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Bitterness & Forgiveness

I’ve been publishing very little on here lately. It hasn’t been intentional necessarily. I’ve learned to surrender my pen to His direction. Right now, it’s time for Instagram content. However, here’s my latest post. The link below is the forgiveness one that is referenced in the first few “slides” of this post. Thank you for…

Delicate Balances: Body, Soul, & Spirit

If the book of Acts was read like a travel journal, I couldn’t wait to read the entries for Acts 17. Some present-day Christians run from philosophy when Paul took a running start for it. After fleeing Thessalonica and Berea, Paul finds himself strolling the marketplace of Athens while waiting for his ministry partners to…

Open hands & open hearts

Limitations. Reservations. Even questions. We tend to hit the “pause” button in our lives. Jesus starts moving, and we start moaning, “I’m not ready!” We tend to tell God what He can do in our lives. We hold on to something in our past with clutched arms, shaking our heads firmly. In the book of…

It’s all about perspective

Perspective. It’s on the menu. Sometimes, we lack the entree, and other times, we put too much emphasis on it. We forget to balance between a healthy difference of opinion and forcing “our truth” onto others. You may be familiar with the Pixar film Ratatouille. Anton Ego, the food critic, intimidates and belittles the restaurant’s…

Freed: The Past Isn’t Your Story

Root systems can be complex. What’s even more intriguing is the process of grafting. You prepare a tree for a branch from another tree to produce better results. In my post about the ambassadorship of a Christian, I touched on the high calling we have as children of God, but I want to take it…

Eden Restored

The usual breakdown of Genesis 3 tells the story of the fall, curse, and banishment of Adam and Eve. It’s even the butt of a few jokes about blame games. Yet, what if that wasn’t the intended attitude we should have as post-resurrection readers? As I started studying this chapter for a Bible Study group,…

Fasting: is it Biblical under the New Covenant?

The past few days I was involved with a nationwide three-day fast for an organization calling a million women to D.C. to pray over our nation this coming October. Honest confession, I broke it the third day for supper (It was my first fast past 8 hours). I had become fragile and was missing the…

Ambassadors for Christ

For the past month, if not longer, a certain truth has been heavy on my heart. For too long, the church has ignored this valuable principle and not understood the necessity of living it out. We are called to be ambassadors, working out the ministry of reconciliation. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us…

What are we consuming?

This weekend I was faced with a passage in John 6 that demanded an answer. So often, we get caught up in our daily lives and wonder what He’s doing through us. We listen to the lies of the enemy and don’t duck when his fiery arrows come at our minds. We wonder what our purpose is and what we are doing for the…

Overflow: in His presence

So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its…

Isaac and Ishmael: all in His timing

A man and his wife are told to travel to a land they have never seen – told to leave their family and everything they knew, all for a promise. The husband and wife have some servants, and God tells them they’ll have a son. Years go by, and the wife gets scared and impatient.…

Stone Pots of Purification

Are you made of stone or clay? I have always been fascinated with the first miracle. Many have downplayed the miraculous transformation of water to wine and have called it grape juice. Their justification is the simple statement, “Why would Jesus make wine when it has intoxicating abilities?” Except this does an injustice to Christ.…

The Postscript Many Ignore

– a final note to the Higher Calling series – Ever heard someone say we cannot be perfect or that we will always war with this flesh and won’t be freed of this battle until death takes it away? I was told that. I believed it. Until recently. Not until recently did I truly notice…

You won’t be burned.

Most fires consume what touches their flames. We are told to get close enough just to feel the warmth. We are still chilly from the outside air, but at least our frontside is warmed by the intoxicating flames. But we need to get in the flames. How? Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose…

Our High Calling P.3

After discussing our calling as a Royal Priesthood of Christ, it’s time to highlight a particular parallel: Aaron and the bride of Christ. Approaching His presence Our culture likes to downplay the holiness of our God. We have become holders of an entitled view, thinking surely God must listen to us since He is a God…

Our High Calling P.2

Catching up with where we left off, the Levitical priesthood has some intriguing and equally beautiful parallels to the life of someone following Christ. One of the most recognizable is the aspect of the royal priesthood mentioned in 1 Peter 2:9. The priests of the Old Covenant were to be set apart from the others.…

Our High Calling – P.1

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1 Peter 2:9 Identity is a word we hear often. Do we know what our identity is? Strip yourself of the accolades and…

Hidden Message: 2 Chronicles 7:14

if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 He is a God of order Something about this verse never hit me…

What God do you worship?

Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall…

The centurion who knew

So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” Mark 15:39 Open our eyes As we enter the season of Advent, remembering to have an attitude of gratitude is something we must focus on. It isn’t just for…

Running on different clocks

“At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen” We often hear that we are to wait on God and that He will always surprise us with something better. It’s a promise of hope, but does the Bible say anything about it? People will quote Scripture to boost their spirits, such as, in…

Our Barley Loaves

“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?” John 6:9 “but what are they among so many?” I am so grateful that Andrew asked this. He saw the logistics of the whole situation. There were at least five thousand men. What could…

Grafted As One: living off the Root

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the…

Fruitful Standards: where do you stand?

This past week I’ve been thinking a lot about what our actions say about our roots. I’ve asked myself, “What does this action say about the foundation I’m building on?”. Are these trials I’m going through a result of me cracking my foundation, or is Christ restoring the broken parts of it by using the…

Forgiveness: blotting out the past

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Often…

Repair the Wall

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. Nehemiah 4:18 Our Crumbled State And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and…

Called to War

The Church of America is dying. The Body of Christians in this land is stale and defeated. We have been called by His Name and we are saved and redeemed, but why are we not able to overcome? Simply put, we are not putting on the armor of Christ. One of the biggest commands given…

What are you focused on?

The scariest words Jesus ever said Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and…

Lift Your Head

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:11 (NKJV) Raised to life, what a glorious gift! As adopted sons and daughters of the Kingdom,…

An Identity: is it yours?

A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people… As a chosen generation, we are a group of people chosen for the Kingdom – not because we were selected to be part of an elite group, but because He is gracious and, in humility, we accepted the invitation. It is nothing of…

Sing a New Song: Joy in the Waiting

October has arrived in all its glory with marvelous autumn feels. The new year is already only four months away! With this year rushing past in a blur, I look back to see what a beautiful journey the Lord has taken me. Nurtured and challenged by so many of my dear friends, I was able…