Tweet “And I look at the whole religious scene today and all I see are the inventions and ministries of man and flesh. It’s mostly powerless. It has no impact on the world. And I see more of the world coming into the church and impacting the church, rather than the church impacting the world. I see the music taking over the house of God. I see entertainment taking over the house of God. An obsession with entertainment in God’s house. A hatred of correction and a hatred of reproof. Nobody wants to hear it any more. Whatever happened to anguish in the house of God?” This is the beginning…
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Get a Kleenex
Tweet What an amazing testimony of what marriage vows should be about! And he can sing! I am rooting for him to make it all the way. Thanks to Tom Davis for the story.
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Message of the Arrows
Tweet I have been reading The Sacred Romance and I have to say, this book, more than any I have read in a long time, has really helped me see some things more clearly. One of the things the author talks a lot about in the book is the “Message of the Arrows.” That is the lies we believe about ourselves..the arrows that have been shot at us and that Satan uses to render us ineffective in service to our King. Satan keeps us trapped in our small stories through the message of the arrows. And he doesn’t have to do much because we believe them and we often think it…
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What Makes You Come Alive?
Tweet Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Howard Thurman
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My Newest Endeavor
Tweet I John 4:18 says, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out all fear.” John 10:10b says, “I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.” Fear and abundant life do not mix. I can tell you this from experience. I have spent a lot of my life living out of fear. So I decided that moving half-way around the world would be a good chance to work on getting over some of my fears. I have come to be intimately acquainted with Christ’s perfect love and through that have done many things this year that I normally would have too afraid to…
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Is God good?
Tweet War. Poverty. Sex trafficking. Child soldiers. Homelessness. Failing economy. Unemployment. Sickness. AIDs. Global Warming. And the list could go on. As I read the news and follow the stories, as I look at my own life and my own struggles, I am often brought to this struggle… Is God good? In fact, I think it is probably something most people struggle with. Whether we admit it or not, deep in our hearts lingers this question. Is this God I trust in good? I have never read the Chronicles of Narnia series, but I know one scene from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe like the back of my…
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Thought-Provoking
Tweet “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end-which you can never afford to lose-with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” -James Stockdale, a prisoner of war for 7 wars. I had to read this a few times to let it sink in. Thoughts?
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A Voice for the Voiceless
Tweet Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.” I was able to listen to a webinar this morning put on by the Christian Alliance for Orphans and Tom Davis, CEO of Children’s HopeChest. The topic: Sex Trafficking. Granted, probably not what most people want to wake up and spend an hour listening to, but something that is heavy on my heart because I believe it is something that is heavy on God’s heart. I think it breaks His heart in ways we cannot imagine. And it is something that breaks my heart in ways I never thought possible.…
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The Story of Stuff
Tweet This is kinda long for a YouTube video, but totally worth the time to watch it. I think it is time we started calling for real change and taking responsibility for being the richest and often, most wasteful country in the world. Check out the website; there are some pretty cool links and information on there too.
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Laughter
Tweet Life is so much more fun when you actually enjoy today! This is the lesson I am learning these days. When you stop worrying and planning for the future and simply enjoy today, life is a whole lot more fun. Once I decided to stop worrying about the next step and just trust God, I started enjoying teaching more and enjoying the island more. Not all the time, not every minute, but in general, life is good. I spent my evening with four of the other teachers..we ordered pizza, watched a movie, and then preceded to spend the rest of the night laughing. I have not laughed that hard…