weakdave
Who are the upright?
Not the sinless. Not the strong. Not those with their acts together. The upright are those freshly convicted of their sin, freshly...
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weakdave
- Sep 4, 2013
- 1 min
Only a proud believer,
fears humiliation. A humble believer has a healthy indifference toward failure, success, mediocrity, whatever the outcome. A proud...
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weakdave
- Aug 15, 2013
- 1 min
My responsibility is to,
a) obey, b) believe, c) confess. Answer: confess. I cannot generate belief/faith, because faith is a gift from Above. It is not like a...
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weakdave
- Jun 4, 2013
- 1 min
The right-side-up kingdom of this world,
and my flesh, and the devil, treasure the winner/strong/confident/proud/somebody/adultlike/shepherd, but the Upside-down Kingdom of Jesus...
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weakdave
- May 21, 2013
- 2 min
Feeling helpless seems wrong,
to us Christians. Whyzat? Because we’ve not understood the leaven of the Pharisees that Jesus mentioned to His disciples, which is...
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weakdave
- Apr 23, 2013
- 1 min
Only the proud are risk-averse,
but the humble are willing to risk humiliation, for the humble have nothing to lose, not caring one iota about their own worthiness,...
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weakdave
- Apr 16, 2013
- 1 min
Are Christians followers of Jesus?
No, a follower of Jesus is a Jesus-dependent, a dumb sheep, asking about everything, thanking about everything, doing nothing on his own,...
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weakdave
- Apr 9, 2013
- 1 min
Who is the greatest Christian alive today?
Surprise. Jesus said, the childlike are. The weak, meek, humble — the Jesus-dependents who embrace and enjoy their weakness, lowliness,...
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weakdave
- Dec 27, 2012
- 1 min
“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy,” said Jesus. Hypocrisy? Trying to appear strong/together. Dishonest about weaknesses, failure, neediness. ...
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weakdave
- Oct 9, 2012
- 2 min
How do I get fresh faith?
Is faith like a muscle I exercise, so I get credit for something I initiated/generated? No, faith is something granted by God. Jack...
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weakdave
- Oct 3, 2012
- 1 min
Proud believer enjoys himself,
when winning, but hates himself when losing or mediocre. Humble believer enjoys himself when winning, losing or mediocre. Proud believer...
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weakdave
- Jun 26, 2012
- 1 min
A fool is confident,
he can help others find happiness in this life. A fool is confident he can engineer happiness for himself, even though he’s...
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weakdave
- Jun 11, 2012
- 2 min
The ultimate blessing in this life,
is when the Spirit of Jesus opens my eyes to see how pathetically helpless I am — powerless to make my life work, to engineer happiness...
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weakdave
- May 15, 2012
- 1 min
Ministry idolatry exposed.
My flesh loves to get LIFE from ministry success, and so Jesus frequently thwarts my plans/efforts so the pain of the failure snaps me...
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weakdave
- Jan 31, 2012
- 1 min
Becoming a dumb sheep is a repulsive concept
to a shepherd. Why would any shepherd, want to be a dumb sheep? Ultimate humiliation. Moving from being the lofty, respected, wise...
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weakdave
- Nov 15, 2011
- 2 min
I love feeling superior to Penn State,
and Jerry Sandusky, love seeing others as evil/wicked, love feeling outraged at the failings/weaknesses/sins of others, so I feel...
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weakdave
- Nov 8, 2011
- 1 min
I’m never wowed by Jesus,
when I’m JudgeDave, clear-sighted about the weaknesses/failings of others — especially the opponents of my favorite sports teams. ...
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weakdave
- Sep 7, 2011
- 1 min
I’m bored with Jesus,
whenever I have high ownership for my relationships, ministry, favorite sports teams, my next used car/motorcycle I’ll purchase, my...
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weakdave
- Aug 9, 2011
- 1 min
In the upside-down Kingdom of Jesus,
shepherds are losers and sheep are winners. Why? Because He created us humans to be dependents, not independents. Pride is only a...
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weakdave
- Jul 12, 2011
- 1 min
The yoke of a created-dependent sheep,
trying to be an independent/CEO/orphan/shepherd, is extremely heavy, burdensome. A Curse, weighing down the sheep: we get stressed,...
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