Fear and discouragement attack everybody. They affect those who have public, visible roles in God’s work. But they also affect those of us who have less prominent yet just as significant roles in the eyes of the Lord. Every Christian has a calling. And fear of some sort wants to discourage us and interrupt that […]
THIRD IN A SERIES OF THREE BLOG POSTINGS The way you love others right now is a direct reflection of your current belief system regarding love. It also reflects your love of God. God doesn’t require us to give out anything He hasn’t already provided to us. Therefore, you can only give out God’s agape […]
SECOND IN A SERIES OF THREE BLOG POSTINGS In my most recent BLOG – part 1 of this 3-part series – I wrote about God’s love for us and how it is able to restore the broken, messy places in our lives. This teaching would be incomplete if I were to not present the antithesis […]
FIRST IN A SERIES OF THREE BLOG POSTINGS God created us with an inherent need for love. Just as our physical body would eventually die without our physical needs being met, a lack of love will disrupt our ability to grow emotionally or spiritually. Without love, we can never fulfill our God-given purpose. Furthermore, we […]
If you were to ask someone why they are anxious or angry or worried, that person will probably tell you about something that has occurred or is occurring in their life. Maybe a loved one was diagnosed with cancer. Or rent is coming due and they have no money in the bank. Or possibly they’re […]
THIRD IN A SERIES OF SIX BLOG POSTINGS The uncertainties of life can cause every one of us to experience some degree of emotional strain and stress. Aside from the basic, innate human responses to stress, each of the five inborn temperaments causes the individual to be predisposed to certain predictable tendencies in their emotional […]
Every human being was created by God with the freedom to be free in Christ. Yet there is a heavy cloud of imprisonment hanging over much of the world we live in… every moment of every day. So, what are we missing? Today’s western culture has convinced us that to have freedom there must be […]
SECOND IN A SERIES OF SIX BLOG POSTINGS The Melancholy – sometimes referred to as the “black” temperament because it is often tormented with black moods – inclines the individual to spend a great deal of time ruminating in their mind. Dwelling on past hurts and failures. Visualizing experiences of rejection and criticism. Replaying messages […]
FIRST IN A SERIES OF SIX BLOG POSTINGS God’s word in the Psalms speaks to how He fearfully and wonderfully knit together in our mother’s womb each one of us was. We have no difficulty grasping the idea that every person has a unique fingerprint. Or how we have a one-of-a-kind appearance. No two of […]
Oh, what a difference a few weeks can make. The world we are all living in today is far from what it was like just a month ago. So much of what each of us had placed our stability and security in is now gone, or at least not what we had always known it […]