When people ask me what religion I am, my response is always this: What do you mean by “religion?” Most of the time, the person allows this question and will freely give their answer. After listening, I’ll then ask: “Do you know what the Bible says religion is?” Regardless of faith or belief system, not …
Scripture: “If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head and the Lord will reward you.”—Proverbs 25:21-22 “For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” —James 1:20 “For we …
Last night, on my drive home from work, I was talking to God out loud in my car about an important issue… the way men speak to women. I was a little fired up because I had recently seen a post that a lady shared of texts that were sent to her by a guy …
Dear Friends: The purpose of these Spirit-led words is to shine God’s light of truth on the greatest deception this world traps us in… and to prove to you the existence of God by asking that you receive this wisdom, and then take your own journey with Him. In your journey, you will meet Jesus, …
You thought this whole journey of life was only to grow and heal? Beloved, human life is one drop of rain… When God asked Noah to build a boat in the middle of the desert, we now know the purpose was to preserve him and his family during the great flood, but think of Noah’s life during …
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” -Hebrews 12:11 When we say to God, “I’m ready,” what we’re really saying is, “I’m worth more than this.” Asking God to change our lives often begins …
Imagine for a moment that you are sitting in an empty theater in the dark, watching the movie of your life, and Jesus comes into the theater and sits down beside you… He asks, “What are you watching? “My life,” you reply. Jesus says, “You know, there are other movies that you can watch if …
Let’s be real for a moment. It took a global pandemic to shake up our lives so much, that for the first time in our culture, people are finally opening up about their struggles without any shame, and it’s a beautiful thing! We need to unite and use this shift to dig deep into generational …
When I was 8 years old, my family was downtown browsing the shops one Saturday afternoon, when I said to my dad, “I have to go to the bathroom… do you know where I can go?” He looked around, pointed to a nearby restaurant and said, “Go in there and ask if you can use …
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 …
A beautiful blessing that is given to all of us from our Creator is the power to be like Him in certain ways. I believe this was designed to help us understand and connect with Him, and to bring Him into our world through our own acts. Throughout the Bible, we read countless stories about …