Cultivating the Soil of Your Heart
Though the Holy Spirit is responsible for producing the fruit in our lives, we are responsible for pulling out the weeds.
Though the Holy Spirit is responsible for producing the fruit in our lives, we are responsible for pulling out the weeds.
God is our refuge in the storm. He wants us to take courage in times of distress and uncertainty. In Psalm 31, David moves from desperate pleas to unbridled praise!
Paul pleaded three times for his weakness to be taken away. Then he learned the spiritual art of letting his life become a canvas for God to magnify Himself through weakness.
Jacob wrestles with God in order to get past his past. Like so many people today, he didn’t have the confidence to face the future because of the guilt of the past.
Hagar reminds us that He is “the God who sees,” and He is watching over us, seeing us, and providing for us in our darkest hour of need.
The greatest leaders focus on serving the interests of the people they lead rather than building their own reputation.
A door is a passage from one place to another. We are often the product of the doors we chose to walk through in the past. Doors have shaped the person we have become today.
Jesus isn’t asking us to clean up everything in our lives for him, he simply asks us to make room for him.
This season of Advent, may the anticipation of new life, new beginnings, and new possibilities give us hope unimaginable.
Like Thor and Bruce Banner, sometimes it feels like we’ve crash-landed into a world that is intentionally designed to keep us stressed out all the time.