Our Promised Lands are characterized by the presence of victory, not the absence of opposition.
Oh, that the church would fall on its face and cry out the words the prophet Habakkuk cried: LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time m...
Let Him tell you you’re worth wanting, loving, even liking, pursuing, fighting for, and, yes, beloved, keeping.
In love I am blessed, chosen, adopted, favored, redeemed, and forgiven. Your soul is not the only one that needs to hear them. Keep these truths on the tip of your tongue so you can spit them at the a...
I'm not saying everything else is unimportant. I'm just saying that I've learned to see everything else as optional.
God never forgets His promises to us. In turn, He intends for His children never to forget His faithfulness to fulfill them.
Fight the good fight for the faith; take hold of eternal life, to which you were called and have made a good confession. 1 Timothy 6:12
Dim vision ages us rapidly, and we lose the childlikeness that once made us feel like real princes and princesses in a kingdom. We can be young and yet feel old. Heavy laden. Burdened. In a pit where...
Blessing is defined by neither ease nor worldly possessions nor pain-free existence nor stock-market successes. Blessing is bowing down to receive the expressions of divine favor that in the inner rec...
Because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city … he did it at night. Judges 6:27
As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this! Mark 2:12
After the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. Joshua 6:16
Victory is not determined as much by what we’ve been delivered from as by what we’ve been delivered to.
You, my Lord, are a warrior; the Lord is Your name. (Exod. 15:3)
You see, life’s hard. We may get some affirmation during the course of the day, but in some workplaces people receive very little edifying. And family situations may not be particularly healthy or enc...
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you. Psalm 50:21
You are My witnesses, declares the Lord, that I am God. Yes, and from ancient days I am he. Isaiah 43:12–13 (NIV) When she was in second grade, my daughter Amanda illustrated a truth about the central...
Why does God allow us to spend so much of life in the heart of battle? Because He never meant for us to sip His Spirit like a proper cup of tea. He meant for us to hold our sweating hands over the fou...
When you are trying to discern whether God or Satan is the author of a hardship, one of your best clues is whether sin is involved. God never entices us to sin, nor does he employ sin or perversion as...
When God’s Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it’s no longer what we do—it’s part of who we are.