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 A Soul Shepherding Moment
By Bill Gaultiere © 2012
I’d like to share with you the benediction I wrote to go with my sermon on Matthew 6:25-34, “Be God’s Wildflower — Be Worry Free.” A benediction is a blessing from God that is pronounced by one person over another.
This benediction is inspired by Jesus’ words: “Why do you worry about how you look? See how the wildflowers grow. They do not strive or strain to impress. They bloom where they are planted because God has clothed them in his splendor. If that is how God clothes the grass will he not much more clothe you?” (Matthew [...]
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A Soul Shepherding Moment
By Bill Gaultiere © 2012
I often talk with pastors and other servants of the Lord who judge themselves harshly. I tell them, “Don’t feel bad. Feel sad.”
God never wants you to linger with bad feelings about yourself — even if you sin. This may be a new thought for you. It may sound like I’m contradicting the teaching of the Bible. If so then you to take to heart the Apostle Paul’s teaching in 2 Corinthians 7:8-13 where he contrasts “worldly sorrow” and “godly sorrow.” The Apostle Paul was the greatest of all psychologists, second [...]
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By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
This Christmas season maybe you need to appreciate that God bestows his favor on you personally? Maybe you’ve been feeling discouraged or insignificant and need to lift up your head to Christ? I did. So God led me to meditate on the shepherd’s place in the Christmas story as it’s recorded in the Bible (Luke 2:8-20).
In Jesus’ day shepherds were poor and disregarded. In public they hung their heads or stood off to the side. Isolated from the rest of society, they lived out in the fields caring for sheep day and night, rain or shine, heat or cold. They had to be constantly on [...]
Continue reading Lift Up Your Head!
 By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
Sometimes I’m just overwhelmed with appreciation for God’s grace — aren’t you? Praying a Psalm often warms my heart with a fresh realization that because of God’s love I have every reason to be happy right now, no matter what difficulties I’m facing that day.
My little Psalms prayer, “How Could it Be?” will bring a smile to your soul:
How Could it Be?
Who is like You?
Lord Jesus Christ…
You sit enthroned on high!
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How could it be?
Lord Jesus Christ…
You stoop down to make me [...]
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Jesus embraces you!
By Bill Gaultiere © 2011
The Lord Jesus says to you: “You are my friend… I have chosen you” (John 15:14, 16).
Do you know this to be true? Does God’s love for you make you rejoice? Does it make hold your head high and serve him with confidence?
As I pray the Psalms I am continually reminded that the Lord has chosen me to be his own, that he treasures me and delights to live in me. It’s true for you too! (Psalm 135:4).
When Jesus speaks he speaks for the Trinity. Think of it, Father, Son, and Spirit treasuring you as precious. “Chosen,” my [...]
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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 to [...]
Continue reading Blessed to be “In Christ”
 By Bill Gaultiere © 2010
When someone criticizes you are you defensive? Or do you get angry? Many people I talk to have a hard time responding to criticism because they take it inside and feel bad or they protect themselves by shutting down emotionally, which leaves them isolated and depressed.
I can relate. For much of my life I felt inadequate whenever someone criticized me. So I put pressure on myself to succeed and to try to get people to think well of me. That created a lot of anxiety!
I have learned another way. It’s expressed in a favorite little prayer of mine from [...]
Continue reading Use Your Christ Shield
 By Bill Gaultiere © 1992
As a young man and a new psychologist I spent years in my own psychotherapy, getting help with anxiety and depression.
Being in therapy was the best training I could’ve received to be a therapist for others — but that’s not why I did it.
I went in therapy because I was overwhelmed with pressures to achieve, be ideal, and make other people happy. I was afraid of failure because my self-esteem was always on the line. I felt guilty if I said no to people and opportunities so I kept trying to do more and more.
I Needed a Christ’s Ambassador
Through my [...]
Continue reading Becoming “I”
 By Bill Gaultiere © 2008
Do you ever feel insignificant? Compare yourself to others and come up short? Try hard to look or do better so you can stand out? I do. But then…
I pick up the inspired prayers of the Psalmist; I follow the rhythms of the ancient prayer masters. In solitude with my Lord I pray the Psalms and walk in their paths.
Day after day, over and over, I pray the same Psalms and walk the same paths, each time seeking to reach a little deeper and go a little farther.
And the One I love speaks to my soul and helps me to [...]
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A Soul Shepherding Moment
