Me: Hi, Jesus. I was wondering what part of your nature and character you want me to focus on right now. Jesus: Love. Me: Maybe you forgot—I already know that one. Jesus: So you've learned to love? Me: Yep. It's what I do. Jesus: Have you learned to love those who don't like you? Me: …
Renewing Your Hope
Who’s holding your hope back? "Hope delayed makes the heart sick, but when the heart's desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life” (Proverbs 13:12). I love this verse, but it took me a long time to understand why hope gets postponed, probably because I unconsciously believed God was disciplining me, or teaching me …
Holiday You
"Teach me your way, O Lord, so I can walk in your truth. Unite my heart to live in awe of your name" (Psalms 86:11). You know how you feel when you have some time to yourself, and especially when you're on vacation, or enjoying a holiday. You’re free, joyful, rested, and more fully alive. …
Dousing the Fire
You can't reason with anxiety, negotiate with doubt, or compromise with fear. They're like fire, consuming everything in your mind and heart until they leave them darkened and scarred. When a negative thought begins to burn, remember you're fully empowered to overwhelm it with what God is saying about who you really are, and what's …
Getting to the Next
One of the things that makes change and transition so hard is the difficulty in imagining yourself surviving, much less thriving, in a different set of circumstances. You've been in this place so long, even the pain is familiar enough to make risking something else really daunting. But resisting the transformation process necessary to be …
Equip Your Spirit 