Life Journeys

The Vigil of the Ancient Warrior

As a weary, noble sentinel guarding the Temple of God within, you recognize that you have been humbled—and humility is the very mechanism of God’s victory. God allowed the pressure to reveal the "carnal tremble" of your soul—not to condemn you, but to invite you to overcome. Stay preoccupied with who God is, instead of who you aren't.

Why Isn't My Faith Changing My Life

Living by God's grace requires a living sacrifice. It includes surrendering our ego and need to be treated with respect. Instead, respect God’s mercy to all men. Draw life from above instead of from others. Weep over their sins instead of judging them. True liberty will govern your life and release God's provision.

Peace Is The Pathway To Your Life Purpose

Resurrection stood right in front of Jesus’s disciples and said, “Peace be unto you. I’ve sent you here.” We’re not to be intimidated by our world but to overcome it. Find the peace of God and you’ll find your purpose. A settled calm is released in us as God himself breathes these few simple words.

When You’re Overwhelmed, Grace Is Enough

Some things on earth that make men crazy are paralleled by things in heaven that make men worship! What looks like a trial is really a trail in God's plan. Stop trusting more in your failures as a sign of defeat than you trust in Jesus's success as a sign of guaranteed victory. God can handle what you can’t.

There’s Hope In Your Jonah’s Whale

God will take the imperfect life we give Him and weave such glory into it that at the end of life we'll be able to say, "I have arrived at just the place God planned for me all along.” God uses failing people because it's all about His grace, not our perfection. Condemnation doesn’t earn us points with Him. It attempts to take redemption out of His hands and put it in our own power.

Desperate To Restore God’s Presence

The price we pay for thinking we're OK is barrenness. The well-being that comes from trying to love ourselves is nothing like the inner peace that comes from experiencing the love of God. Beating yourself up is much harder to overcome than God's disillusionment with you. Faith is way easier!

Validated By Our Creator

Christianity is not an education about God. It's an encounter with Him that validates our lives, for He is life. You are more precious to God than the sum of millions of fans crying out your approval. When your money and friends are gone, your validation is still based upon the same word that put the stars in the sky.

You Are The Glory of God

Your pain need not be in vain. Human suffering and glory are not incompatible. The path to glory is through suffering. Hardship doesn’t mean you're “less than.” Too often we lose our sense of hope because of what we’re going through instead of finding our honor because of what Christ went through.

God Sees The Gold In You

See what God sees in you instead of what you see in you. He sees the gold and works to remove the impurities in the Refiner’s Fire. If you dwell on what you’re not, that’s where you’ll stay. Stop trying to grow in God’s character by your own power. Learn to live a supernatural life of holiness and peace.

Relentlessly Rest By Faith

Hardship in this world is heaven's summons to believe. It is not a summons to try harder to better yourself or to give up. It is a call to seek God to build up your faith in the knowledge of His love. The impossible is the way through to your supernatural life purpose. Only relentless faith can navigate this pathway.