The enemy would love for you to believe that if you received every spiritual gift out there, you would be more valuable to God and more influential than others. The enemy aims to distance you from God in whatever way he can. If that means dangling the carrot of fame and recognition in front […]
Passion
Be Thankful But Don’t Camp Under the Empty Cross
As is my yearly practice, as this is Holy Week on the Christian calendar, I will be reading each narrative found in the Bible that portrays the immediate events that led up to the Cross. I will pause and feast on Jesus’ great discourse in John 14-17. I will pause and somberly reflect on His […]
Exhausted by Passivity?
Is this season of forced inactivity lulling you into passivity and deadening your spiritual senses? I felt the Lord nudge me to write from a place of rest. Okay, it was more than a nudge, it was more like an elbow in the ribs. He’s been trying to get my attention in this area as […]
God is Compelling His Fiery Voices to Speak
As I sought the Lord’s face concerning the rising racial tensions in the United States, I was overwhelmed by a sense of God’s great love for His sons and daughters. He has called many of them to be powerful voices that carry His message of hope, not only in the United States but across the […]