My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Known
There she stood clothed, yet naked Before Him who looked into her heart. Fire and judgment stirred relentlessly And searched . . . She looked into His eyes and saw…
Immaturity and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
“. . . The temptation to want to have signs and wanders, the temptation to want to have gifts of healings are gifts of miracles because they sound neat because…
Trying to figure out my mess, my broken heart, my sin
When I struggle or my heart is broken or I’ve failed or I don’t feel anything at all, I find myself wanting to figure it all out. I rush to…
Reward in the Lord
It is not my purpose to be great, but instead to make others great. This is my treasure. This is my reward in the Lord.
The Worship God brings to us. . . we bring nothing
In our pursuit of worship are we pursuing a “transcendent” experience where we emotionally feel a certain way or are we coming to worship knowing the power of God to…
Hope in the midst of sorrow
From a letter I wrote today “Sorry, for being down last night. I honestly don’t know how to deal with my hurt, except to cry out to the Lord. Right…
The duty of Joy
Not pursuing goodness with all our might do to fear of legalism keeps us from God’s riches just as does finding our worth in pursuing law and perfectionism. Both come…
Ananias and Sapphira
In Acts 2, as Peter stood there preaching the first sermon of the church, all present were aware that it had been a little over 40 days since a deep…
In her Father’s arms
The waves crashedThe thunder roaredUnabashed the lightning seared the skyThe billows soaringWind writhing This was a wonderful timeFor the little girl in her Father’s armsAs He held her closeHis voice…
Our pursuit of holiness
In our pursuit of wisdom and righteousness, we run with all hearts, because we know three things: One: We will fail, and the Gospel is big enough, God is big…
