Prophetic Word and Painting for 2020
God is our abundance, and in Him we have everything- including our identity. We find who we are in our constant discovery of Him.
God is our abundance, and in Him we have everything- including our identity. We find who we are in our constant discovery of Him.
It is a choice to take this on and to get rid of old thought patterns that will no longer serve us. To make room for what will move us forward.
Two boats… left there.
Eventually, we begin to lose sight of God’s reality and value for our lives. We actually begin to believe we are capable of doing life on our own.
But what happens when I run out of coffee, have no plans to go camping, and my always delightful kids are making me crazy? Does my joy diminish?
So why yes, man at Costco, I am trying to prove something to this world. My children are proof that God’s ways are good. That He is multigenerational.
Worshiping God is the most precious thing to me. No matter where I am, it instantly becomes my “thin place” where I can look beyond what I see in the natural.
God’s will for you will never lead you to embrace so tightly to things that take your eyes off Him. His good spirit will lead us to even ground.
He is reminding all of Christendom in the epochs yet to come that the Lord is lovingly attentive to those who are enduring unimaginable pain.
Jesus of Nazareth was not remotely predictable, and that perhaps intrigued me more than anything. While many others dismissed him or dreamed of silencing him, I dreamed of conversing with him.
As we do our part to stay close to Him, He will be able to live through us with so much ease it will become effortless.
Because I pray. In fact, I have eaten more carpet fibers at the altar while praying, yet I am still waiting…. waiting for my breakthrough…my miracle.
When something about us makes us feel unworthy to worship, we must hear His words, “Stretch it out to me.”
If you find yourself among the wordless warriors this New Year, don’t lose heart. Instead, let’s look, together, at these words:
To answer their charges, Jesus introduced one of the most important facts about the Kingdom of God: Jesus is Lord of all—including the Sabbath!
Life’s greatest riches make themselves known when non-essentials are stripped away.
When it comes to what Jesus can do, there are no ceilings and all rooftops must yield to those who come to Him in determined faith.
Compassion and power rose up in Jesus, a compassion deeper than the wounds within the man and a power greater than the wounds on the surface.
Don’t you know who this Jesus is? “Get out of the boat!” Step out onto those waves in faith and don’t you dare take your eyes off of Jesus.
If I had stepped back far enough, I would have seen that God hadn’t dropped the ball, but that He’d had His hands on it the whole time.
It was no longer the stuff of metaphor and imagination; the kingdom was now in flesh, to be seen and heard, touched and handled. This Kingdom had a King.
There will be times of sunshine and times of rain—we have days, and we have nights, and when we go through each season, we know they will faithfully return.
This same Jesus who turned away from pride, position, and false worship resides in us by the Spirit to enable our humility, servanthood, and true worship.
The deep waters are the breeding ground for intimacy with God. It’s here we receive a glimpse into the windows of heaven.