Radical obedience. Radical faith. Radical surrender. Radical forgiveness. Radical love. Have you heard any of these phrases before? How did they make you feel? Here’s the truth, and it might be a hard truth to hear, but it’s the truth, nonetheless. There is no such thing as radical obedience, radical faith, radical surrender, radical love,…
Where Do We Place Our Trust, Part 4
Luke 9:3 And He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.” Jesus sent the twelve on an assignment but told them to take nothing with them. He gave them power and authority and asked them to…
Where Do We Place Our Trust, Part 3
Isaiah 31:4-5 For thus says the LORD to me, “As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, against which a band of shepherds is called out, and he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, so will the LORD of hosts come down and wage war on…
Where Do We Place Our Trust, Part 2
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord. Relying on people as our source of help…
Where Do We Place Our Trust Part 1
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord. The natural mind seeks out what LOOKS strong,…
What if You Aren’t Re-Learning the Same Lesson Over and Over Again Until You “Get It”?
Have you ever heard someone say, “God keeps putting me in the same situation, I guess I haven’t learned my lesson yet.”? Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. I know I have, but it always sat a little off in my heart, and not only did I not know why, I never really asked Him…
What is Long COVID?
Long COVID, sometimes called Post-COVID or Long Haul, is rather difficult to define. Essentially it is symptoms that either continue beyond the normal recovery time for COVID (which varies depending on the severity of the infection) but it could also be symptoms that return or begin weeks or months later that have no other cause….
Hope Against Hope: The Power of a Promise in the Midst of an Impossible Situation
I woke up this morning to the words “hope against hope”. I had gone to bed praying, talking to God about my current health and financial situation, asking for wisdom and peace as I wait for His promise, and asking Him to show me if there was anything I haven’t done that I should be…