While I was praying, I had a picture in my head of someone wasting away in a cell. But it wasn't locked. No matter what you're facing physically, emotionally, spiritually—you have all God's love, healing, peace, grace, favor, wisdom, and joy available to you to deal with it. You are not a prisoner. You are …
Thank Your Way Through
Just as your choice to be bitter tortures your thoughts, constrains your relationships, and limits your opportunities, your choice to be grateful renews your mind, transforms how you see and relate to others, and makes room for miracles. Take a deep breath. Relax your physical shoulders, and let the burdens God never gave you fall …
Undoing Self–Doubt
I've edited it, and added verse references, but it's pretty much what I wrote to myself in April of 2012. It was 2 or 3 in the morning, and the chemotherapy pump was keeping me awake. Thought someone might need it: Jesus said a kingdom divided against itself can't stand (Mark 3:20-27). I know he …
Fake News Isn’t New
"Sennacherib sent this message to Hezekiah: 'Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises you will not be in my hand. You know we have completely destroyed everyone who stood in our way—why should you be any different? Have the gods of other nations rescued them?' " (2 Kings 19:10–12, paraphrase). …
Christ in Me
Saint Patrick was born in Britain in the 4th century. At 16, he was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland, serving as a shepherd. He escaped after six years. His time of captivity deepened his faith in Jesus Christ, and years later He felt God calling him back to Ireland as …
Equip Your Spirit 