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This week I am pausing my series about Satan’s tricky, intrusive memories so I can address a huge complaint atheists have about God’s promise for peace. This week a pastor spoke about a university professor, an atheist, who said he could not believe in God, because he felt God had failed to keep his Christmas … Read more No Peace on Earth this Christmas?
We cannot hide from our feelings, but we must not let them control us. We do not get in touch with our feelings, because they speak the truth, since they may lie (Jer. 17:9, “The human heart is desperately wicked, who can really know it?”) But we must remember we will always bring our feelings … Read more Caution Getting in Touch with Feelings
I want to remain Spirit-filled, but I used to feel guilty when I read verses like this one Paul wrote in Phils. 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.” I have made many false assumptions about this verse and then heaped criticism upon myself for not living up to the … Read more Not that Spirit-Filled
Reading John chapter 15, I winced as I thought of how God prunes things out of my life. Yet I know God only takes away things that I do not need, even things I call “good.” Let’s look at how God can take away things we want or think we need, yet God is not … Read more God’s Pruning: Giving up the Good to Pursue the Best
You can find someone who can do nearly everything better than you, except the most essential skill: being yourself. No one can do a better job of being you than you. Perhaps you don’t mean much to the world, but you mean the world to your loved ones. Despite all their gifting, the wealthiest, prettiest, … Read more Others can do Everything Better than You? Not Everything!
When we feel afraid, we can still pray boldly. We may think these prayers are not bold, because we may not have bold personalities. We may think that crying out in pain or asking God for answers is not as bold as asking God to give us the courage to speak to huge crowds (especially … Read more Bold Prayers for Timid Hearts
I have yearned to pray boldly and then go witness boldly like Elijah in Scripture. But sometimes I hit resistance to this goal. During times of joy and peace, I felt powerful in the spirit and prayed for the ability to share the Gospel fearlessly, and then I actually did so! But soon after this … Read more Praying Boldly not Always Speaking Boldly
Join me as I expand my earlier post, “Imposter Syndrome.” If you missed it, be sure to read it. Some of us have believed imposter-lies in three broad areas. These include believing that others are sinless and thus better than us, that God cannot cleanse us of our past sins, and that we are a … Read more Imposter Syndrome, part 2
During this election, many worldly people scoff at Christians. Bad propositions and unjust politicians are up for vote, and Christians who oppose them receive the world’s scorn as it calls us fools, intolerant, bigots, and any other bad name they can think of. But remember God’s perfect plan, because His wisdom will prevail. Now please … Read more God’s Wisdom vs. the World’s “Wisdom”