The First and Second Round Draft Invitees Matthew 22:11-12 says, “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw a man there who had no wedding garment. He said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And the man was speechless.”...
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How to Renew Your Mind to Win More Spiritual Battles
The Battle for Your Mind It comes as no surprise that we are in a spiritual battle with a very real enemy. Satan tries to lie, tempt, accuse, and destroy us in any way he can. He is filled with fury because he knows his time is short, so he will stop at nothing to...
Jesus invites you to join Him in the Wilderness. Will you go?
Let’s jump right in with what Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me." — Matthew 16:24 It’s true that every good and perfect gift is from God, but until Jesus restores all things, every...
The American Dream and the abundant life are not the same thing.
Jesus came that we may have life and have life abundantly. Unfortunately, Jesus’s words can be reduced to mean nothing much more than the American Dream or ‘Just living the dream.’ But what is this American Dream anyway? Well, thanks to Wiki we know that “the American...
Hold on to the God of the Impossible in the midst of Your Impossible
Your Own Choices Keep You From Fulfilling God’s Purpose For You
Life is a Battlefield, but Don’t Let That Battlefield Disable You
Discipleship is not a one and done, one size fits all kind of thing!
Biblical discipleship is not a one and done kind of thing. It’s not a one-time prayer. It’s not a one- size-fits-all or a match-making program. Discipleship is not a program of volunteerism, going to church on a Sunday, or an event or a mission trip. Yes, these things...
Beware! The narrative rolling around in your head isn’t always the truth.
Jesus is the example of living in the Kingdom here on mission first! Let’s go!
Jesus, God in the flesh, had a mission and purpose for coming and the cross was part of God’s sacrificial work and means to free us and enable us to live in His Kingdom on mission FIRST - right here on earth, right now. Jesus is our example of how to do this – living...
The Key to Living a Jesus-Centered Life is Actually JESUS
Stuck, burned out and trying to be perfect are not God’s idea of Jesus-centered. Lots of Christian women are spiritually stuck. Some don’t care that they’re stuck, but others really do. They believe in Jesus, but they’re not growing in Jesus, and they don’t know what...
Spiritual Sterility and Boredom Are Not Gifts of the Spirit
Bored? Fruitless? Jesus? Really? If you’re BORED with your Christian life, then I can promise you – you aren’t living the version of Christianity found on the pages of the Bible. If you’re FRUITLESS in your Christian walk, then I can promise you – you aren’t following...