I think that many Christians have been indoctrinated with the idea that they don't have to do anything and it will all come to them as it should, and if it doesn't, then it wasn't meant to be. That's pretty much the same as saying that only some of us are predestined to be saved [...]
I was lied to. My whole generation was. We were told that the world was too scary a place, that we should stay safe at home and never experience the reality of other people who didn’t think the way we did, who didn’t believe the things we believed, who didn’t treat others the way we [...]
When the Bible talks about Jesus making a way for us, it's not talking about a path similar to the one a child makes by kicking his Legos off a thin bit of carpet to his bed. Nor is it talking about clearing the weeds to form a winding path and putting down some mulch [...]
Have you let the vision for your life blur? Ask yourself when the last times were that you felt fully alive and see what the commonalities are in those moments. For some, it's time with friends. For others, it's travel, and for others, a good book. We all need moments to inspire us and steep us [...]
If you can't hear God's response on something that's important to you — and no matter what anyone says, you still want solid confirmation that you should move forward or stay safe (an illusion, if ever there was one) — the closest thing you'll get to hearing God is hearing him speak through your inner [...]
If it's time to make a decision and everyone around you is telling you it's not such a great idea, but all you do is fire back all the reasons why it is, it usually means it's a terrible idea. If it's time to make a decision and you know deep in your heart that [...]
A collection of thoughts I've had: We've been religious for decades about the words that come out of our mouths, but it's not about the words, it's about the hearts behind the words. Once your heart is whole, you don't have to focus on what comes out of your mouth. You can just focus on [...]
Back in my teens, I often ran to the front just as quickly as the one beside me when there was an altar call. "Will you go to the nations?" "Will you change the world?" "Will you obey the call and sacrifice it all?" "Yes, yes, a thousand times yes." It was such a noble [...]
You can ask God for anything you want; you can dream; you can hope; you can believe he has your best life in mind, but the bottom line is that his plans are better and his dreams go higher than yours. So when you next talk to God and you totally trust the depths of [...]
When the Bible talks about Jesus making a way for us, it's not talking about a path similar to the one a child makes by kicking his Legos off a thin bit of carpet to his bed. Nor is it talking about clearing the weeds to form a winding path and putting down some mulch [...]
