“God is good,” that thought awaken me this morning. The simple yet profound, the trite yet deep, the spoken often yet oft forgotten, the taught to children but foundational truth- God is good -permeates every iota of my soul this morning. God is good. Everything about Him is good. He gives good gifts. (James 1:17) He has good plans for us. (Jeremiah 29:11) He has good things stored up for...
The Faith of Mary
Two angelic visits. Two different responses. One responds in disbelief the other with childlike wonder. How do yu respond to the promises of God? Zachariah was a seasoned priest. He was devout, righteous and obeyed the law blamelessly. He had memorized the first five books of the Bible. So he would have read about Abraham and Sarah’s miracle of conceiving at old age. But when the same promise is made...
Disappointed No More
Yesterday, my friend Neal was teaching on thinking above the line. He encouraged us to not think the worse was going to happen, but to imagine the best will happen. “If you are going to make up a future, make it a good one,” he encouraged. As I listened to his teaching, the thought kept popping into my head, “Yeah, but I’m tired of being disappointed.” I am generally a...
Requirements
What does God require of us? Do justly, love mercy and walk humbling with our God? Live sinless? Church attendance? Give to the poor? Baptism? Preach the gospel? Lay hands on the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the leper, cast out demons? No! According to Jesus there is only one requirement: Believe in Jesus. That’s it! All those other things are the fruit of believing. They are a response to...
Believe the Bible
Do we truly believe the Bible? Do we believe it more than our circumstances? More than our traditions? More than our experiences? The Bible says we have been “rescued from the hands of the enemy.” If you are in Christ, you have been set free from fear, you have been delivered from oppression, you have been rescued from darkness. But not only have you been set free, you have been...
Say What?
I love to partner with God, hear His voice and speak a prophetic word over people. I especially love when I see those words come to past quickly. But as much as I love it, it is also scary. What if it isn’t God? At this moment, I am standing on several prophetic promises spoken over my life in the last years. Some days, I’m full of faith and anticipation....