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As bizarre forms of evil parade across our culture and a mixture of spiritual deception, emotional brokenness, and mental instability seem to be taking center stage and are represented as truth, something else is happening. Clarity is coming. The more obvious it...
Over the years, I’ve had conversations with believers that sounded more like a conversation with an unbeliever than someone who claims to know the Lord. The same doubts and deceptions were present in those conversations as a conversation taking place in the larger...
Yesterday, I was speaking to a group of students in the Midwest during a Zoom call training module. One of the goals of the school is to train students how to take the message of God’s Kingdom into the marketplace. I felt the Lord asking me to share about how we can...
Today, I sent the following words of encouragement to a wonderful husband and wife team who are serving God. As I sent this message, I felt the Lord ask me to also post these words for others to read because some of His servants are experiencing a challenging season...
You have felt that God has put a leash on your life like someone who would leash an unruly dog to keep it under control. God never puts a leash on His children. He has given you the ability to choose how you will respond to life. One of the fruits of the Spirit...
The phrase, “throwing in the towel” was used in boxing matches when the trainer saw that his boxer was getting destroyed in the ring. The trainer, seeing what appeared to be an inevitable and devastating defeat, would throw a towel into the ring and the referee would...
Don’t rush this relationship. If you are in a hurry you will derail the development that needs to take place. Time is required to help any relationship become all that God intends. It will appear that a great opportunity is walking away from you. This is not...
Lately, you have felt like you are losing your footing. You have been fighting the slippage trying to grab onto something that feels secure. Did you stop to think this might be God at work in your life? You are entering a season where God is disconnecting you from...
We are in a season where what has been invisible will be now be made known. Those who have gone unnoticed even after years of faithful service will become visible as God confirms and performs His word in their lives. As this thought formed in my mind, I saw the...
Your life has resembled the pre-concert tuning of an orchestra. Each element of your life has been playing different tuning notes out of alignment with the rest of the instruments. That is about to change. You have a rhythm of grace assigned to your life. God is about...
You know negative consequences are coming because of what just happened. A relational wrecking ball has been set in motion and what is about to take place can leave devastating emotional injury. You are wondering how you can duck below the swinging arc of this...
You tried to carry your dream with such care. You began to walk forward in its promise. But in a moment of personal stumbling you dropped it and it shattered at your feet. There is no putting it back together. There are too many broken pieces. As...
You have been living off of memories. This way of living has produced sadness in your heart. You are looking back and not looking forward. You know you need to start living life again because only by engaging and living life can you create new memories.As you...
It is like a scene from a courtroom. The person on the witness stand is saying things about you that are not true. They are not true because they do not reveal the true condition of your heart. The real evidence about what has come into question can...
You have resisted hitting the pause button on your life because you thought that would be unspiritual. You were taught to endure, fight and struggle. Some of this has been righteous, but the majority of these efforts were attempts at a misguided...