaplain Krupnik