HOLDING ON

Every new season of change requires that we readjust our grip to ensure we are taking hold of what matters most to God. We need to regain that grip because a shaking is coming and instability is on the rise. “So, take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen...

WHEN PROMISE AND CHARACTER ALIGN

Until the time comes to fulfill God’s promises in our lives, we will enter seasons of testing to see if our character is aligned with God’s promise. Some of those tests can derail the fulfillment of God’s promises if our character has not been aligned with God’s...

WHEN SORROW COMES

I’m currently reading the book of Job.  Job has been rejected by some who struggle with its content, even the nature of God expressed in its pages. Some have called Job a man without faith because of what happened to him. Those dismissive comments express...

TESTED BY FIRE

In the West, we have created and exported to the nations of the world theologies and interpretations of God and His Kingdom that are like wax figurines standing in the sanctuary of a religious museum. They are untested by times of trouble and turmoil and will not be...

THE PURPOSE OF TESTING

“Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character” (Psalm 105:19). The more impactful the fulfillment of a dream will be the more intense the testing of our character will become as God moves us forward toward a time and place of...