Death has never been more appealing! Jesus made this statement and because he did, mankind has hope. We have conquered mountains, space and even each other. But man has never conquered death. Anyone who decides to follow Jesus, dies to themselves, and kills off their self interested life. They are born again to a new life. That means that a Christian can make this same statement too. By dying, we defy death!
Faith. It’s that initial component of love. You wish you could predict the outcome, but there’s no way to hedge your bets. This is how it is in every instance, even in responding to God. Faith is required to believe that He truly loves us in an unprecedented way & that the Cross is the…
The heart is the absolute essence of who we are. Not even our mind, with reasoning, intelligence, knowledge, and memories can unseat that definition. It is where all love, faith, treasure, conviction, reside. The heart supercedes and dictates direction and decisions so much of the time but it is not unerring. It can’t be, since…
When your soul is lit, the flame drives you to run after your passions and dreams. You strive to achieve and you always believe. You may stumble some and you may run low at times, but you won’t give it up. It is as if you can see the fulfillment of your objective despite distance…
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…
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…
If I had the endurance and time, I know for sure, that I could list 10,000 plus reasons for Your Goodness to make Me sing. The last few days, I forgot. Even yesterday, my world was kind of grey and my spiritual compass was off. The beginning of today was starting to get a little…