Behold

I lived for many years with a self-destructive “NEGATIVITY FORCE” roiling in my head and creating a barrier between me and God. The noisy and painful narrative that invaded my mind took the form of thoughts like: This can never and will never change. I’m the victim and it is their fault. Eventually, they will […]

Pain is a multi-layered, correcting force that sounds the warning alarm when something is wrong. Earlier in my faith walk I tried to avoid it at all costs. I learned later that God allows pain and wants to use it for good. When we spend time is pain’s furnace and find God to be real

I’m not proud of it, of course, but it’s true nonetheless. I had accepted Christ, but did not have a relationship with God. When I heard people proclaim that Jesus is the light of the world, it simply did not register.    That’s why for 22 years I walked past hundreds and hundreds of doors

  I was mesmerized over the past couple of weeks watching Olympic ski jumpers soar off a skyscraper ramp like rockets into the damp South Korean air. It made me wonder how they must have felt during their first visit to a ski jump event. Watching humans fly down a frozen mountainside must have surely

Where our mind goes, our actions will soon follow. If we want to live out of Godly purpose, we must diligently guard our thoughts and be transformed by the renewal of our mind.    How can God use us if our life is driven by conforming to the world we live in?    A renewed

One of the most powerful and compellingly clear verses in God’s Word leaves no room for misinterpretation about what Jesus was telling us to do… “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34    The old self runs away from money.  The old self

We can’t grab onto to something new and better—God’s peace, joy and a life of purpose—until we let go of the strongholds we have been clinging to. We need a SPIRITUAL REBOOT! Easier said than done, right? Of course.    It’s like the members of a circus trapeze team who refuse to let go because they do not fully

Keeping our options open with God to avoid making “uncomfortable” spiritual commitments will NOT make us “free.” The god of OPEN CHOICE is a saboteur who promises us that keeping our options open will lead to everything we want. But in the end we wind up at the doorstep of the OPEN CHOICE false god

Peace and joy in Christ are not automatic when we are saved, and we can’t manufacture it through our own efforts. Earlier in my faith walk, I tried with all my might to do it that way and, of course, failed miserably.    I thought the mansion and sports car would do it, but over time I

Christians know from first-hand and painful experience all about the pervasive and destructive power of fear. They know it can have a dramatic impact on how we look at, and react to, the world. And they know it can only be vanquished through Christ. But there’s a healthy version—fear of the Lord—that allows us to