Feel Your Feelings

 
 

          A long time ago, I didn’t feel my feelings.  I didn’t bother with them.  If they became intense, I shunned them. 

To me, all desires were sinful.  And all emotions were just part of the “flesh”, not of the “spirit”.  Feelings were the enemies of God.  At the very least, they […]

Accept Your Weaknesses

 
      This will be short.
       Let me begin with one of my favorite stories…
       On her way home, a woman was walking on the sidewalk.  She saw a parrot in a pet shop window.  Upon seeing her, the parrot said, “Lady, you are really ugly!”
       Shocked, the woman walked away in […]

Learn To Forgive Yourself

 
 
       For years, I would fall into habitual sins.  And when I did, I had a hard time believing that God would still forgive me.  I was filled with disgust.  I was so fed up with my sin, I figured He was fed up with me too.  I projected onto Him my disgust and imagined […]

Love The Sinner And The Saint Within

 

 
Do You Want To Get Rid Of Your Destructive Bad Habits?  Love Yourself.
      
       Would you believe?
       I’ve been preaching for over 30 years now.
       And in the first fifteen years of my preaching ministry, from 1979 to 1994, I never once preached about “loving yourself”.  If you doubt me, look at my preaching notes and […]

Focus On Your Ambition, Not Your Addiction

 (Bo’s Note: I wrote this sometime back, and I remember people coming up to me—with tears in their eyes—telling me how these words gave them freedom from their bondages.  So I decided to share it with you again.  Enjoy and be very blessed… )
 
Focus On Your Ambition,
Not Your Addiction
 
          Have you […]

Discover What You Really Need

 

 
       Have you heard of the great Houdini?
As a young boy, I loved reading about him.  Houdini was probably the most famous escape artist in the world.  I’m not sure if the story I’m about to tell you is part legend and part history, but I find it utterly fascinating. 
Houdini boasted he could escape any […]

These Crazy Guys Already Live In Heaven

 

 
       A few months ago, God refreshed me.
I was invited to give a retreat to a group of missionary priests in Mindanao.  Believe me, these guys were the real Indiana Jones.  But they weren’t searching for earthly treasure.  They would go to the farthest, the most dangerous corners of the planet to find another kind […]

Does Heaven And Hell Start Now?

 

I believe that Heaven and Hell starts here, right here, right now.  How?  By the way you live your life each day.
Remember: Your afterlife will be a mirror image of what is in your heart.  But it will be eternally multiplied.
I know of people who are living a life of Hell on earth…
Last January, Carl, […]

3 Things That Will Happen In Heaven…

Do you have future plans of going to Heaven? 
 
(No rush going there, by the way.) 
 
I’ve never been to Heaven, but from reading the Bible and the writings of Saints and spiritual authors, let me describe three important things about Heaven…
 
1. You’ll Be Fulfilled Perfectly
 
Good News: I heard there’ll be no dieting in Heaven.  You can […]

How To Start Living In Heaven Now

 

I have an announcement to make: You’re an immortal being. 
You will never die.
This is a bit difficult to swallow because we seem to be dying already.  We see its undeniable evidence whenever we look at the mirror.  We see that a few parts of our body have started to die.
Look at your hair.  For some of us, […]