Unmasking Selfishness: How It Subtly Undermines Our Lives
Regularly examining our motivations and behaviors for signs of selfishness can help us avoid the pitfalls it presents.
Regularly examining our motivations and behaviors for signs of selfishness can help us avoid the pitfalls it presents.
He is with us the whole time, and He comforts us as we go through this valley.
It doesn’t matter how old or young you are, you need to be prepared to pass your baton!
Living a life of faith requires that we shed the things the world considers important to embrace what is important to God.
A hermeneutic of beauty — one predicated on a grateful perspective, appreciative of everything as a gift.
Coming as the latter rain, covering the earth, His mercy extends.
While accurate details may be necessary in a court of law, they generally don’t matter in casual conversations with friends.
Individuals and churches have been deceived by cleverly orchestrated words to lead people into actions against God’s word.
I shall keep you safe from the destructive storms of life and surround you with Shalom Peace.
We must become passionate about what HE is passionate for.
The cross invalidated the devil’s work and annulled his power so completely as to destroy him.
Think on this.
And so it is with life—preparation for the procession qualifies us to march in peace.
Jesus’ birth was a trumpet call. A new way of doing life.
Feelings like the world often permeate the lives of believers in the church.
We are not called to live by our human reasoning, but we live in a world that is very much void of a Godly perspective in these last days.
There’s an apparent correlation between speaking out and committing suicide. Why do whistleblowers have such a high propensity for ending their own lives?
The mindset of Christ chooses to serve through humility and love rather than justice and self-righteousness.
Overflowing.
I quickly got sucked into the mystery and Alex and Nathan work against the clock.
Christmas time is such a perfect opportunity to show our kids what grace truly looks like.
Speaking carelessly can produce the feeling of defeat, not victory.
PROPHESY your way out of the old grave clothes and step into the NEW GRACE CLOTHES that I have for you in this new season.
God is going to manifest SEEDS from your FRUIT and cause those seeds to take root in the lives of others.
I can’t help but think maybe He is stripping away the worldly trappings of this season so I can focus on what really matters.
Glory to You.
If you decide to get back up and try again, then you have not failed!
Let’s consider if our programs are quenching the Holy Spirit and dishonoring Jesus.
Peace (shâlôm) means to be happy, healthy, rested, and secure in God our Father.
You are to become the weight of His glory and power over those things that have been burdening you.
One purpose of the early creeds of the Church was to hold people to the foundational truths of their faith.
While we have allowed society to remove God, Satan has moved in.
Making a difference.
Reformers laid down their lives in a bloody spiritual war to get the written Word of God in the hands of everyday people in their own language.
More than ever, I understand that shadows are evident because His Light still shines in the darkness.
If anger grows in our hearts, unchecked, it turns to bitterness and being hateful. When that happens, the anger is now controlling us.
Remember, these spirits have no power over you and they will continue to break under the power and authority of God.
How does one even comprehend that the King of Glory has His eyes fixed upon us?
The Holy Spirit is called “the Helper” because He helps us through the process of restoration and uses us to help others.
In Him.
Not only can you as a parent develop your child’s joy center, but you can also strengthen your own joy muscle!
His Divine birth gave us worth now we’re forever joined as one.
He is coming most humbly before Almighty God to seek mercy for Israel and himself.
Even if my body wasn’t being physically healed yet in the way I expected, my soul and spirit were being radically healed and transformed.
It is the release of God’s love and His promised provision that we will prophesy when natural systems begin to fail.
We step over the line and move from head-knowledge to heart-knowledge, from being born of water in the natural to being born again in the Spirit.
Choosing to quit God’s plan for our lives is not an option for those He has called.
No matter who we are or how well we have it or how spiritually mature we are, we all need a shepherd.
I have heard your heart cries, and I not only have an appointed time for all things — but I AM always on time.
In Christ, there really is no “average” day because every day is miraculous.
Time, itself, is an inadequate descriptor of who God is and what He is doing.
My heart is bound to be crushed and even kicked to the curb because Jesus never promised me deliverance from pain in this life.
The God-ordained people who intersect our lives are a blessing and an encouragement.
You must be willing to ask yourself if the actions you are doing show your belief in God or deny your belief in God.
A love revolution will turn the powers of darkness that hold a generation captive on their heads in these days.
If we get too tidy and limiting in our expression of faith, we will not expect the power of God to come.
I’ve learned that giving new endeavors time helps me determine whether I was sensing God’s direction or feeling only human excitement.
Eyes on Him.
When the prophets saw into the future glories of Christ, they briefly tasted the greatness of what it would be like on the other side of His coming.
We can have peace knowing that the One who guided the star will guide us, no matter our circumstances, to inner peace and a glorious ending.
The Lord is standing right there with you in the midst of the trials of life.
God has never changed His covenant with us and our yes to Him must also carry that same unchanging commitment.
What marks us is in what we think (an emblem on your forehead) and in what we do (bind them as a sign on your hand).
Every home should be built on the same foundation with the same contractor going in the same direction!
Finding humor in life.
The birth of an innocent baby is where it all began for Him.
Don’t let your vantage point, from whatever valley God is leading you through, keep you from believing that victory is coming.
Our kind and caring principles develop roots at home before being extended to the world.
There’s rain coming, heavy rain with a Holy Spirit-driven wind.
Inscribed bullets, Monopoly money, an anguished manifesto, and familial political ties. Why does alleged killer Luigi Mangione’s murder scheme read like a salacious detective novel?
It’s an act of surrender, releasing your pain into God’s hands and trusting Him to bring justice in His time.
He is worthy.
Grief teaches us to hold life extremely lightly, and by this feather-hold, we live grateful.
Time to plug into His power and stop letting life render us ineffective.
We may not say a word but God’s peace is our testimony to those we meet – telling them that we trust God.
Stand on My Promises though all around you looks like sinking sand.
If you want to beat them, learn how to play their game.
God sees you in your circumstances, whatever they are, and offers you life and hope.
Process with God.
It’s God’s will for us to be holy, and that couldn’t happen with the sacrifices of the old covenant.
Jesus gives us hope when our circumstances are burying us, when we are overwhelmed, and feel overpowered by them.
What you give your attention to, you give, not only life to, but power also, good or bad.
As you press deeper into God… let the narrowing of the way bring focus, intimacy, and sacrifice to your worship.
At some point, our faith in the Lord must have a moment of decision when we choose to call upon the Lord and surrender our lives to Him.
Creation will have a clear understanding of the ultimate result of all we try to do without God.
You are not alone.
They’re speaking out for Him and listening for His plan.
Jesus is the one mediator between God and man who brings peace with God out of a relationship that was broken by our sin.
The Holy Spirit remains in us strengthening and guiding us each day…God keeps His promises!
Radical young leaders, fueled by the Holy Spirit will confront darkness head-on, bringing hope and transformation to their communities.
Nicholas showed the world, really, what it looks like to be an ambassador of the generosity of our King, bringing Heaven to earth.
God wants to lead us into beautiful, just-the-right-time moments.
The “if only” game often reveals a deep-seated need to control our lives because we doubt God’s sovereignty and goodness.
We are to be missionaries, with great patience and careful instruction.
The Church today has almost totally abrogated its moral and social responsibilities in the name of political correctness.
Those who take hold of God’s peace will always remain free no matter what happens to them.
Your heart can become an explosion of joy because of the birth of a Baby over 2,000 years ago.
Our kids will be questioned about their faith, which is why we need to prepare them ahead of time.
We the people who are governed by the Gospel, not only do not conform to the lies of Babel, but we bring forth the truth of revival.
Believers are to strive to obey God’s commands in every area of their life by the power of the Holy Spirit.