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To Please the Lord

A Soul Shepherding Moment

By Bill Gaultiere

There are two integrated movements that define my life: meditating on Jesus and obeying his words. Meditating on God’s Word is joyful intimacy with Jesus. Obeying the Lord is to please him by loving others. These are the inner and outer journeys of spiritual formation in Christ.

But many things can divert me from this path of “Being with Jesus to become like him.” One is the subtle detour of pride.

Pride and Grace

What is pride? It is not speaking of having a sense of your God-given dignity and your God-enabled capabilities, which actually is humility and manifests in emptying yourself [...]

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May 15th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Spiritual Formation

Don’t Feel Bad

Jesus' hand of mercy is open to you now!

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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January 21st, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Soul Care

A Sweet Aroma

Soul Shepherding Moments

God's words have a sweet aromaBy Bill Gaultiere © 2011

Don’t just read the Bible to get through it—let the Word of God read you and get through you.

Learning to pray the Scriptures from your heart so that you long for more of God in your life and confess your sin, hurt, stress, and needs to him is a fundamental spiritual discipline for being with Jesus to become like him. But many of us don’t know how to read the Bible this way or we let ourselves get busy and distracted.

Jeanne Guyon wrote: “Take the portion of Scripture that has touched your heart and turn it [...]

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October 10th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Spiritual Disciplines

No More Wallowing in the Mud!

By Bill Gaultiere © 2011

Peter observed a dog returning to its vomit and a pig going back to wallow in the mud and God showed him that people can be like that (2 Peter 2:22).

It’s easy to read Peter’s words and start judging people who are foolish. Why does she keep struggling with that? What’s the matter with him? He should know better than to do that! Be careful! That common response of using insight from God to judge others will distance you from the Holy Spirit and slowly drain the life out of your soul.

My Confession

So I consider Peter’s words and ask myself, “What vomit have [...]

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August 22nd, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Soul Care, Uncategorized

Content in a Swarm of Mosquitoes

By Bill Gaultiere © 2011

I just returned from four days of backpacking in Yosemite with my son David. What beauty to be surrounded by mountains, walking along streams and wildflowers, listening to birds sing, and enjoying graceful deer prancing nearby.

But perhaps the best gift God gave me came with swarms of mosquitoes!

Mosquitoes? How did God use buzzing, biting mosquitoes to bless me?

Swarmed by Mosquitoes

Let me set the scene. As we hiked 36-miles up and down mountains in the thin air at 9,000 to 11,000 feet, each of us carrying 40 pounds on our backs, we walked through some meadows filled with streams, ponds, and lakes. When [...]

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August 17th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation

Eyes of Prayer

By Bill Gaultiere © 2010

Jesus said, “If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). What we do with our eyes is really important!

The Lust of the Eyes

Continually in our world today “the lust of the eyes” tempts us (1 John 2:16) to take pleasure from looking upon someone or something that is not ours—or to be the one that is looked upon with desire. We think that no one knows about our secret looks or desires and that they’re harmless.

Lust excites our desires and provides pleasure. It also leaves us empty, guilty, and trapped in a downward [...]

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October 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Spiritual Formation