Beware of basking in self-satisfaction Self-satisfaction is downright dangerous, and yet we’re all prone to it. We can get to feeling spiritually self-content, believing that since we’re a “good enough” Christian for most churches, God is satisfied with our “good...
THINK OF THE BIBLE AS FOOD I love how C. S. Lewis said it: “God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the...
Surrender to Christ seriously means surrender. If you’re a Christian, that means you surrendered your life to Christ. Surrender means you literally die to yourself - your nature, your wants, your will, and you begin to live for Christ. Your surrender to Christ was day...
NO WOMAN IS AN ISLAND We just can’t do the Jesus thing alone. This means that community is not an optional part of our spiritual lives. We cannot obey all the “one anothers” in Scripture without “others.” But there is an aspect of community that is essential for...
In my last blog (Is the Kingdom of God operating in your life right here, right now?), I talked about God’s Kingdom operating in and through our lives NOW. But HOW does that happen? Well, it starts with a willingness to spend time with Jesus on a regular basis. There...
One of the most pivotal points in my walk had to do with my understanding of God's Kingdom, the authority of Christ, and what that meant for my life right here, right now. My previous perceptions warped my understanding of the Gospel and what Jesus really came here to...