I used to work in a program where overtly talking about God was not allowed. It took me years to resolve the fact that while I couldn’t speak the name of Jesus, I could ask God to make me into a seed planter by teaching biblically-based principles and treating my clients with love and respect.
Read more..Fear saps our will power and leaves us feeling depleted and hopeless. Yet very few of us have ever experienced a defeat so complete and bitter as the one God's people faced when Isaiah shared this message of hope.
Read more..I have experienced weakness and I have cried out for help in desperate situations. I have needed to be told over and over again by the Lord to not be afraid. I have needed his reassurance. He is our God. He is Sovereign. He has ultimate power and authority.
Read more..God is your guardian, separating you from evil. So, why do bad things happen to us?
Read more..“The Christian life is a battle,” our pastor reminded us. “Don’t let anyone tell you
Read more..What is wisdom and how do we get it? Why do we need wisdom? What are the characteristics of a wise person? How will my life benefit from wisdom?
Read more..God does not describe us by our failures…or our successes—and that’s freeing because God’s love is not dependent on what we do, or fail to do. We are loved by God, not because we are perfect, but because we are His.
Read more..Are you defined by God’s grace? Your deeds don’t save you. Your deeds don’t keep you saved. Grace does. Paul said, “By the grace of God I am what I am.”
Read more..Having major surgery is no small feat, even in the best of hospitals. When I thought about how blessed I was to have a private nurse at my side, I thought of a spiritual parallel.
Read more..An eighty-something-year-old beautiful woman of God reminded me of one of the keys to living a Divinely inspired life: praising God in the midst of the most difficult, un-Kingdom-like circumstances.
Read more..