by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
HEBREWS 11:1-6 In Someone Else’s Hands “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6). “The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). When we become servants, we really are...
by Phill Butler | A-Partnership-Case Studies, A-Partnership-Getting Started, A-Personal Spiritual Journey, A-Scriptural Reflections
Nehemiah: Chapters 1-8. The story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of desolate Jerusalem is the greatest case study of the power of partnership in the Bible. In the time of global crisis we face Nehemiah’s story is highly relevant. In the sectors where our...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
MATTHEW 18:21-35 Day 1 • Forgiveness—a Process “Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? … Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times’” (Matthew...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
Day 1 Invisible makes visible “And God said, “Let there be light,’ and there was V light.” (Genesis 1:3) STAND ON A CLOUDLESS DAY and look at the beauty of a magnificent rose-or into the face of someone you love. The richness of those sights and the responses...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
PHILIPPIANS 2:1-6 Day 1: The Principle of Paradox Taking the very nature of a servant…he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place” (Philippians 2:7-9). A man is tallest when he kneels—so...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
Day 1 “Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified” (John 12:23). PARADOX: Death is normally thought of as tragedy. Jesus suggested that His death would be His entrance to real glory. The echoes of the shouting crowd...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
Day 1 Invisible makes visible “And God said, “Let there be light,’ and there was V light.” (Genesis 1:3) STAND ON A CLOUDLESS DAY and look at the beauty of a magnificent rose-or into the face of someone you love. The richness of those sights and the responses...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
2 CORINTHIANS 4:7-18 Day 1 · Present and Future “Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18). God’s promises of future...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
In The Journey of Faith We Only See The Back Side. Only HE sees the front. A four week study It is a big, complicated world. Have current events caught God off guard? Can we trust ourselves to His hands? Are you ready to put yourself in the hands of...
by Phill Butler | A-Personal Spiritual Journey
I guess you could say I’ve been a serial entrepreneur. I’d never thought of it as expressly being a Holy Spirit directed thing. In my case it seemed to be more of sickness that got diagnosed one night after dinner a few years ago when I was 67. For years I’d been...
