God’s Word Never Fails, Falters or Fades
I have to admit, I haven’t had a lot of words to write lately. It’s strange, being one who usually tends toward writing a lot. It’s a sort of desert, an emptiness, and it’s not the most welcome, its end unknown to me. Yet it seems, this is the season I am in. What about…
Staying in the Word When You Feel Stuck
Staying in the Word can be especially difficult when you feel stuck. Even if we have a tried and true daily Bible reading plan, we can feel like we’re in a rut at times. Maybe we’re facing greater stress in our lives, the loss of a loved one or a heftier daily schedule. This feeling…
Key Realizations for When We’re Disappointed with God
Disappointment is a common experience for us all. We will never escape feelings of disappointment in this earthly life. Disappointment can cause us to respond in both helpful and hurtful ways. For example, have you yourself–or do you know someone–who has experienced a disappointment that led them into a major shift in life or even…
Call Out in the Loneliness: “O Come, Immanuel”
With the challenges of a pandemic topping off any difficulties we’re already facing, we may find ourselves experiencing loneliness even more deeply this year. Some of us may be physically alone, whereas others may be surrounded by many, and yet experiencing loneliness for any number of reasons or perhaps due to circumstances outside of our…
Fear Is Not the Opposite of Faith
Last Updated: July 23, 2020 Have you ever heard the saying, ”fear is the opposite of faith?” It’s very commonly taught, but believe it or not, it’s not exactly true. Why is that? First we must define faith and fear to determine whether they are opposite each other or even in the same category. Defining…
Encouragement for the Anxious: Your Emotions Are Not Sin
To the one who deals with anxiety: Though you feel fearful or anxious, do not beat yourself up. Don’t condemn yourself. Feeling a certain emotion does not mean you have committed sin. Anxiety is not a sin. By itself, an emotion we feel is is not a sin. Feelings arise in us, often outside of…
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Many of us are troubled, unsettled and even anxious right now. I too have felt the same at times. Amid rumors of wars, plagues and injustice, our world is not always an enjoyable place to be. Panic and unknowns abounding, our world’s sin-laden, fallen status is more than obvious. Don’t forget the words of Jesus…
A Resurrection Story
I was broken and lost but I didn’t know it. Hopeless, lonely and unsatisfied with life. I believed there was a God, but this did me little good. Why? Because I didn’t actually know Him. I believed but I didn’t know I was supposed to have a relationship with Him. I didn’t even know I…
Trusting God in Difficulty: Choosing to Be Still
Last Updated: July 2, 2020 Choosing to be still is often the most challenging thing to do in times of difficulty, yet God calls us to trust Him. Trusting Him is not always easy, but choosing to still our souls is always a wise first response to consider. Perhaps a loved one is in dire…
God’s Answer When We Feel Nothing
Last Updated: July 2, 2020 Perhaps you’ve experienced seasons where you were feeling very little, or even nothing at all, in your walk with God. You may even feel this way now: numb, empty and wondering why. I’ve been in such a season myself and most likely every disciple of Christ has experienced such frustrations.…
Facing Lack or Delay? Stay Faithful to the Lord
Last Updated: July 5, 2020 I was recently encouraged while reading Luke 1:5-17. In this narrative, we find Zacharias and Elizabeth faithfully following the Lord and His ways. An area of lack remained in their lives despite this. “There was in the days of Herod, the king… a certain priest named Zacharias… His wife was…
The Lord Knows Our Every Day
“You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.” – Psalm 139:3 (AMPC) Each day we can rest assured that the Lord knows our path. He is acquainted with every detail. He even sifts through the things of our day, setting aside those things which…
Weary One, God Is Still at Work in You
Dear weary one, You may feel as if nothing is worthwhile any longer. You may feel that God is absence or disappointed in you. Perhaps you feel like a messier mess than anyone else alive! Sometimes our feelings simply do not line up with the truth. We seem to feel nothing at all. Other times,…
In Your Deepest Need: You Are Never Ever Alone
There is One who will never forget you, who always sees your heart. The Lord sees your desperation for all to be made right. Even in your deepest need, you are never ever alone. He sees everything and He never leaves. He knows you better than anyone. He fulfills your needs better than any ever…
Comfort for Those Facing Trials and Hardship
If you’re facing a time of difficulty, know that God sees you. He sees the trials you face, the hardships that have come your way. He sees the overwhelming pain. Know this: He cares for you immensely Keep your eyes upon Him. He is able to comfort us far better than any human being ever…
God Is Faithful: He Fights for You
In caring dearly for us, Father God often brings loving surprises. When we feel weak, He shows up in unexpected ways to reveal His tender love. With His presence He lifts us out of ourselves, drawing us into a heavenly embrace. He reminds us that He is all-powerful yet fully loving. Through every season of…
Strength for the Weary and Broken
You and I are called to a holy pursuit: the pursuit of friendship with God. Our goal? The closest possible relationship we can have with the Lord, even on this side of eternity. This is the center from which our lives and His Kingdom flow. The Lord alone satisfies. As wants for success, love, and…
When Breakthrough Hasn’t Come: Seasons of Spiritual Dryness
At times you may experience seasons of spiritual dryness in your journey with God. Perhaps you feel as if you are in a desert wilderness. Your prayers seem to go without answer. Aching and longing, you wish some sort of breakthrough would come. You may even feel as if God is absent altogether. God’s promises…
God Has Prepared a Feast for Us
God has set a table of extraordinary “delicacies” before us. As we read His Word, we read the stories of those who came before us and most of all, find out who God is by doing so. We find His life-giving truth and promises in the pages of the Scriptures. In times of joy as…
To Those Who Have Left: He Loves You
If you have left the faith or the church, Jesus wants you to know how much He loves you and cares for you. Beloved, He is right there, still loving you and working all things out for your good–even if you have gone as far as to completely turn from not just Christianity but Him…
In This Life You Will Have Trials
“If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world…but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you. Remember that I told you, A servant is not greater than his master……
When You Don’t Feel God’s Presence
You may be in a time in which God’s presence seems absence and His voice silent. Know that even though things may feel this way, God is working in and around you. You’re never alone, and He will never abandon you. Father God is loving on you even still, and drawing you closer to Him in…
God Desires to Bless Us
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”…
The Alabaster Box
She too was not esteemed by man. They saw her and they saw sin. They saw her and they said, “worthless.” They saw a past lived in wretchedness. They saw pointless, purposeless. Maybe you too have been perceived in this way before, or have even seen yourself in this way. He saw treasure. He saw…
Loving Through the Pain
In any situation we are going through, even when we are being mistreated, the best question we can ask the Lord is, “How can I show love in this, to this person, to this organization?” and then do it: Show love even when we’ve been wronged or hurt. In doing this, you release the burden…
We Live Because of Christ
God made Him who had no sin to be a sin offering for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. – 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) Because of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross, we who believe now have life. Our sins have been pardoned, the price for them paid. God through Jesus…
My Salvation Testimony
This is my salvation story. I am immensely grateful God set me free from the lies I believed about Him, the faith and eternal life. I grew up believing the lie that I was saved simply because I believed in God and was baptized as a baby. I didn’t know that truly being saved involved:…
Newly Found in Christ
You can read a more detailed version of my salvation testimony here. A lot has changed over the last several months and it has stirred me to share, so here I am, beginning a blog. Looking back, I realize that this has been happening for a few years without my knowing exactly what it was–that…
Inspiring Passion for Jesus Christ 