What happens when we go day after day, month after month, year after year and literally feel no joy at all? What does the Bible say about joy and how it grows in the life of the believer? Christians are supposed to be the most joyful people on earth, right? But oftentimes they are not….
“Adversity is normal in the life of a believer, defeat is abnormal.” – Pastor F. Dean Hackett This may not be a very encouraging statement, but the fact is that we see its truth in nearly every page of the Bible. From cover to cover, we see God promising someone something great, fantastic, miraculous, then…
I will readily admit that fear has always been a huge battle for me. It is an area that I’m finally starting to see some real breakthrough in, but I’ve been waging this war for many, many years. It is also an area that I come back to regularly, because it is an area where…
Psalm 139 is among the most well-known Psalms in the Bible. Particularly the verse, “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well”. Psalm 139:14 Many people refer to this Psalm, and this verse in particular, when talking about self-esteem. But does it really talk about…
It’s been very interesting, over the past several months, to sit back and observe people’s response to the crisis we’ve faced around the world. How people responded when COVID began to spread rapidly around the world. How people responded to the shut downs, and how they responded 30 days later when they expected their state…
Many times we think of burned out Christians as Christian leaders, but there are a lot of burned out Christians serving in in volunteer ministry, too. Are you one of those burned out Christians, afraid to let people down? Maybe you’re a chronic “yes”-sayer, afraid your “no” will disappoint God; or maybe you know for…
