Because thinking like Jesus is HARD, sometimes.
Francis Frangipane, in his book, “The Three Battlegrounds,” says, “the devil traffics in unconfessed sin.” This is so true. We will sometimes carry things for years as our own struggles, living forever in cycles of guilt, shame, confession, forgiveness, stumbling, guilt, shame… and yet, until we are brutally honest about our constant struggles with another … Read more
There is a post in “The Times” out of the U. K. that outlines a plan to send 300,000 new bibles into Iran. It is true. Jesus is alive, is very real and very much on the move around the world. The chinese church is currently mobilizing 1,000,000 missionaries to evangelize the Muslim people in … Read more
Being “Still” Is Not Doing Nothing Being still before the Lord is not inactivity. It is refined activity. Being still is choosing to “do nothing,” but not with the idea of merely shutting your brain off and disengaging to relax or unwind; it is a purposeful disengaging from all the “busyness” of life that distracts … Read more
There are times in life where trusting God is difficult, because we do not always understand what God is doing. There is a part in every one of us that recognizes what it is to see justice, and that part of us sometimes causes us to be angry when we see that someone is getting … Read more
No one is beyond saving. That was the headline in a recent story from YWAM (Youth With A Mission) about an ISIS fighter who came to Jesus after a dream he had, in which Jesus said to him, “you’re killing my people.” Nabeel Quereshi (author of the book, “Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus“) talks in that book about … Read more
Every once in a while I will read something in a book that will grip my attention. And when I do, I stop reading and reflect on it. I think when something jumps out at you, it just might be God trying to get your attention. All too often in prayer, we tend to try to … Read more
This popped up in my news feed. Thought it was worth while. This one should make you feel good…keep praying, and maybe we still have hope in our world. There’s hope for humanity
Most Christians have feelings and ideas about communion and what it means when we participate in communion. But do we fully grasp what it implies when we partake? What is the true meaning of communion? In the first epistle to the Corinthian Church, the apostle Paul made a very serious statement. For as often as … Read more
How do you get victory over besetting sins – a sinful habit or way of thinking? Many people know the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat over some particular struggle with sin; they feel good about themselves when they get it right; they beat themselves up over it when they get it wrong. … Read more
You Know In Your Head But It Still Doesn’t Make Sense Recently, having dinner one day while on a cruise ship, I heard conversation going on at a nearby table. “I don’t understand how this boat can float. I just can’t wrap my head around it. I get the physics behind it and everything. I … Read more