Take a look around you right now. What do you see? Does it accurately reflect who you are? I mean that real person, the one at your core. Not who society or marketing firms think you should be, but who you truly are. Now, here’s the tough question…does that accurately reflect the way you were made? You know, in the image of Yahweh? We usually have no problem admitting that we… Continue Reading
Don’t Miss That Train
The older I get, the more I realize how important it is to make good decisions. The kind that don’t leave the bitter aftertaste of regret behind. The kind that bring enrichment to the lives of those around us, not just to ourselves. Even with that realization, though, it can still be hard to step out and do something new when the destination is unclear. But that is where faith… Continue Reading
Love, Lies and Internal Tapes
If you truly understood that God loves you, it would transform your life. Every area. You would never be the same again from the moment you accepted that truth. So why do so many people struggle with moving beyond “knowing” that God loves us (because, after all, that’s what the smiley faces tell us) and believing that He does? What stands between reason and faith? thoughts… God’s word is full… Continue Reading
SOAP Devotion: The Disciplined Mind
After using the SOAP format for a few weeks, I’ve found that I really like it. Well enough to switch my devotional posts over to a collaborative blog I’m doing with a dear friend of mine, where we are both searching for God’s pure, unadulterated Truth. I’ve begun studying a book by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free, along with the companion study… Continue Reading
SOAP Devotion: 2 Kings 8
If you are a Christ-follower, you probably want to be obedient to what God wants you to do, right? Of course, we all struggle with that spirit-led desire to truly follow Christ and our flesh’s desire to do whatever it wants. But what about when God tells us to do something that doesn’t seem to make sense? What about when He asks us to leave everything we know behind and… Continue Reading
SOAP Devotion: Daniel 1
Recently, I heard a teaching on resolving your Yes’s and your No’s…saying yes to the things that encourage growth in your walk with the Lord and saying no to the things that hinder it. Daniel an excellent example of doing just that. It all starts with a choice… Today’s Reading is Daniel 1 Scripture: But Dani’el resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or the wine… Continue Reading