Most of your life you’ve heard you should pick your battles. But just as important is choosing your battleground. The enemy will do anything to get you to abandon the limitless strength of God’s presence to exhaustively strive on the bloody fields of bitterness, hopelessness, and fear. But the fight you’re facing is so much …
It’s the Goodness
“Seriously? I can’t believe I screwed up again. I’m so stu–” Stop. Before you finish that judgment—that curse—against yourself, take a breath. You’re not stupid. You’re not a failure. You’re brilliant, and amazing. And standing in your heavenly Father’s love and grace, you get to challenge any self-talk that produces hopelessness, worthlessness, and anxiety. Displace …
Find the Joy
Breathe. Don't let the day overwhelm you before you even begin. Even if your circumstances are difficult, don't let them steal from who you are. Focusing on the fear of failing to perform well enough for all the expectations on you is exhausting, and self-defeating. It may seem foolish, even backwards, but your main focus …
Shifting Focus
It’s oversimplifying to say you shouldn’t let your emotional and spiritual state be determined by what others say and do. You already know that. You’ve posted memes about it. But when life gets difficult, it’s still so easy to forget. Rather than growing as you respond to God through difficult relationships and circumstances, you constrain …
Snack Time
Two young men walked passed me arguing about why we evolved a sense of taste. I caught enough of the conversation to hear one of them calling it “pointless.” I’m accustomed to this kind of talk, but it still grieves me. My boring taste in clothing aside, I know “taste and see that the Lord …
Equip Your Spirit 