So, I say let the Holy Spirit guide your lives; then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. (Galatians 5:16 NLT) This is a great scripture for me always, but right now in particular. Through His Holy Spirit, I am really hearing God telling me to exercise, eat properly, and the result will be an emotionally, phys[...]
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV I don’t[...]
“I will say to the north, give up, and to the south, do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” - Isaiah 43:6-7 ESV. As I sat on the floor in the quiet living room, I looked around at everythin[...]
I was going to call this post “Fourth Try” because, quite frankly, it is. This is probably the rawest I’ve ever been in sharing with anyone, let alone a group of people. I use the word “raw” because I think most of you can relate. But just in case you can’t, let me paint a picture for you … last week I was doing s[...]
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered to them from destruction" Psalm 107:19-20 ESV. As we began reading the Book of Mark for HEARTstrong, I first read a little about this book. I think it's because I really don't know muc[...]
I often check a person's hope meter, especially if they struggle emotionally, because losing hope is like losing everything. Hope is the belief that my tomorrow will be better than my today. Psalm 42:1 "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God." It sounds as if everything is okay with David. But[...]
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day, God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation." G[...]
A.W. Towzer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Bold statement, but I tend to agree. So, let me narrow the scope by asking a question of my own. “When you think about the Holy Spirit, do you think power or Person? Memory or a memorable life?” Here is ho[...]
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 ESV Beautiful Younger Soul, My dear beautiful girl, know that I see you, and I have felt your heartbreak, felt your pain, felt your anger, felt your insecurities, heard your cries and dr[...]
Sooner or later, you are going to come face-to-face with a challenge in your life: the man in the mirror. I have personally spent some significant time considering weighty questions while this face was staring back at me. I hear from other guys that it's very natural for them to have exchanges with this 'guy.' He is a some[...]