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…
How we respond when we go through hard times is very important; just as is our attitude when we are fighting a spiritual battle, and that battle grows long and weary. It’s tempting to allow self-pity to creep in. To default back to our old thought patterns of, “This is the way it always goes for…
If there is an emotion that is common to each person on planet earth, it is fear. I haven’t yet met a person who didn’t battle fear. Fear paralyzes us with thoughts of “What if….” Images flood our mind with worst case scenarios and horrors that we’ve only ever seen on films. To ease our minds,…
Remember those times when Jesus cried out, “Oh ye of little faith!”? Have you ever thought that He’d probably say that about you? I know I have. I know there have been times when God sat on His throne in heaven doing a giant face-palm while crying out in utter exasperation, “Rosilind! Oh ye of…
Evangelical Christianity has reeled as shock wave after shock wave of high profile Christians declare they are abandoning their faith. And others who aren’t prepared to say that they are walking away, yet their beliefs defy the Word of God. Former pastors now proclaim themselves as atheists, leaving us to wonder how it is possible…
“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…
