Fullness in Christ is knowing emptiness, and knowing emptiness is the beginning to being full in Christ. Charles Spurgeon’s words ring with more and more truth the more one ponders upon them. Today, I want to view these words in light of pride. We spend a lifetime learning how to balance pride. WeContinue Reading
What do you fear? Death? Enemies? Embarrassment? Financial ruin? Our list of fears could get pretty long! I know that, personally, I had a time where fear was my best friend. If it could be worried about, I did. This debilitated me and made it completely impossible to enjoy life. It also inhibited me from truly fulfilling what GodContinue Reading
Wow! Does this meme hit you, or what?! I think we can all think of people in our lives that apologize but don’t change. In fact, it probably happens so frequently that we don’t even believe their apologies anymore. Even more to the point, we often think of those people as manipulators because ofContinue Reading
Feeling discouraged with the slowness of your faith journey? Angry at yourself for the mistakes you make on the way? Take heart! Change and transformation is not easy!Continue Reading
How are you living your life? Are your priorities showing that Jesus is number one in your life? What should our priorities be? We are going to explore that today.
Continue Reading
How does Jesus expect us to respond? How do we handle the negativity in today’s world? Continue Reading
Part of being the body of Christ is knowing the word. That means reading your Bible. Reading your Bible prepares you for spiritual warfare, which you’re engaged in whether your actively participating or not. Continue Reading
Are you letting your mistakes define you? Are you allowing God to redefine those mistakes? Let’s explore why we need to let the mistakes go, and let the Holy Spirit define us!Continue Reading
When you’re down and out, or things aren’t going your way, just take a big breath and praise Jesus anyway!Continue Reading
Very few things hurt so much, and are so damaging, than when a spiritual leader fails us in a big way. I am reminded of that a lot this week as I follow the fallout at my previous church in Chicago, Harvest Bible Chapel, and as I follow what isContinue Reading