Life Journeys

How Can I Possibly Be Highly Favored

Never interpret the hardness of the way as a sign of failure. Favor from on high only fits into the container of the fear of the Lord, and is often forged in the furnace of hardship. Mary was highly favored, not because she was perfect, but by God’s choice. His grace determines our value. Our value doesn't determine His grace. Trust Him when you can't trust yourself!

God’s Unchangeable Choice

All you have of eternal value has been freely given. Your life is not a mistake, no matter how hard it's been. Unrelenting pain is not greater than God’s unrelenting choice of you.  God’s love in you can change a thousand lives. His gracious choice of you says, “You are as beloved to Me as My Son Jesus is to Me.”

Holiness By Faith Creates Peace & Liberty

A heart at peace is a wonderful thing that lies near the core of a man's man.  It is the blessing of faith applied to the pursuit of holiness - the atmosphere of a whole man. It’s a place of self-control where no idol compels us to defeat. You don’t obey God to have peace but because you are at peace.

Until The Idols Of Our Defeat Are Vanquished

God will let life break us down eventually until we’re faced with an inadequacy that only He can fill. His intended holiness isn’t a limitation, but a life of extreme liberty, where we’re no longer controlled by the darkness or the desperation of inadequacy. It’s a completed life of wholeness, value and honor.

When Your Approval Rating Is Being Tested

The devil likes to diminish our sense of identity, purpose, and value to entice us to build ourselves up instead of trusting in God! "What good are you?" is a demonic question not worthy of consideration! It’s not what you’ve made of yourself but what you’ve let God make of you that matters. Rest!!

Fight The Enemy On Your Terms

Temptation and failure challenges you to find more of your life in God and less in the world. Don’t beat yourself up over not having arrived yet or let the enemy deny your identity in Christ. Stop fighting the symptoms. God’s drawing you closer. You’re created to be complete only in Christ. 

When Relying On Ourselves & Others Isn’t Enough

When God fills our soul, nothing this world takes from us need matter. Stress and defensiveness are the soul's longing for God. If loving people is wearing you out, that’s your soul’s thirst for God. We’re created to need God and trust that He’ll take care of everything. He can fulfill in us what no man can.

Faith When God’s Silent & Life’s Hard

God’s silence is often heaven’s call to walk by faith. The source of faith is not the absence of hardship. Suffering does not erase the degree of God’s faithfulness. It tests our faithfulness. Faith doesn't wonder about what God will do but what we will do. Don’t use faith to argue with God. Trust Him.

Make God Great Again In America

Fixing the side effects of a nation’s corrupt values will not make America great again. Our future’s not determined by how well we adhere to the Constitution but to God’s Word. It’s a false freedom that leans on the First Amendment while living an immoral life. This battle’s about faith and values, not liberty.

Enough “Milk Toast” Christianity

Don’t go out in public until you can get into a foxhole with your political enemy and be willing to die to save their life. How? The best time to establish love for your enemy is when your soul is humbled from your own sin. It’s God’s love that builds faith in us. Let His love in you do the same for others.