The renewing of our souls will extend no further than our honest acknowledgement of our inner brokenness. PART 3 IN A SERIES The Imprisoned Most of us probably never put much thought into the difference between a captive and a prisoner. A captive is held captive due to no fault or wrongdoing on their part, […]
The renewing of our souls will extend no further than our honest acknowledgement of our inner brokenness. PART 2 IN A SERIES The Poor Physical poverty has existed in varying degrees since the beginning of time. There have always been those without food, water, shelter, clothing, and countless other needs. But as troubling as this […]
Inner brokenness is demonstrated through the lives of human beings in an immeasurable number of ways. In authoring each of our life stories individually, God is fully aware of the generational legacies passed down to us by our families, the complexities of our real-life experiences, and the uniqueness of our inborn, God-given temperament. He alone […]
God’s word empowers us and enables us to go all the way in our pursuit of Jesus. In the passage from Romans chapter 2, nonconformity to the world does not simply mean avoidance of worldly behaviors. If that were the case, Jesus would have been affirming the Pharisees as opposed to challenging them. Certainly, behavior […]
Shedding blood is a metaphor referring to the fact that without death, there is no forgiveness of sins. So, our true transformation – a profound change from the inside out – is made possible only through the perfect sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Here are several important elements of this gift that God offers […]
Many reading this may have not spent much time in church, let alone reading the Bible. So, a sentence like this one surely makes absolutely no sense at all to you. And I respect that. It wasn’t until I was 22 years old that I opened a Bible for myself, and actually began to take […]
God has given us His Spirit who can and will empower us to overcome the battles within. But we must be willing to allow Him the authority to be in control of our emotions and behaviors, especially those surrounding the toxic shame and false beliefs we have internalized from childhood. This is the very nature […]
The human soul is constantly struggling to choose between the prompting of the Holy Spirit and the inciting of our fleshly desires for the world. Through the renewing of our mind, we become equipped to distinguish the “false beliefs” of this world from the “absolute truths” of God. “I do not understand what I do. […]
A Tale Of Two Seas In his article entitled the Tale of Two Seas, author and communicator John Vaughan provides a powerful metaphor to help us contemplate the condition of our hearts. “If you pull out the maps in the back of a Bible or online, and look at the Jordan River over Israel, you […]
What Is the Spirit? Our spirit is God’s life in us. It is our channel of communication with God through the Holy Spirit. It is what makes true worship of and communion with God possible. The spirit gives a “God-consciousness” to every believer. It translates the things of the Spirit of God for us as […]