Your words may trap you. Being in ministry for over 20 years I’ve heard many stories about many people. I’ve counseled and been counseled. I’ve told secrets and been told secrets. I’ve heard some pretty crazy things. I’ve always been one to keep people’s garbage to myself though. A lot of people would be pretty […]
You are ready to do what God called you to do. In the last post, I wrote about waiting on God. In this one, I want to ask have we thought about maybe God is waiting on us? We go through life waiting on people to tell us when we are ready to do something […]
Sometimes you just need to stand there. Ephesians 6:13 NIV Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Don’t just do something, stand there. Usually we hear that the other way […]
Your focus is essential to weathering the storm. I remember growing up in Florida and I had been on many boats. One boat trip in particular though, as a kid, I remember getting seasick. It was the worst experience ever. I had never felt like that, I was at the mercy of the sea and […]
Is someone getting the best of you? When we say, “someone is getting the best of us”, it’s usually not a good situation. It means that someone is getting us to a place of frustration, anger, bitterness or something else other than a positive emotion. The best of us is the God in us. The […]
Leave the past in the past. As long as we LIVE in the past we are DEAD to our future. I’m a big walking dead fan. Zombies are such an interesting concept and I know I’ll irritate some religious people with this illustration but… eh. Anyways, when we live in the past we are the […]
Waiting is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I’ll be the first to admit I hate waiting. I wait impatiently on my Kuerig, I wait impatiently on the microwave, I wait impatiently on life. When you ask God for patience He gives you a stoplight. God always uses situations to grow us. That is what […]
It sucks when your heroes let you down. Recently I had a conversation with someone who was once a hero in my life and he said some awful and condemning things in person and via text. He is a pastor but now he’s just someone I used to know. This past season has been the […]
God is there even when we can’t feel Him. One of the most influential people in our time was Mother Theresa. Yet she experienced what many researchers have coined, “the dark night of the soul.” The concept was one that left Mother Theresa feeling like God had abandoned her, as if He wasn’t near to […]
Intimidation only works if you believe what’s being said about you. Recently I received some intimidating news that had me fearful and I wanted to have a knee-jerk reaction and defend myself. The problem with defending yourself in a situation is that you cancel out what God may want to do on your behalf. We’ve […]