Notes from Greenelsh: Recent Episodes
Notes from Greenelsh
In today’s superficial and often deceptive world we all need positive, encouraging truth to guide us, train us, and assure us. I find that truth in God and I try to pass it on. As a father and high school teacher I have had the opportunity to listen to, empathize with, advise, and challenge my children and my students. This podcast captures some of those interactions. Hopefully they benefit you also.
I have tried to be genuine and open to learning from God. I also try to put the advice into practice by God’s grace and power. As a listener I hope you approach it the same way. I pray the podcast blesses you and inspires you to become all God has designed for you to be and to do for his glory. He believes in you and wants the best for you. So do I. Visit http://www.lightrunner.org for more.
The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus represent a necessary end and glorious beginning which anyone who trusts and obeys him must also experience in order to truly live.
You may be uncertain of the future, but you can be certain of God. Although his methods and timing may transcend your understanding, he will accomplish his purposes in the world and in anyone who trusts him.
Pursue a deepening relationship with God and you will not only distance yourself from danger, but you'll also enjoy a better life now and forever. In addition, you'll be able to help others do the same.
Let Jesus love through you to bear the firstfruit of love where there has been little or no love.
Have eyes to see what God has revealed through his Son, his Spirit, his word, and his creation. Then pass that life-saving truth on to others.
Trust God and each day will be better, not because the day is without problems, but because being with God is greater than whatever the day may bring.
Experience lasting victory over emotional/mental fatigue by receiving and thanking God for his salvation in Jesus.
If you are humble, open, inquisitive, persistent, and willing to change you can discover the truth and escape deception.
Let go of pursuing your own glory. Go for God's glory and in the process you will be glorified beyond imagination.
In light of Jesus' example and with his power, look beyond yourself to joyfully acknowledge, value, and help others.
Boldly follow Jesus' lead through the wisdom of his word and the power of his Spirit and he'll show you and others how to handle the challenges you face.
To grow you must admit your need for God, rely on him, allow him to change you, and then in response, love him and others as he enables you.
If you want to experience the best in life, let God change you from the inside out as you trust and obey Jesus.
Let Jesus, the Prince of peace, save you and fulfill what you lack. Then from your completeness in him extend grace and peace to others.
Withstand and prosper through the storms of adversity by relying on Jesus like a branch abides in the vine or a tree draws life from a stream.
Help others like Jesus did by using and not abusing the abilities God has graciously given you.
Make God your first love and people your second. Not for what you can get from them, but merely because they are so important and special.
Take advantage of today to bring your past and future into the fulfillment you were designed for in Jesus.
This coming year seek to grow in wisdom, stature, and favor so you help others find and follow Jesus.
Approach God with an open and trusting heart, believing that he loves you and is working for your best.
Jesus first came to save you. Accept him and share him with others. Jesus is coming again to complete all he has for you, for other believers, and for creation. Live expectantly and work toward that.
Like breathing, enjoy continual fresh, abundant, restorative life by trusting and obeying Jesus.
You and others will benefit if you approach life's experiences as opportunities rather than obligations.
Every day thank God for who he is and what he is graciously doing through Jesus to meet your needs and develop your character.
Shine with the light of Jesus, relying on him to renew you as he works to save others through you.
If you align your values with God's, he will give you the wisdom and ability to do what's right and good.
Leave your worries with all sufficient God and you will enjoy his presence, his peace, and his joy.
Your identity is found in God who created you and loves you. Only with God will you find who you are truly meant to be.
Like Jesus give of yourself. Then God will fill you with more of himself and guide you to give again.
You might feel lonely at times, but you don't have to be alone. God is with anyone and for anyone who seeks him.
Instead of worrying, complaining, or serving yourself experience God's peace and joy by giving thanks and trusting him.
Your past and future are important, but secondary to living in the present. Find true life and peace in the now with God.
Whenever you give of yourself for the glory of God and the benefit of others, God fills you again with more of himself.
Your best life is found in loving God first and letting him bless you rather than vainly striving for fulfillment on your own.
Apart from God everything eventually collapses. Turn to him to save, heal, guide, and empower you.
Let God love you into the best you are meant to be as a son, daughter, mother, or father.
By God's grace he has given you the chance to be saved from death and torment. Choose Jesus and you can enjoy abundant, everlasting life.
Learn to be faithful, available, and teachable like Jesus and you will persevere, grow, thrive, and benefit others.
Failure can knock you down, but don't let it knock you out even if it's your own fault. Let God lift you up and lead you to victory.
The most helpful direction you can look is up. Behold God and he will see you through any circumstance into a closer relationship with him.
Don't let diversions in life keep you from your missing all that you were designed to be in Jesus.
Don't let the weights of this world, your earthly desires, or the devil control you. Instead adjust your grip on life through faith by allowing God to help you handle them.
Love flows from God to us. To truly love is to commit to making the life of another better, even when it costs you dearly.
Instead of looking down, looking out, or looking in, look up to God in order to respond effectively to the positives and negatives of life.
Glow with God's glory. Radiate his love and righteousness so others can know him and his benevolence.
Praise the Lord! Jesus has died and rose again so you can be saved and joyfully live with God and for God.
When life tries to defeat you, turn to God in praise and experience his love, strength, and victory.
Don't get stuck or sidetracked in life. Keep moving forward with Jesus and then help others find and follow him.
Are you where you should be? The answer lies in whether you have a saving relationship with Jesus and if you are following where he goes.
Jesus is inviting you to abundant, everlasting life with him now and forever. Take his hand.
God calls you to a much better life than what the world offers. It is costly and seems impossible to obtain, yet God makes it possible for all who trust him.
Apart from God everyone suffers in the deadly darkness of sin. Fortunately, Jesus calls you and enables you to walk in his life-giving light.
Jesus is the best in every way that is truly important. By God's grace through faith, follow Jesus and become like him.
Receive satisfaction for your soul by coming under the protective, restorative cover of Almighty God.
Approach risks wisely and courageously especially those which impact your quality of life, your relationships, and your destiny.
If you trust and obey Jesus Christ you are blessed beyond measure. Therefore bless others through him.
Employ these offensive and defensive tactics each day to remain physically, mentally, and spiritually fit for life's battles.
Be honest, open, honorable, and just. Be someone people can trust and count on to be there for them.
God has given you all you need in Jesus. Live for him in loving thankfulness for his benevolent provision and grace.
By praying and loving you can intercede in people's lives so God can deliver them from the bondage of sin and suffering.
Love and live for almighty God who continues to rule amidst the wrongdoing of people and Satan. Then share the blessed reality of that victory with others so they too can triumph and thrive in Jesus.
Work to help everyone enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, recognizing that for these ideals to be fully experienced they must flow from people having a saving relationship with God.
Strengthen your creativity and you will improve your life, your work, and the way you deal with uncertainty.
Actively rest in God's love and provision and allow him to work through you to benefit others.
Depend on God, trusting he has the wisest plan, the almighty power, and the deepest love to do what is best for you.
Don't be overwhelmed or disillusioned with circumstances. Follow God and do good in his name and with his strength.
You can experience the wonderful touch of Jesus and then let him touch others through you.
Listening is hearing with the intent to understand and act. If you truly listen you will know better what to say and your words will more likely be received.
With the days you've been given, turn to your heavenly Father and he will strengthen and establish you.
Approach life with a sense of awe and seek to increase your discovery of God's goodness.
Allow God, the master gardener, to cut away your dead wood so you are more healthy and free to bear fruit.
God is your greatest good. Go with God and you will experience your best life. In addition, you will be of the greatest good to others.
Joyfully surrender your way of life to please God and you will be more free than you have ever been.
To operate effectively in life you need vision and execution. God supplies the best of both.
Use your resilience, skills, and love to improve your life and the lives of those around you.
As you daily accept and receive Jesus, you understand his character and mission more fully and you become more like him, experiencing his life at work in you and through you.
Find ways to acknowledge the good in others and build them up. Hopefully the encouragement will lead them closer to God.
Stop, pray, trust, and obey Jesus and he will renew you and work through you to save others.
Reflect on where you are, who you are, and why you act in relation to Jesus. Only Jesus has resurrected. Only with Jesus is there hope for your life and for our hurting world.
Jesus delivers all who trust and obey him through anything. Recognizing and being thankful for the good that God brings out of difficulty is essential to your growth.
Don't let difficulty cripple or isolate you. Listen to God then by his grace and power live up to and make the most of the truth you do know and will know.
Realize that your abilities, intelligence, and relationship with God can grow with time and experience.
God always answers the prayers of those who trust and obey him. It just might be in different way or time than you expect.
With God's help commit to work and sacrifice so others can become all God designed them to be.
Seek answers to core questions in God and he will be your vision, your way, and your hope to keep you on track and moving forward.
Blessings grow in the valley, as well as, the mountaintop. No matter what comes, depend on God and you will reap the benefits of both.
Develop vision from God regarding your relationships, decisions, and moments in order to focus on what's important in life.
Trust God to empower you to love everyone who crosses your path. Then know that he will bring good from it.
Consider the chorus of truth that sings in the breeze of man and leaves and their gold.
You can enter God’s presence through faith in Jesus and joyfully give back all you are and all you have in humble adoration.
Although you don't deserve it God uses his power, wisdom, and love to save, govern, protect, and care for you because you are dear to his heart.
Live in alignment with reality so you enjoy a quality life and can best benefit others.
When people encounter you may they be better off in some way because of the light, joy, truth, and love of God shining through you.
Remembering should draw you closer to Jesus, for he is the one who encompasses all of God's character, works, and words.
It's good to test yourself. Never be afraid to do hard things, especially ones which will move you closer to God.
Fight opposing forces to draw near to God. He is trying to prepare you for what is to come.
In the wilderness God breaks you, guides you, and builds you up reliant on him for what he has next.
God lovingly strips away at your life so you become free to find joy and fulfillment in him first.
When blesses you with a broader perspective when you follow him farther in and higher up.
Hope in God who has given you wings to soar, the strength to fly, and the wind to carry you.
From the dead of winter to new life in spring God has shared his will and his way for you in Jesus.
What you do with time determines the quality of your life, the welfare of others, and your destiny.
God uses difficulty to awaken, befriend, and equip you, as well as, enable you to empathize.
Even though you have made mistakes, God can still redeem you and bring victory in your circumstances.
Be open, available, teachable. Rely on God to let his power work through your weakness.
With God at the wheel you experience the greatest ride and reach the most awesome destination.
God uses ordinary people who believe in him to share in his extraordinary task of saving others.
God, the Grand Designer, embeds insights for us to learn in our everyday routine and interactions.
Love with a deep, rich, strong, enduring, and selfless love from God which is rooted in who you and others are.
The voice you listen to and live by will determine your relationships, your life, and your destiny.
Recognizing value in relationships or circumstances and then applying that truth to affects the core of your being.
Do not lose heart at mistakes and challenges when you are trying to do the right thing. Remain faithful, available, and teachable.
Who you hang out with and what you do should be moving you closer to God and not farther.