It’s not, but I know how it reads. 😉 The other night I met Jenny. Jenny said I was different somehow. Jenny said she was baring her soul and she’d just met me. She said there’s just something about me. I was meant for something big. She said I was a good person. I had […]
Identity
How we perceive ourselves and everything around us will dictate our experience. It all comes down to IDENTITY. Even the most successful, secular, figureheads will tell you that in order to re-train your mind, (some would say emotions), habitual change is not enough. What we believe must become our identity. The core. Everything must flow […]
Condemning Christ
In prayer this morning I caught myself asking God to help me be nicer to myself; to limit all the ways I beat myself up over even the tiniest thing I may have done or said. Keep in mind it doesn’t have to be sin, it can be anything, breaking something for example. It was […]
Winning Wars
Today’s truth: The Lord wins EVERY battle, and ultimately allows us to join Him in winning “the war”. In prayer today I thanked God that despite losing so many of my internal battles, He, we, ultimately win the war, thanks be to God. Immediately, however, my spirit said that wasn’t quite right. It said, “No, […]
Apologies
When someone hurts me/us, I’m initially met with confusion, aka, “I’ve got to be missing something, this person I put trust in wouldn’t hurt me like this on purpose, it must have been a mistake.” Assuming the best of people is an important perspective to take, but discerning where harm has been caused by mistake […]
Going to Hell
My sin, our sin, is going to Hell. Hell is something we don’t typically discuss, and if it comes up, its significance is typically lost on the observer, referenced in anger or flippancy. Folks, it’s real and something I don’t feel comfortable kidding about. Many claiming faith have even come to the conclusion Hell isn’t […]
We’re what He’s baking
Being present is something I feel the Lord impressing on me lately. He’s Omnipresent and I’m made in His likeness. He calls me to be present in relationship with Him. Any future planning should always done with the understanding of “Lord willing” as we were taught in James, as He ultimately orders our steps. And, […]
Vines and Branches
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in […]
Before and Behind
You’ve heard me suggest focusing on loving well instead of sinning less. When you’re loving well, you quite literally cannot sin. I relate to Paul in so many ways, and I’m grateful God chose to expose Paul’s struggles. I’m thankful Paul demonstrated authenticity when begging God to remove the thorn from his side, and lamenting […]
Don’t sweat it
I’ve talked before about King David, and that despite being described as “a man after God’s heart”, one of the mightiest kings in scripture was also an adulterer and a murderer. But it didn’t change his place in God’s sight. I’ve written before about focusing on the good, the love, serving well, because if you’re […]