Our moments are what make up our day and ultimately our life. Often, our minds are anywhere but where we are. When our body is in one place and our thoughts elsewhere, we can miss pieces of life, miss what God is doing in the moment, or a relationship opportunity. Reliving the past, attached or…
We will be presented many opportunities in our lifetime for our heart to be pulled in a variety of directions. Our worldly culture sets our heart up to be distracted and disloyal to God. God created our heart for one purpose- for Him. Only Him. But we have an enemy whose plan is to part…
Everyone plays the role of a leader. You’re a leader if you are a softball coach, charity board member, or a volunteer coordinator. We are all called to lead in the territory God has given us. Leading people means you’re responsible for empowering them. Empowerment means giving authority or power to someone to do something.…
It’s a wildly popular sport on social media. It’s reported on the news and enthusiastically published in articles. Its origin is from an ancient law and it was socially acceptable. It was a public and shameful punishment for sin. It’s not bodily assaults I’m talking about, but verbal assaults I’m referring to… which can be…
Each of us has a lens we see life and people through. The filter on the lens shapes our perspectives. Often, our perspectives are skewed making our judgments inaccurate and unaligned with God’s perspective. How does this happen? Our human filter (heart) has been corrupted by life’s negative experiences through heart wounds that manifest into…
Did you know having a teachable attitude makes us more likable by others, reduces conflicts in our life, grows us spiritually, personally and relationally, and gives us the ability to make positive changes in our life? “The know-it-all never esteems the one who tries to correct him. He refuses to seek good advice from…
Many of us are driven to make things happen in our life, at work, at home or in a relationship. There is nothing characteristically wrong with ambition. But there are times when we try to do for ourselves what only God can. “When God is in it, it flows. When the flesh is in it,…
“All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].” Proverbs 15:15 Not long after I lost my job, I began to see detailed images in my mind of my family and I moving our…
As long as we have blood running through our veins, our fallen nature will fight to claim its independence from God. We want to do it our way or no way at all. We don’t want to need anyone, we believe we can do it ourselves. We believe if we depend on anyone it will…