Jim Gleason

Victory In Jesus Christ

Plans Fizzle

How many times do we make plans and they don’t work out as we thought? This happens to me all the time. I am a great idea guy but the follow through is weak. While I am just one person, we can see the same thing happen on a national and global level. Governments comeContinue reading “Plans Fizzle”

Counsel of the Lord

Never Changes

My opinions can change over time and most have. Relationships change over time and may become more or less intimate. Laws change, politics change, social norms change, fashion changes, and the economic environment certainly changes. But God never changes. He has no need or desire to change, as He is, was, and always will beContinue reading “Never Changes”

Steadfast Love

Friends Versus Companions

Because I am socially awkward, I have never made a lot of friends. However, I have always had a close group of a select number of friends. I could count on these close friends for encouragement, acceptance, assistance, and love. Proverbs 18:24 says, “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there isContinue reading “Friends Versus Companions”

Closer Than a Brother

The Lord Is Patient

I have noticed that I am more likely to extend a kindness to another person when I have recently received kindness or I have received kindness from the same person to whom I am extending kindness. I am appalled that I am so selfish and unkind. Matthew 18:26 says, “So the servant fell on hisContinue reading “The Lord Is Patient”

Love Is Patient

Fear Limits Power

Have you ever been faced with trying something new but you let your fears keep you from doing it? When we do that, we limit what we can do and what can be done through us. Exodus 9:16 says, “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so thatContinue reading “Fear Limits Power”