Today, we’re looking at Philippians 1:12-18 where Paul launches into why he is in prison in Rome. Do you know that Paul wrote most of the New Testament? And much of what he wrote was written while he was in prison? Think about that. Y'all…this...
*Excerpt from the Life on Life podcast episode #85 "Tis the Season for Family Drama." Listen or watch this episode, and read Luke 6:27-26 and Romans 12:9-21 for more Biblical, practical help! Remember who you are and Whose you are We're called to live differently. You can do it!...
When things don’t go as you plan, do you wish you could just start over? Hear me, friend: Don’t start over. Just begin again. An old Scottish proverb says, “the best-laid plans often go awry.” It refers to something that hasn’t turned out well or been as...
Sometimes, God will force a stillness on you. Stillness is critical to our relationship with God. Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.” The way to know God is to be still or "cease striving” as the term means. And we...
I've been there. God has said “no” to me, plenty of times, and looking back– every single time it was always a good thing that he did. Most of the time when I would ask God for things, I would ask him for something that...
Life is hard. And confusing. And it’s filled with so many questions. When we don’t have the answers, we can choose to Google until our eyes are as weary as our souls, or we can choose to trust God. God knows. He knows how hard and confusing...
Child of God- don’t forget to remember: Shame Disgrace Humiliation They all mean to keep you stuck, afraid and permanently stained. But your God, the “Commander of the Heavenly Armies” has wiped them out and washed them all away. Maybe somebody else needed to be reminded of...
Jesus- nailed to the Cross, hung bleeding, dying in the pitch dark middle of the afternoon. Groaning in agony with his last bit of human strength, he raised his voice to heaven and cried out loudly, “My God, why have you abandoned me?” I bet you’ve...
How does that make you feel? Have you experienced any pushback recently because of your faith in Jesus Christ? Have you been “canceled” in any way? If we've read God's word, we are to expect this “cancel culture” because Jesus prepared us. He tells us in...
I was thinking back over a conversation I had recently with a friend who said “God has taken his hand off of us…off of this country.” As bad as things have been in the past and as bad as things seem to be now, that is...