Life is full of muddy waters. Yet, God can orchestrate beauty from the murky chaos. A lot of preparation goes on in the mud for a lotus to grow before the shoot reaches the surface of the water. The beautiful flower born out of the mud can’t survive in the mud. However, as the shoot …
What refreshes your? A cold drink on a hot day? A prayer walk through the forest trail at dusk? What about a long talk with God or singing praise songs in the car? When we allow God into our lives in such personal ways it we strengthen our inner sanctuary. A cold drink quenches our …
The threshing floor is the place of reckoning. It separates the goodness within from the enemy’s pursuits. This shifting is hard work. Yet, the goodness of God prevails over the enemy every time if we allow it, let go, and let God lift the burdens. Life on earth is a constant shifting and sifting, especially …
Are you in a season of joy and peace, disruption and exhaustion, or confused but soldiering onward? In truth, each season will include all of those things. It is a matter of being able to balance the good amid the bad. Trusting the process of God during the joys is easy. Trusting Holy amid the …
Availability is the number one goal heaven has for earthly father’s. God in heaven is always available through conversation, His Word, and prayer. Jesus lives within by the power of the Holy Spirit so his teachings, warnings, encouragement, and guidance are with you all the time. Real men allow Jesus to be the head of …
If there is a fire building within let it be of the Holy Spirit and not rage. If the fire is consuming, be consumed with holiness. If the fire burns deep, allow Jesus to mold it and not this world. If the fire pulls you toward the enemies tactics, choose to reach out to God …
Is there anything standing between you and God? Until you resolve it with God, it will keep you separated from Holy. Trying harder won’t help. You will still feel a distance, a certain disconnect, or a lull with God even though you seek worship, sing praises, and pray diligently. There was a time in my …
I am always thankful that God’s way prevails over my way. I would venture to say that I do not realize that in the moment, though. It is when I reflect on how things turned out in every season of my life that I truly see how God’s ways, plans, provisions, and protections are so …
Are you feeling tossed about in the sea of life? What is really happening? Sometimes, we must purposefully and diligently be separated from things of this world to prepare for what God has next for us. This time is God’s threshing floor. When it is time to move forward, God winnows our lives to separate …
How many times do we compromise to keep peace? Does peace also look like complaining and defiant justification? Perhaps compromise also looks like mindlessly scrolling phones instead of engaging in a head-on collision of chaos amid difficult times? What does Not compromising your faith look like? I believe the holy relationship of the 3 friends …
