There are times in our lives when fear reaches for us. Sometimes it’s caused by our fallen nature and tendency to lean on our own understanding. Other times, it’s the enemy’s bad breath in our ears. Recently, fear struck my heart like it hadn’t in a long time, and I think it was a combination… Continue reading Pray Always That You May Be Accounted Worthy
Christians have bullseyes on their backs, and just about everyone I know right now is getting pounded by the Enemy. Sometimes it isn’t just one thing, but the multiple hits in a row that whip us up into the exact frenzy the devil loves to create. We find ourselves falling, scraping our spiritual knees. We… Continue reading Lamentations 3:22-23: God’s Mercy Is New Every Morning
“Thank goodness the air conditioning went out!” As a Texan in the middle of July, I had no idea that these words would ever come out of my mouth. Unfortunately, that sentence of gratitude came after a lot of other sentences that, on hindsight, look suspiciously like murmuring and complaining. See, as is often the… Continue reading Stop Murmuring and Complaining with the GUARD Method
An ad recently coined the phrase “show hole” to describe the bored, empty feeling you get after binge-watching to the end of a TV series. After so many days and days of completely investing in the characters and their lives, the end of a beloved series can come with a feeling of grief, almost like… Continue reading What NOT to Do in a Waiting Season
Salvation isn’t a prize to be won, but a gift to be received. That being said, even believers will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. We will answer for the things we have done and the choices we have made in this life. According to the Bible, there will be rewards given to some, and… Continue reading What Are the Requirements to Hear “Well Done”?
God is not impulsive. He doesn’t decide things on the spur of the moment, and there is purpose in everything He does. This week, someone at my church mentioned my possible position in the Millennium Kingdom. It really got me thinking about how God prepared me for my calling in this life and how the… Continue reading The Lord Has Good Plans for His Children
My pastor’s father always told him, “If you lose your thankfulness, you lose your joy.” As we head toward the week of Thanksgiving, a lot of people start thinking about all the things they are grateful for in their lives. We give more thanks to God for all our blessings and try to remember to… Continue reading Motivation in Christian Ministry
This past week, I spent a couple of tearful days lamenting the feeling that God was nowhere to be found. I reached for Him but couldn’t find Him. I cried out to Him, but He didn’t answer me. Had I done something to make Him turn away? Had He lost interest in me as a… Continue reading When God Is Silent, It’s Not Forever
One of the best things about the Lord is that nothing you can tell Him will ever make Him think any less of you. He already knows the good, the bad, and the ugly. He’s just waiting for you to bring it out of the dark corners of your heart and into His light. Recently,… Continue reading When You Don’t Feel the Comforter
Pain is universal. Whether it’s physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, every person on earth experiences pain. We just can’t get away from it in our fallen world. As Christians, it can be difficult to reconcile the existence of our pain with the expectation of our behavior. Even when we are suffering, we still have a… Continue reading Suffering As a Christian: 3 Things We Can Do
