Down the Rabbit Hole: Revelation the Book of Sight
What do you feel when you look out at the world? Not the world, meaning the Grand Canyon, or sunset beaches, but the world system. Do you feel excitement, hope? If so, God wants you to feel differently.
Matthew’s Gospel: Wineskins
The Covenants before the Jesus Covenant, those of Noah, Abraham, Moses, and King David, could not rightly be called flexible. Worship happened in specified times and places with prescribed sacrifices given in great detail.
A House of Prayer: We are a People Whose Very Breath is Determined by Prayer
You are God’s house of prayer! God has chosen to continually shape and create His world through the power of prayer. The more vibrant and active a singular house of prayer becomes, the better the world will be.
Jesus’ Words from the Cross: a Word of Personal Need
Here He is...the Source of Living Water...asking for a drink! That reminds me of another time Jesus was thirsty...and it was a thirst that ended up quenching thirsty souls.Matthew’s Gospel: Forgiven
Like all the other times, it happened. The man’s frozen legs began to limber. Bones started popping so loud the people heard them. With a few stretches of his newly loosened limbs the man stood up to the amazement of the crowd.Matthew’s Gospel: Possession
The violence of their madness disturbed the peace of this formerly quiet village. No one could control them.
10 Daily Questions to Strengthen Your Marriage
Pride and stubbornness prevent us from apologizing when we’re wrong. The internal argument usually goes like this, “Well, she was more wrong than I was. I’ll apologize when she does.” But this is the wrong attitude. God holds us accountable for our sinful behavior regardless of someone else’s.
Her Hands Are a Piece of Home
Her hands, small with wrinkles that crawl up her arms and into her smile, have so many stories to tell.
Facing Caiaphas
Jesus breathed unfathomable power into the simplest of words, knowing that they would endure long after the High Priest had returned to dust!Matthew’s Gospel: Obedience
We are told only that he came to Jesus as a turning point in his life. "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go."
The Day My Foster Son Leaned Into Me
Andrew won’t remember this moment, and God willing his body will forget the scarring on his heart. But for these past three years he has carried the trauma.
Fighting the Budget War
What appeared to be financial bondage turned out to be financial freedom. For the first time in our lives, we didn’t have to wonder where the money would come from.
Intimacy
In the physical, it is a common thing for people who have received an organ from another person to have memories from that person’s life. When we partake of our Father’s blood in the blood of Jesus, I believe we are also given access to His memories, His thoughts toward us, the plans He made for us from before the...Matthew’s Gospel: Willing
The Bible makes it clear that Jesus is still the same today—He is still willing!
A Spirit of Idleness Is Coming Off God’s People
Begin to prophesy over the areas that have been targeted by the enemy to render you idle. Prophecy the purposes of God over your body, your soul and your spirit. Prophecy the restart of your life and calling!
What I Learned About Procrastination While Writing a Blog About Procrastination
My perfectionist/analytical mind is my worst critic. My thoughts can be so critical that the barriers they create seem as insurmountable as a brick wall. It caps off creativity, confidence, and keeps me from seeing the other side.Matthew’s Gospel: Building
To follow Christ and live in relationship with Him is not to live a life without storms. Storms come to everyone. Rains descend on everyone. Winds beat against and flood waters rise on everyone. The difference is in the foundation.
Three Things God Says About COVID-19
If I were to offer any advice during this time of social distancing it would be this. Use this time to read the Bible. Y’all! There’s a wealth of truth and wisdom from the Lord inside those pages. Let them be a healing balm to your worried soul. Let them guide your decisions so that fear doesn’t lead you, but His...
Lenten Meditation: Eulogize Your Living Loved One
We busily go through our lives, often thinking many kind thoughts and feeling loving, appreciative sentiments for our loved ones, but not stopping to put words and voice to them…nourishing the soul of ones we love.Matthew’s Gospel: Fruit
”All of life is a stage.” So said Shakespeare and it is true. People present themselves to the world as if they occupied a permanent proscenium. For so many this is empty theatrics, a carefully choreographed illusion with no substance beyond self, no message except ”me” and no content but conceit.
The Only Love That Makes Sense
Such love. That was what brought me to tears. Such peace at having my Heavenly Father direct my steps. That’s what had caused my emotional outpouring.