My Closing Comments

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1)

         

Michael’s book is available through:

ABIDING LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Littleton, Colorado

(303) 972-0859       www.abidinglife.com

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My Closing Comments

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you…

Philippians 1:3

     It has been my privilege and joy to spend the last 7 years making a weekly post on this blog to bring Volume One of My Weakness for His Strength by Michael Wells to any and all who would take a moment to sign up to get an email of each post, or simply go to the blog page…and to encourage and get others to do so.

     I first thank God for bringing His Truth to me through His servant, Michael Wells, and his wife, Betty, and Abiding Life Ministries Int’l. I thank God for bringing Michael, Betty, and all the ALMI ministry partners into my family members’ lives. Wow! What a trip these last 20+ years have been!

     And I thank God for bringing all the folks He has brought across our paths during this time. Each and every one of you have been a blessing and encouragement. I am unable to know how many have signed up to receive the weekly emails, but there have been almost 30,000 page hits, and that will continue to climb I am sure.

     One thing is certain, God is Love, God is Truth,  God is _______ … and He is ALL that to each and every Saint who is Born Again (1 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:1-7). We are a blessed family of God.

     My wife, Barbara, and I are currently working to put some materials in book form that will be available on Kindle and Amazon shortly. If the Lord leads you to seek out those, well, amen.

     Our prayer for everyone is that you enjoy and know that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6).

Lee & Barbara McDowell

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NOTICE: another blog on Michael Wells’ book, Sidetracked In The Wilderness, called Getting Out of the Wilderness.  You can access by logging onto www.leemcchristianministries.blogspot.com

Lee McDowell Christian Ministries

(email) leemccm@gmail.com

(website) www.leemccm.wixsite.com/lmcm    

P.O. Box 633244   Nacogdoches, TX 75963              936-559-5696

Day 366 - Your True Nature

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - # 362

         

Michael’s book is available through:

ABIDING LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Littleton, Colorado

(303) 972-0859       www.abidinglife.com

Notice:  this email is part of a BLOG, called Living Life With a Capital “C”.  Why a blog?  So that many can receive these thoughts in an easy manner.  If you are not getting these weekly postings via an email, go to the website: www.leemccm.blogspot.com …in the top right corner there is a place to register to receive each post.

Michael’s teaching this “day” is like a parable. An earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Soak on the Truth that is presented…

DAY 366

Your True Nature

Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. --Ephesians 4:13

In a village next to the Niger River I noticed a cage holding one lone, odd-looking eagle. All of the basic features were there, and it was white on the body, neck, and two-thirds of the wings, but the end of the wings and the head were black. I was told, “That is a white eagle.” That seemed confusing, with the black coloring on the wings and the whole head. Then it was further explained, “It is a young white eagle; as the bird grows, the white will push its way to the tip of the wings and beak. The mature bird will be completely white in the end.” Again, all things created are preaching Jesus. The DNA of the bird dictates that it will be a white bird. As the bird grows, it expands into what it really is in fact: a white eagle. It does not become a white eagle; it is a white eagle, even when the black is on it. Growth and maturity will force out what does not belong to the very nature of the bird. 

The head is where thoughts of the flesh hide in hopes of manifesting themselves. The black on the wings represent our unbelief, the only thing associating us with earthly living. Would it in any way be possible to stop the growth of this bird? No, but if it remains caged, the expression and exercise of its growth and maturity would not be seen. This white eagle gives me hope. First, it will grow, and what it is will be revealed; it has no choice in the matter. Second, God will not keep it captive. There will be a mounting up in the fullness of time.

Imagine giving birth to a child if its actual growth was in your hands and it was up to you to make it grow. Would you not be a nervous wreck? You cannot make a child grow, for that is God’s work. Likewise, you do not make yourself grow spiritually! That is God’s work, a work that He has ordained by writing into your very DNA that you are a child of God; Christ’s life is written into your very nature. In the end, you cannot make one hair [one feather] black or white. Your “color” is the outgrowth of the new nature that He has given you.

By the way, eagles devour the serpent and are feared by all the other little creatures that sneak about. 

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        

Red – GP, Greatest Promises

Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory

It behooves us to take some moments to realize all God has been doing, and is doing, to reveal our true nature, and recognize the growth of our true nature over the years.

It also behooves us to admit that we cannot MAKE ourselves grow spiritually…that is God’s work. Well, amen. We seek Him/Truth, and He reveals and adds growth.

As Michael would always say, “Beautiful!”

To access ALL past weekly blogs, go to Living Life With a Capital “C” by logging onto www .leemccm.blogspot.com 

NOTICE: another blog on Michael Wells’ book, Sidetracked In The Wilderness, called Getting Out of the Wilderness.  You can access by logging onto www.leemcchristianministries.blogspot.com

Lee McDowell Christian Ministries

(email) leemccm@gmail.com

(website) www.leemccm.wixsite.com/lmcm    

P.O. Box 633244   Nacogdoches, TX 75963              936-559-5696