If you want to see what God is like, watch Jesus. Jesus is the living Word of God. If you want to hear God speak, listen to the Bible. It is the written Word of God. The primary way that God speaks to us today is in...
In Acts 4:8-13, we learn that Peter and John were ordinary men. They had not been to seminary. They had no higher education, and they hadn't graduated with any fancy degrees. They had nothing that would make them on par with the teachers of the...
What comes naturally to me— in my thinking, in my doing, and in my being— is that: I exist. I am keenly aware of myself. If I’m being honest, consumed most with myself: how I feel, how I think, how I look, what I will wear,...
There's nothing God won't forgive when you come to him, tell him, and ask for his forgiveness. Remember. Repent. Return. It’s what we’ve been studying (Revelation 2:4-5) in this Prayer series of the Life on Life podcast. First, Remember. Remember the way you were with Jesus in...
When I was single, my relationship with Jesus was mostly “religious.” It was very mechanical- not intimate or personal at all. So, I continued to drift until I had a personal crash and burn situation that really left me desperate for more. My heart was...
One of the things that I love to do is to use God's word to dialogue with him. It's not the only way to pray, but it's one way that I think is really powerful and effective– because you're taking the very words of God...
On the latest episode of the podcast, I talked about how the enemy does not want you to have a devoted love with Jesus. Satan doesn’t want you to have that intimacy, that closeness. He certainly does not want Jesus to be the main thing:...
If you've made the decision to receive Christ, you're always going to be in Christ. You can't lose that, but you can leave it and drift away. That's what I’m talking about in Episode 71 of the Life on Life podcast. Much like a man or...
Doing good work is a very good thing, but not when it becomes the main thing. So how do we know when that happens? When we find ourselves doing good work for Jesus, but we’ve stopped walking with Jesus. We talk about Jesus. We teach about Jesus. We write...
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...