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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”
Satan tricks us to seek what we don’t have instead of what God has already given us. This lack of contentment hurts people, from Adam and Eve’s rebellion with the Tree of Knowledge, to Cain’s murdering his brother Abel due to coveting the praise Abel received. Satan takes our eyes off what we have, like … Read more Contentment, Real Riches
Satan hates God most of all. He only hate humans because God made us and loves us. While Satan’s main target is God, not us, Satan will target people, especially those who love and serve God. We must realize this truth so we don’t take Satan’s attacks personally nor misdirect our spiritual warfare against the … Read more Satan’s #1 Target? God, Not Us
No one can take away our joy in Christ. Some people would like to steal our joy, but not even the devil can steal it, unless we let him. People might cause us terrible pain, but we can still have joy. And while some think God destroys our joy when he allows pain in our … Read more Joy!