If I had to guess, I would imagine every person who reads this would be able to answer this next question with the affirmative. Have you ever had a time when you introduced yourself to someone you didn’t know and within 2 minutes of the conversation you have already forgotten the ...
Please see the April 18 blog for the backdrop to this one. We discussed last time that we were created with a need for a relationship with God and people, which is why God told us in the Great Commandment to love God and love people. The second half of that commandment does not make sense ...
I recently had a conversation with a brother who told me about how he spent his entire quiet time with the Lord in prayer for a brother God laid on his heart. He told me how he was quite burdened for the things his friend was walking through, and wanted to be able to encourage and lift him up, ...
It is interesting that a person can be in a room of 200 people and still feel alone. I played in a golf tournament last year with about that many people and I did not know a single person. It was a strange experience. Some people handle that situation with ease, but I think most of us struggle ...
If you really loved me... ...you would want me to be happy. ...you wouldn’t be confronting my behavior. ...you would accept me for me. ...you wouldn't ask me to change. ...you wouldn’t be trying to get me to do something I don’t want to do. If you’ve ever attempted to ...
As John conveys his glorious narrative of the scenes in the book of Revelation, one cannot help but be struck by the picture unfolding in chapter seven. It reads: After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and ...
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve walked away from a conversation wishing I had used my words differently, I’d have probably knocked out a good chunk of my student loans. The unfortunate truth is that I affirm in my actions the stinging biblical truth that “no human being can ...
The more I think about it, the more amazed I am we already have a long-term team of missionaries going to Africa. We have only been together as a formal church for a little over a year and God is already calling some of us to the ends of the earth for His glory! I’m also so blessed to say I ...
Whether you and I think about it this way or not, certain messages are being preached to us all day long. These messages can often be edifying and encouraging, but they can also be harmful lies. Kids are told all kinds of things when they are at school. Not only are they being academically poured ...
To a significant degree, the depth of our hunger for transformation is reflected in the amount of time we spend fasting and praying. It’s easy to say that we are desperate for growth and eager for change. We are all called to be discipled and make disciples of others. It was our ...
