"My ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:9). A spirit of poverty is not about money. Financial lack might be a consequence of a poverty spirit, but it's not the root. It’s a love deficit. A poverty spirit is not believing that God really loves you and cares about …
Refocus
Think about all the things you're facing right now. Describe your circumstances with the first three words that come to mind. Are they positive, encouraging, and do they agree with God's word? Or are they are more negative, draining, and rooted in fear? Most people give so much attention to their difficult situations that their …
The Who
"Jesus asked them, 'But who do you say that I am?'" (Mark 8.29) To get the answers your heart desires, you need to be asking the right questions. Not because God is cruel, but because He's not. Our minds may not be able to fully process the answer to "Why, God?". Not here, at least. …
The Enemy Is Toast
There have been many times in my life that it seemed the greatest opposition came just before a breakthrough. I've assumed that to be a pattern of the enemy, a menacing dark storm to stop me from getting to the next peaceful place. It preaches well. But lately I've been rethinking that, as I've recognized …
Not Babylon, But Babel
This isn't new, but maybe that's why we miss it sometimes. When people are relatively unopposed spiritually, they don't often see that as the grace He gives as they grow in Him and learn from mistakes. They tend to think of that as God's endorsement of whatever they're doing. In the American church, if there …
Equip Your Spirit 