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...
Activating you, establishing you, launching you – that’s what this ministry is all about and we’ve been all about that for 16 years. Hard to believe, right? And even though we’ve had A LOT of changes over the years, and have got a lot going on – rebuilding our...
Desire. To want, to wish. To feel longing for. It’s not a bad thing, but it’s not a good thing if that’s what mostly defines our faith in God. I mean, yes - God wants us to desire Him, but He wants that desire to translate into choosing Him, pursuing Him and obeying...
2020 was a GREAT year, right? If we understand our salvation through the lens of conformity to Christ, then 2020 should have been a seriously GREAT year for us Christians. 2020 provided lots of opportunities to SEE the ugly in ourselves and lots of opportunities to...
Where our comfort zone ends, the will of God begins We are creatures of comfort and habit. And since we love our suffering, testing and trial free zones, we are easily lulled into being content with the status quo of our religious traditions and habits. If we were to...
We all know the story We know the story of the birth of Jesus and we know the story of the Resurrection. In the days before Covid, we would have Christmas Eve services and Easter morning services. Our churches were so packed that some were running six services and we...
Rest is part of your discipleship. One of the ways we actively imitate both the life and teachings of Jesus is by resting. Knowing the Father, becoming like the Son and participating in the work of the Spirit requires that you rest. What is rest to you? Take a minute...
There are only two kingdoms. You realize that, right? There’s the Kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of Hell on earth. That kingdom is completely divorced from God and rejects His standards, no matter what it tells itself. Because there are only two kingdoms, there are...
“Enough” of a Christian doesn’t mean “enough” with God. The self-satisfaction we can feel as Christians is killing us because we can really believe that whatever we do for God is good enough. We can feel confident that since we’re probably enough of a Christian for...