If I reach for God in prayer, He never maintains any distance. He is quick to connect with me. It is His great joy to hold me up. He cradles my prayers because He values me. I can’t claim that I earned His care or that in my corner of the world, I caught His…
The dark of Sin and Suffering and Death once encompassed and ruled the earth. It was the inevitable fate and ending for every person before Jesus. Very rarely, God made an exception, but it was always due to His action and not the worthiness of the individual. For everyone else, darkness would always rule with…
It really is hard to write about this. I can say that love is the most important thing. Yet my life is not always a reflection of that. I’m a hypocrite. It isn’t that I fail to love all the time. But I can’t say that everything I do is done in love. …
It makes sense that your heart would be in the same place with whatever you treasure. Your heart is the center of your being and it needs to be in proximity with what you value most. Sometimes, I get it right, but other times, I misplace my heart. I look away from my treasure and…
God is interested in partnering with us. He never intended to save us and then have a hand’s off attitude. He wants to give us every chance to succeed. He always had it in mind to give us a Great Power. The Spirit of the Living God descended onto earth because of a promise Jesus…
Darkness is prevalent. Wherever there is a corruption of what is good and right, darkness settles. You might be living your best life, but if you have any interactions with other humans, it’s guaranteed you’ll hit patches of darkness. If you chose to live a solitary life on a remote mountain, you might avoid a…
Blogs are so wordy and self serving sometimes. I don’t even like to say I have a blog. It sounds ordinary and common. Not every blog is like this. I hope mine isn’t but how would I really know? They’re my words that I am putting down. When I am typing them, they sound fine….
My life is made up of positives and negatives and my outlook fluctuates according to which of those two I concentrate on. For example: gratitude for my job, or frustration I don’t have more time off? That is a mild comparison. What if you are battling a serious illness, or you are in financial…
This is the statement that needs to be reiterated at the Enemy every single time you feel hopeless or outranked. He can’t win. It’s already been decided. Meanwhile, situations overwhelm and loom large. You may feel lost and bewildered maybe even alone and misunderstood, but this simple statement can disarm the Enemy’s efforts. I won’t…
Yea, there isn’t one. You couldn’t perform well enough no matter how good of shape you’re in, to win grace. That, alone takes off the pressure. There’s such a fine line between grace and obedience. If you lean too far either way, you can become deceived. You don’t want to abuse grace, but you also…