Deliver Me from Overachieving I am a hopeless overachiever. I juggle more projects than I should. I think I can do more than I can. And then when everything hits at once, I get overwhelmed and have frustration dreams like the one I had last night. I was competing in a golf tournament. The first…
I’ve been attending our church’s “First Conference” this week. Gateway Church believes in giving the first of the year to the Lord and that means filling yourself with great teaching and also fasting from something you love. Let’s just say I’d really like a cookie right now. I was going to watch last night’s service…
God periodically calls me to a place I both love and hate. It requires an extra dose of faith. An increased level of trust. A release of my fears to the Lord. Where is this place? Maybe you’ve been asked to go there as well. It’s called “walking on the water.” You remember the biblical…
It was December 30th and I wanted some pretty dessert bowls for a small New Year’s Eve dinner I was hosting. I checked out a couple of local stores, didn’t find what I was looking for, then searched on line, never dreaming anything could be delivered in time for the party. Then I saw them—beautiful…
When has God asked you to take a walk of faith? Has it been during an illness? A Move? A marital situation? Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This week I was studying the “Faith Walk of Fame” in Hebrews 11 where patriarchs like…