When you encounter and surrender to the living Christ, it is like you’re waking up, as if you’re coming alive for the first time. The grass is greener, the air is cleaner, and you become fascinated by the reality, the actuality, of God. You pursue Him, though you don’t know how. You…(Read More)
Most people never intend to reproduce the downfall of king Saul; but unfortunately, many do. 1 Samuel 9 shows us that he began as a young man who was only concerned with his father’s business—his own inheritance, his very future. He didn’t begin power hungry, controlling, and hard-hearted. He only ever…(Read More)
Elitism has no place in the Church, except to be laid down at the altar. It must collapse every time it rises, and that collapse often comes in the form of a slow decline into spiritual dryness. It will slowly damper the voice of the Lord within until you hear less of Him and more…(Read More)
About a year ago, my father-in-law mentioned the idea that there are two types of Christians. There are Cain Christians versus Abel Christians, and they are always “versus.” This should never be the case, but it is true when Cain Christians do not want to turn and surrender in humility before God. And…(Read More)
There is a notion about God which I’ve heard expressed many times, which says, “If God really wants something for me, then He’ll just make it happen.” Occasionally He does just that! Most of the time, however, He looks for us to respond to and engage with Him. God doesn’t want to…(Read More)
From the moment you understand Jesus is the Christ, he immediately speaks plainly of the cross and begins leading you to the place of surrender into the hands of God. Every step forward into the fullness of Christ will bring you back to that place where Jesus is pointing you to the cross again. The…(Read More)
Over the last couple of weeks, the Lord has been repeatedly telling me to simplify my life. It is so easy to get caught up in the daily grind of being busy, even with good things. It is also possible to be extremely productive and still not accomplish anything that leads you to the next…(Read More)
Too often, the full potential of our lives remains unfulfilled. Perhaps even you have not received the fulfillment of prophetic words which were spoken over your own life long ago. Should you continue to wait for God to sovereignly act on your behalf or should you do something yourself? The answer is this: you must…(Read More)