Have you ever grabbed your Bible and prayer notebook, sat down, and suddenly felt you weren’t good enough to pray? Maybe it’s been a while since you’ve really prayed or read your Bible. A good long while. Maybe just yesterday you blew it and did something you know offended God, and now you feel totally…
The other day I heard about some families who had purchased condos in a building that hadn’t yet been completed. The top floor remained unfinished because the building project had failed. But the problem continued when it started to rain. Because the top floor wasn’t completed, the ceilings in the floor beneath it were not…
All Christians go through times of discouragement and weariness; and we will face these seasons many times throughout our lifetime. Times of discouragement happen for many reasons: prolonged illness, ailing loved ones, kids who have strayed from the faith, hurt, disappointment, burn-out. Our response in times of discouragement is crucial. It means the difference between…
Are you battle-weary? Do you feel like you’ve been living on this battle field for a long time, and that you’ll never see the end of this trial; that it all feels so hopeless? Maybe the enemy is looming over you, larger than life, and you see no way out, no plan for victory. I’ve…
Have you ever felt the frustration of giving everything you have to something, only to feel like you have a 10-ton anchor strapped to you, keeping you from getting ahead…. while at the same time watching someone else race to the finish line without even trying very hard? We’ve all been there. And the frustration…
Do you ever find yourself avoiding the quiet, still moments, because you know that as soon as the noise around you goes off, the voices inside you will start accusing you. Bringing up all of your less-than-stellar moments. Drudging up your failures from the past. Every wrong move. Every word spoken out of season. The…
