How much guilt from the past do you carry around? Perhaps sins or inadequacies in your character that you feel are much too massive for you to EVER be completely forgiven for. Maybe it is self-loathing due to present circumstances you have allowed. How about self-condemnation for decisions of the past? Many of us
Do your everyday actions and attitudes glorify God? We are repeatedly reminded throughout scripture to glorify God in ALL that we do. Our blessings are gifts from our heavenly Father and not due to our own striving and they should glorify him. It should be our primary objective in prayer that God would be
Do you have the courage to ENcourage those around you? Do you ever feel like God is pushing you to share an uplifting thought or word? Often it takes courage to step forward and lift someone up, but why? Is it because we are afraid of how they might respond? Afraid we might sound
When you feel your heart racing and you know that God is leading you to pursue something; do you go after it with the perseverance of a kid chasing an ice cream truck or do you get stuck in analysis paralysis? I think we often get stuck in a cycle of questioning whether it
Why don’t we have faith like David’s when he took down Goliath? After all, we serve the same God. We are children of the Most High King, just like David was. Why do we fall short and behave timidly instead of being fierce warriors for our faith? Most of us are probably familiar with
Was there a time where you felt like it was possible for you to achieve ANYTHING for God’s Kingdom? Just let you at it and you could move mountains, slay lions and nothing was impossible with God on your side? I hope that you are living that out now or you have at least
Do you love your enemies? Do you pray for those that have caused you difficulties? I remember the first time someone asked me if I prayed for the people in my life that were causing me terrible pain. Honestly, in that moment I remember thinking that the thought had never occurred to me before.
Luke 10:19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. Do you pray with the authority that God has given us? We must always pray with the power given to us by Jesus Christ due to his
Are your days filled with butterflies and rainbows or does despair sneek in when you least expect it? Has darkness consumed portions of your life that you wish it hadn’t? Oh how I wish I lived a life that was filled with ease and joy, but that is apparently not to be. I have
The story of Joseph is my very favorite story of unending perseverance. Through every trial Joseph never lost faith in God. I would like to think that I would respond the same, but I’m fairly confident I would fall miserably short. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I had been
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. had an incredible gift with words and this quote has been so powerful to me. In the simplest way it describes unwavering faith. If you can see the destination then you really
Do you respond well to the catastrophies in your life? Are you actively searching for God’s purpose in it or are you fighting off depression as if in a sword fight with a fire-breathing dragon? If I am honest, I have responded both ways. I have met the hardest trials with more despair than
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. A little over a year ago God gave me a vivid picture that made me very aware of my tendency to keep my eyes focused on chaos instead of him. I had been reading Isaiah 26:3 shortly
Does opposition shut you down or spur you on? I hope it empowers you that what you have to say is worth fighting for! If you have nothing worthy to say, then the devil won’t try to defeat you because it would be a waste of his time. He is too busy trying to
For YEARS I didn’t feel like even GOD was big enough to handle the insurmountable trials I was struggling with. Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. This is a scripture that I have held