Category: faith

  • Delight in the Lord

    Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
    – Psalms 34:4

    I’ve heard several takes on this one. Everything from name it and claim it to God will tell your heart what to desire. The former is an abuse of greed. The latter a rewording based on fear of misuse and misunderstanding.

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  • Building a History of Knowing God’s Faithfulness

    When all else fails, God is faithful.

    It’s true, but it’s hard to hear when you get fired, you get dumped, your father abandoned your family, your friend commits suicide, your husband cheats on you with another woman, or you are betrayed by a friend.

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  • Injustice Equals Promotion

    Our God is a God of justice.
    I was reminded of this last night when my wife and I received some prophetic encouragement from a group of people at Borders bookstore.

    Sometimes God allows his children to be treated unjustly so that he can swoop in and deliver promotion. He IS the God of justice. So when injustice occurs, he has the right to bring justice. He blesses his children with increase and promotion when their hearts are stayed on him.

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  • Building a History of Knowing God’s Faithfulness

    When all else fails, God is faithful.

    It’s true, but it’s hard to hear when you get fired, you get dumped, your father abandoned your family, your friend commits suicide, your husband cheats on you with another woman, or you are betrayed by a friend.

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  • The Physical Informs the Spiritual

    It’s been 13 years since I experienced three significant physical ailments. I was a teenager, having moved out of my parents’ house and into my first apartment. I lived in rebellion against authority. The first three months away from my home, I contracted mono, chipped a bone in my ankle, and experienced intense pain in both knees when jumping.

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  • An Opportunity, Not a Duty

    It’s like God flipped a switch in me this past week. I can’t tell you exactly when it happened, but I remember realizing it had happened. One day, I just realized that my countenance feels brighter, my head feels less topsy turvy, and my outlook is positive and excited. I’ve been talking like it’s going out of style.

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  • The Physical Informs the Spiritual

    It’s been 13 years since I experienced three significant physical ailments. I was a teenager, having moved out of my parents’ house and into my first apartment. I lived in rebellion against authority. The first three months away from my home, I contracted mono, chipped a bone in my ankle, and experienced intense pain in both knees when jumping.

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  • Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

    Blessed are the pure in heart,

    for they shall see God.

    I cannot tell you how much this passage has meant to me. It is a state of existence I have longed for and felt impossible to reach. How I long for a pure heart! I’m sick of being filthy. I’m weary of feeling shame over and over again. I want a pure heart, a clean conscience, and peace in my heart.

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  • Debunking Cessationism

    There are some who admit they hear God speak. There are others who mock the very concept. The two main reasons for disbelief are lack of personal experience and errant doctrine. If you look closely at the popular passage used by believers in this errant doctrine, you’ll notice a major fallacy in this notion of cessationism:

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