UNRIGHTEOUS DECISIONS As we invite Jesus into our lives, He doesn’t leave us the same. The reason why is because we’re sinners; we have a propensity for making unrighteous decisions, and that vice needs correction. Jesus never made one bad decision in His entire life. When He was crucified for speaking the truth of His… Read More Never the Same Again: A Faithful Approach to New Life
THOSE WHO HAVEN’T HEARD OR ACCEPTED HIS CALL Wherever I go, I witness the majority of people do not display the love of God in their actions. In the majority of voices and words I hear from them, God’s love is not projected from their hearts. I sense God’s absence, His distance; not because He… Read More Rampant Spiritual Warfare: Don’t Be Deceived, Be the Church
LIFE-CHANGING THOUGHTS If today was your last day, what would you use it for? Who would you talk to, and what would you say? Where would you go, and what would you do with your last few hours? Which people would you call out to? How many people would you want to remind that you… Read More Time Is Short: Living & Loving Like Never Before
DEEP, SUBCONSCIOUS LAYERS OF RESISTANCE Some have heard the Good News of Jesus Christ presented to them in a manner that felt like judgement upon their lives, and their pre-existing guilt or shame caused them to throw away the invitation in that moment. That pre-existing guilt or shame is, for many us still—a subconscious reality:… Read More Spreading the Best Good News There is in a Hurting World
A BIGGER PICTURE OF LOVE Many people have a problem with the fact that there is suffering in this lifetime. Many people believe that due to suffering, there is no God because no all-loving God would allow suffering, since suffering doesn’t display love. But let’s slow down—are we seeing the whole picture of love? If… Read More Does Suffering Mean There Is No God?
LOSING SIGHT OF NORMAL When I was about 12 and my parents divorced, all that was normal disappeared. The very definition of normal seemed completely shattered. I no longer believed in it after that. As someone who writes about faith on this blog, one might wonder if my faith had any impact on that level… Read More Scars That Paint a Resurrection: Healing Trauma By Accepting Christ
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO DELIVER A friend of mine passed away about a month ago, she was younger than I am. Hadn’t spoken to her in years. But I was thinking eventually I would see her and we would catch up about all the time we’d missed. This wasn’t something I was planning to write… Read More Tomorrow Is Today: Let Faith Do the Talking
Have you ever heard the phrases, “Another day another dollar” or, “Just another day”? What do these have in common? They both lack perspective and heart. Why is it so important to have these about our daily lives? I’m glad you asked. GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE Today is not anything like yesterday and won’t be like anything… Read More Not Just Another Day: The Christian Response to Monotony
PURSUING THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS Seek first the kingdom of Heaven, and all these things will be added to you. Remember this from passage (Matthew 6:33)? What Matthew is saying here is very powerful. He’s telling us that when we seek God and His kingdom first, we take on new desires (from God). Many of… Read More Breaking Through the Wilderness of Sin: Finding Power in Jesus
LIKE A DOG RETURNS TO ITS VOMIT Too many people live in the shame of yesterday, hard hits from years past, the adversities and shackles of moments we relive, and the shadows we can’t seem to escape. Not many of us have the joy we’d give anything to grasp onto, and we soak in the… Read More From Insanity to Glory in the Highest: Become Alive in Christ
