(ThyBlackMan.com) These last few weeks have been quite the battle! Spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. I’ve dealt with so many shifts in my life throughout the year. I’ve had to ask and answer some very difficult questions regarding my own spiritual practice. I grew up in the Christian faith… I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How often do you come across great advice that you process immediately as being for you? Ironically many of us see advice, or wisdom, and though it should be screaming at us…our minds immediately turn to the person we feel should have the information. In many ways this isn’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The hot phrase today constantly reminds us that the “struggle is real”. Most perceive life as a vicious cycle of trials, tribulations and hardships. We look at others who we perceive to have more material possessions than us and wonder what’s so special about them. We wonder why are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2 ESV I want to say from the outset that I want all that Christ has and wants for me. When it comes to our ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The quest for fire, it has long been the goal of man ever since his expulsion from the Garden. Its ever-glowing radiance is not only a metaphor for passion, but for warmth and innovation and the divine insight of wisdom. No doubt man got his first look at it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am going to clear this up right now, regardless of what you have heard and regardless of what you want to believe. I find that most people who believe you can lose your salvation (1) do not overstand the difference between religion and relationship, (2) do not overstand ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Prov 21:3 HCSB It’s interesting that the very thing instituted by God would by men become a hindrance and a stumbling block. It seems to have been that way from the beginning that’s repeated in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV “Orbis non sufficit”, or the world is not enough is more than a family crest and theme depicted within the fictional ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As humans we tend to think that we need to figure everything out on our own by over thinking situations, giving in to concerns that we have no control over, and finding excuses as to why we cannot accomplish goals we have set for ourselves in fear of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” Psalms 110:1 The devil is the first image generally considered as it concerns an enemy of God. The Bible presents him as the accuser of the brethren and an opposer to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “This hill, though high, I covet to ascend; The difficulty will not me offend. For I perceive the way to life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let’s neither faint nor fear. Better, though difficult, the right way to go, Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 1 Peter 2:23 ESV When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. Much has been seen and said about Jesus, the “Suffering Savior.” Many books are published detailing His atonement, the ...