Life-Giving Words of Hope & Encouragement

Ultimately, sin is the rejection of God in our hearts; it’s the denial of His authority over our lives.  This may sound harsh, but we all are sinners.  Sin denies the very nature of God and even though at the time it may be pleasurable or fun, in the long…

It’s hard to have any vision for the future when you are haunted by the mistakes in your past.  As followers of Christ, we are in luck though, because our God is all about reconciliation.  We fail and He restores; we confess and He forgives.  It is through our faith…

Our prayer life and our spiritual health are in direct correlation to each other.  Anything worth worrying about is worth praying about.  This means when you don’t know what to do, you should pray and even when you do know what to do, you still should pray.  So what happens…

What is God looking for in us?  Micah 6:8 tells us, “He has showed you, O man what is good.  And what does the LORD require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”  Our generation has slowly become numb to an…

Our prayers are powerful and effective and each one of us is called to be an intercessor.  When we intercede for others, we are showing our true dependence upon God.  Intercessors do many things, but one of the most important things they do is break chains.  One of the saddest…

Frequently, we face situations in which we don’t understand why they are happening and we regularly do not know how to pray in those times.  It is in these times that the Holy Spirit will come along side and intercede through us.  When this happens, God’s infinite power is introduced…

Throughout His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus became the mediator between God and humankind.  Not only does He mediate; He also is our representative to God and He intercedes on our behalf.  I’ve recently been reading a book entitled Intercessory Prayer by Dutch Sheets and I have learned some very…

Our personal lives are the basis of our ministry.  In order for us to have a healthy ministry, our personal lives must also be healthy.  We can’t teach a lost and hurting world about balance if we ourselves are not living a balanced life.  We must continually strive to do…

Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should.  Romans 12:2 says, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.  Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good…

I recently read a book entitled Golf’s Sacred Journey, and even if you don’t play the game of golf, this book had some great takeaways.  One principle that really stood out was that we all should find what we do really well and then prefect it.  This goes against the…