Have you ever felt overwhelmed? Yesterday was one of those days where everything seemed to cave in. There were school and ministry deadlines, relationship issues and financial concerns. In the past couple of weeks I also had a friend whose brother died, and another who suddenly lost their young daughter. It was a lot weighing…
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1, NIV). This past weekend we celebrated the Declaration of Independence which was adopted on July 4tth, 1776. It represents the core of our beliefs-the very makeup of…
Sometimes when we go through something difficult we ask for a word from God, and He often uses a prophetic friend to speak to us. It’s happened time and time again in my life so I believe in prophetic gifting, but prophets have to be very careful when they speak on God’s behalf. I am…
He stood in front of the class weeping uncontrollably. Our “Christ and Culture” professor had prayed that he would have a heart like God’s for His people—and he received it. We had just been listening to excerpts from the songs of Les Miserables and Fantine’s rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” triggered the emotion. In…
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:2, NIV). The Oxford definition of “grow” is for a living thing to 1. undergo…