This relationship we can have with God is of paramount importance, and although God is often called “Father” so many people go off track here, right at the beginning. God bless you and thanks for the comment. If a friendly acquaintance of yours stopped by your house and said, “Hey, for seven days, we have to march around the abortion clinic up the street. Precautions that could keep wedding guests safe during the pandemic, CDC Recommends NO Trick-Or-Treat, Trunk-Or-Treat, I’ll Be Here For You – Coronavirus Friends Parody, Is it illegal to hang your face masks on your rearview mirror, Reverse Trunk or Treat, Reverse Trick or Treat, The Legend of Jack o’ Lanterns and Their Evil Roots, Snoopy, Peanut’s Gang no longer to be aired on ABC. Proverbs 3:5-6, Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

(see also, a person, above), For instance. ( Genesis 28:15) Nine times out of ten, God is our spare tire. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. Where is it you are wandering now? ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. No matter what you are facing, what lies behind, or ahead, start putting your faith and trust in God, because one way or another, He will work it out. Remember, He can’t go against our own will.

I am republishing this February 23, 2015 and adding it to the Road Signs of the Bible Series. Or do you count on Him even when things are going as they should be? The very fact that the psalmist views God as his steering wheel rather than his spare tire guarantees success. If I’m sick all the time, and my sickness is caused by smoking, I once saw a sign in front of a church that has stuck with me for many years. I am offended that we, as a society, would even denegrate the one and only God to a metaphor of car parts. . This analogy can go on and on with many parts of our walk with Christ. He will not leave us, but will keep His promises concerning us.

We try to fix everything ourselves first, then we turn to God for His help.

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I’m hoping out of everything on the list above, you were honest with yourself. God wants to break down the walls that keep you outside of the place He wants you to be. He doesn’t believe that God is unable to help him, he knows he can and he goes to him first. What if someone recognized you? Don’t just pray when you need Him.

Let us always keep our walk with Christ like a steering wheel and never a spare tire! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. After you listen, you must be willing to obey…take that chance, no matter how silly or strange it seems. Grace-based prayer flows out of trust. Because I assure you, if you lean on, Right now, we live in a land flowing with poison.

Your house? Prayer is our spiritual steering wheel—a vital part of our spiritual journey—it’s not at all like our spare tire, which of course is for emergencies only. God always has a plan, but we have to know this, without a doubt, no matter how things might seem. Oh, how thoughtless of me.

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They probably had many questions as to why they were to do something so seemingly silly. Do we only go to church when we are in need or read the Bible only when we are in need and use the Bible and Church like a spare tire? The, Oh, how thoughtless of me. Among these noxious ingredients are: hatred, strife, bitterness, unforgiveness, witchcraft, sickness, disease, false doctrine, murder, abuse, deceit, lust, sexual immorality, jealousy, idolatry, addiction, accusation, judgment, bitterness, adultery, scorn, ridicule, laziness, greed, hypocrisy, fornication (spiritual/physical), selfishness, occult practices, the spirit of Antichrist, lukewarm thinking and living, fear, doubt, pride, unbelief, worry, disrespect for authority, rebellion, and many more. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. He is ready to bless us when we honor and please Him.

When we cry out to Him, He hears. like a steering wheel or a spare tire? That is at least the watermark used on the graphic. Start leaning on God today. Yes, you heard me right, poison–spiritual, soul-killing, and, A spouse, a family member, or a friend?
We’ll just look like a bunch of idiots!” But God had a marvelous purpose in this, and they did obey…and the walls fell.

It’s a shame.

We don’t mean to do it. His love is deeper and wider than anything we can imagine. Cease From Striving. We need to correct this. This has since been discovered, and dated, by archaeologists, and is consistent with the timing, historically, of the Biblical account.

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He sure is! I first published this July 2, 2013. Let me give you a good example.

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There’s more than enough, and it never runs out. but I don’t need any spares, thank you, because He is enough. But it’s not just our pride that causes us to do this, it is also because allowing God to help us usually means we have to give up a couple of things: ourselves, our wills (desires, wants, control, etc.

What, my friend, is your land? It relies on 24 satellites in orbit above the earth—positioned in such a way that four of them will always be above the horizon, anywhere on the earth.

Steering wheel, engine, GPS . Your family? Is your prayer life, walk with Christ, reading the Bible, etc. To return to the GPS analogy, prayer gives us our true spiritual bearings, the sense of direction that enables us to live lives of hope, filled with joy, knowing that we can absolutely trust the directions we receive so that we might navigate the hazards of life’s journey. I would like you to take just a moment before you read on to ponder the above verse, as well as the first sentence in this article. Even the people of Jericho thought they had lost their minds. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Change ). © Copyright Plain Truth Ministries. Don’t keep your relationship with him tucked away for a rainy day, utilize your relationship with him every day! Prayer helps direct us, it reminds us of where we are going, as that old book whose title I’ll never forget said, If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You’ll Probably End Up Somewhere Else. SHARING STRUGGLES , Shaping Spiritual Solutions! Who has time to march around like a bunch of nuts and blow a trumpet?

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The GPS receiver often includes a display screen showing a map, giving the result of the signals received by the onboard computer. Corrie Ten Boom once asked, “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?” When she compared prayer to a steering wheel, I’m relatively certain that Corrie Ten Boom didn’t know anything about a modern GPS system—the navigational system many people have in their cars today. It read, “Is God your steering wheel, or your spare tire?” Have you ever taken the time to think about this?
Would you worry what people might think if they happened to drive passed and see you among the group? You know the same can be true for our Bibles, going to church, etc.