In the Name

"Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so your joy may be full” (John 16:24). So often we turn this verse into some kind of incantation, rather than an invitation. We tack "in Jesus' name" onto the end of our prayers more out of habit than purpose. But …

Monday Grace

“But he answered me, ‘My grace is always more than enough for you, and my power finds its full expression through your weakness’” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

Un-ashamed

Shame can modify public behavior, but it doesn’t change wrong thinking, and often reinforces it. Shame is a cancer that needs to be removed by God’s grace and truth. Otherwise, the pain it brings will likely get medicated by increasingly stronger and darker levels of the same thoughts that caused it. Shame is the voice …

Go for It

Don’t wait until conditions are perfect to pursue your God–given visions and dreams. They never will be. That's like having a passion for baseball, but not playing because you don't have a new ball. Use the one with chew marks and dog spit. Or hit rocks with a stick until your increasing mastery and joyful …