There’s a difference between the way the enemy wants to make everything about you, and the way God wants to make everything about you. The enemy wants you to focus on everything negative—what's gone wrong, and what might, what you think should have happened, and what you desperately wish hadn't. He wants you to take …
Drink Again
I bought a coffee that turned out to be bitter and burnt, yet watery and weak at the same time. Interesting, but gross. I hadn't tried it at the coffee shop because I was in a hurry. By the time I realized how awful it was, I was already down the road heading to a …
But Who Do You Say He Is?
God isn't nervous. About anything. He's not stressed out about what's going on in your life, and nothing you've done, or haven't done, has lessened his love for you, or his commitment to growing you into all he sees you can become. He's not even anxious about the state of the world, though he is …
The Right Heart
When it's seemed hard to find God, it's usually been because I've been looking with the wrong heart. I want him to come to me in my fear, anger, and pain—not to change my thoughts, but to validate and fix everything around them. He will speak there. He's rescued me out of those places more …
You’re Invited
When the world is crazy and confusing, I love reading this chapter of Isaiah. It’s one of the most powerful statements in the Bible, and one of my favorites. This isn’t God criticizing your failings, it’s his invitation to see, think, and live like him no matter what’s going on around you.
