God never speaks about satan in the Bible as being powerless here on Earth, nor does He minimize the capacity for evil to grip our lives. In fact, God refers to satan as the “prince of the world.” That’s a grand title, and for a reason. While in Heaven, the enemy is nothing more than …
Dear Christian: I know you because you are me. I recognized you the moment our hands touched in peace and I felt the same scars on your fingertips as mine… from setting the same fires and trying to escape the same hell. When our eyes meet, identical images play between us like a film in …
There is an ongoing conversation about the heart vs. the mind, and for a good reason. Let’s discuss this by comparing two Bible scriptures, and looking at how both are true and equally important in our walk with God. JEREMIAH: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I …
Do you feel that? That earthquake deep inside your soul… It rattles your ribcage and inflates your lungs. It’s electricity… it shocks your heart into a knowing, into a clarity, into a new day. That moment when you can feel each atom of your body becoming… Becoming a galaxy, a wave of energy, a beat… …
Have you ever looked into the eyes of someone else and saw your own reflection? Perhaps God designed us like this for a purpose. Oftentimes, we’re so fixated on perceiving with our earthly eyes and ears, that it can be a challenge to see through a person’s outer shell to the soul inside. If we …
“There’s nothing more precious in this world than the feeling of being wanted.” -Diana Dors Faith is not a thing we find along the shore line one day, somewhere among the broken shells and pieces of glass, to pick up and put in our pockets as if we have discovered some treasure floating in the …
Let’s cut to the point— In John 8, a woman was caught in the act of adultery, and her accusers put her in the streets to punish her: death by stoning. The crowd got rowdy and fully expected Jesus to side with them, but instead, something amazing and inhuman happened. Pause. I say inhuman because …
“Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer.” – Romans 12:12 Sometimes I feel mentally and emotionally trapped in between worlds and unable to clear my mind. In terms of writing, it’s called “writer’s block,” however, this experience of feeling stagnate happens to everyone from time to time. As a writer, in order …
Most of us have heard the phrase, “You’re not afraid of failure, you’re afraid of success,” but there’s something that can happen to us at the midpoint that we don’t talk about often. One would conclude that if results are happening, success is inevitably right around the bend; however, “if this, then that” thinking can …
“Your own ears will hear Him. Right behind you a voice will say, ‘This is the way you should go,’ whether to the right or to the left.” – Isaiah 30:21 If you want to know why God brings certain trials into your life, just ask Him. Or, you could ask yourself this: As a …
Christians talk a lot about being blessed, and while that’s great, we can’t forget to remain on guard from attacks even when (especially when) blessings are coming our way. Because the truth is, it’s easy to be blind-sided by the enemy while we’re off prancing through blessings like a spiritual gazelle, layering ourselves with feel …
One way that we can be sure God is speaking to us is when it forces us to dig deeper into learning about ourselves, creates a layer of learning more about Him, or strengthens our relationship with Him. Lately, God has been creating scenarios for me where I have to exercise the wisdom He gives …