The Ride

Rusty James gives an account of a personal story where God took a difficult situation and not only met a need but used the experience as a witness of His goodness. Let's not just pray for answers, but for opportunities where only God can provide the answer. It is in this where our salvation displays the best witness to others.

Rusty James wants us all to know that we are qualified to live as Christ and speak as one called according to His purpose. Using an example from the unlikeliest of sources, Rusty challenges the self-defeating thought process that sidelines us much too often.

Rusty gets real about how our thinking can take us, or rather keep us, in the place where we are bound to wrong ways of thinking - where we are unable to even perceive the freedom available to us. Be encouraged today as you realize there can be true escape from gutter mentality as we let go of old patterns and grab onto the victorious life that only God can provide.

Rusty recounts a dream where God provided a picture of a life that has reached a precarious spot. This is the location where a failure to make a decision can usher in problems just as troubling as actually making bad decisions. Tune in to see how a simple change can avoid the pitfalls of compromise.

Rusty recommends that although we cannot eliminate all stressors in life, knowing Who we can lean on is enough to get us by. In fact, more than just getting by, we are to remember that we are more than conquerors when we recognize that God has written a song of victory over us in spite of the difficulties of life.

Rusty knows that sometimes we just need to get a little scientific to better understand the things of God... sometimes. Like how we are to see the true unbounded power, warmth and provision that the Lord provides. Much like the rays of the sun, let's not underestimate the thawing impact God can have on the lives of anyone willing leave the counterfeit comforts of the dark side.

What does repentance mean to you? Rusty looks at what the Word says about true repentance and how we might have misunderstood it to mean other things. When operating in authentic repentance, there is absolutely nothing that can stop you because your biggest hindrance is removed... You.

Rusty James recommends we follow the Word of God and lean not on our own understanding - especially when the control we wish to exert on our life or the lives of others is tragically inadequate or just plain inappropriate to that which the Lord provides. Like speeding on black ice, our human efforts of control are futile and we must look for help beyond our intellect. Fear not - We don't always need to the "how"... when we know the "Who".

Just a quick note from Rusty on the importance of using the full information in defining what our situation is. Half-truths don't provide the whole story and if we base our lives on them, is it at all surprising that we don't walk in the victory that God says is readily available to us?

Rusty thinks about how profound a decision for Christ really is and how we should never lose sight of the powerful love of God that makes this life change even possible. This is this same love that should never cease impelling us to act as Christ's saving hands to those all around us unknowingly trapped in a burning inferno. How will they ever know?