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Not all who have been called to engage in spiritual warfare will assume their position in the battle. Some no longer believe such battles exist. They have stepped away from the conflict abdicating their role in defending truth. God is calling those with a willing...
The enemy of our soul has laid before us booby traps of deception. These spiritual booby traps appeal to our pride and naivety. Pride leads us into a place of vulnerability and then our naivety has us open the door to a well-planned attack that can take us out because...
Increasingly, Jan and I are turning off TV shows we began to watch on Netflix or Amazon in hopes of enjoying some simple entertainment. Some of these shows began to reveal content that left us feeling slimed. If we didn't make a choice to stop watching it would soil...
Your past cannot be changed. Some linger in their past living in the sorrow of what cannot be changed. Don’t be one of these unfortunate ones. The failure of your past is part of the dead life – something that has been swallowed up by the new life God has...
You have been told to walk through this new doorway, but you are hesitating. You are hesitating because crossing its threshold means you will need to trust again and trust carries with it a familiar and uncomfortable vulnerability. Stepping in faith will only make you...
God has created you as a unique person. There is only one of you. The very breath of God fills your lungs. There have been many attempts to blind you from seeing this reality. Some of your life has been built around unchallenged lies that have whispered to you that...
You carry far more than you realize. The moment you invited God to live within you He deposited His eternal and all-powerful Spirit inside your flesh and bones. You have become a carrier of Presence. You carry all the gifts of the Spirit needed to build...
This Dullness This dullness in your soul will soon pass. It feels like all the unique edges that defined you in the past have been rubbed away. You feel like your life has become stalled. This sense of dullness has a purpose. God will use this time to redesign your...
The answer is coming. It will come because God always answers His children. You are not like someone who takes a number in an office and waits your turn. Your request has gained the attention of your Heavenly Father. All the power and resources of His...
The wall has appeared once again. Its cement blocks of sorrow are held in place by the mortar of your despair. As you look up at the face of this wall its formidable presence tells you to stop trying and give up. Each time this wall has appeared in the past the same...
Not all words cut like a sharp knife. Some words cut with the dull blade of malicious intent. The pain from these wounds is intense. The person who spoke to you did not know your heart. Their words were fueled by an ignorant anger. As a result, you have been left...
It is time to lift your head. You have lost a sense of vision because you have become downcast by your circumstance. You have been convinced to look down and receive a sentence that has imprisoned you in hopelessness. When you look down you only see...
The favor of God has shifted. You feel like something has changed and you are not sure how to define what has taken place. The outpouring of favor upon your life has not departed – it has simply moved to a new place for release in a new season. This new place is...
There is a faith that can only discovered when our current measure of faith is finally exhausted. It is in this depleted place that the essence of a pure faith is finally discovered. It is here where our emptiness and desperation cause us to reach for...
Try just one more time. Just one more time, face the fear that has held the promise of your future at bay. There is something different about this time. God has a plan to knock over your fears like dominoes set on edge. These dominoes only need a gentle...