Sometimes it seems like all hope feels lost. The Bible says this world is not the way it’s supposed to be. When we pray Your kingdom come, we’re praying “heal our world, heal our wounds, flip this world right-side-up again.” It’s one thing to ask…
God and the Movies 2016
What happens to us is important, but not as important as what God is doing in us and through us. God is up to something in your life – watch for what He is doing in you in this season. Viktor Frankl tells us “Everything can be taken from a man…
There is nothing in flesh, spirit, time, or space that can hide you from the radical, persistent, and unshakeable love of God. It will chase you down. It will hunt you down. Your feelings and your commitment may come and go, but the love of God…
When we are burned (and burned badly), it’s tempting not to cut bait and run, so we can’t get hurt again. The enemy works in ways that are hard to see, inciting us to tear each other apart, even through unintentional, misplaced glances and…
God’s vision is that His Church would be the one place on earth where the ground is level: where race doesn’t matter, where success doesn’t matter, where weight doesn’t matter. The human next to you right now or in front of you in line at the…
Biblical hope is an eager expectation of God’s action. The word implies anticipation and endurance. And we desperately need both when life gets hard. When you hope in God, you may not know what he’s going to do or when he’s going to do it, but you…
Wise people never stop learning, because they know life will never stop teaching. Wise people know they don’t have everything figured out, so they cherish the gift of feedback, surrounding themselves with people who can give them both courage and…