Frustration is the state of your hope falling subject to something less than the confident anticipation of the goodness of God. If the fulfillment of your expectations depends on the actions of others or on your own performance, then those expectations will be disappointed at some point. Probably before 9am. You can't make others think …
Being at Rest
I used to have a friend who hated when I said I believe God is more concerned with who people are than what they do. I understand where some of his objections came from. It's absolutely true we're to be "doers of the Word," (James 1:22) and to "put into practice" (Phil. 4:9) all God …
Compared to Death or Loved to Life
One of the greatest lessons fighting cancer taught me is that there's not enough time to waste it worrying about what others think about me. Letting others speak into your life so you can learn and grow is healthy, but life is just too short to seek external opinions for your sense of worth. That's …
Freedom’s First Step
Things don't always make sense. But if you torture yourself wondering why something did or didn't happen, you'll chain yourself to that offense, and all you experience will get filtered through that unanswered moment. Your heart and mind can't rest in the anxiety of events you can't change. Stop punishing yourself and others for the …
Therefore
When it seems hard to find God, it's often because your head is where He isn't. Your heart desires Him, but you want Him to come into your anxiety, anger, and pain—not to change your thoughts about your circumstances, but to revenge them. He will go there (He's rescued me out of those places more …
Equip Your Spirit 