As Christians, we tend to naturally want to be humble, generous and essentially “good” people, which I’m all for. But I think if we’re serious about following Christ, we need to desire power too. The world is full of those, who relentlessly seek power for selfish reasons, which harm others. As Christians, we have a responsibility to step it up and […]
I recently took my whole family to see the new Pixar movie Coco, which is based around the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. We all loved it, kids ranging from ages 5-10 and adults alike. It’s about a little boy, who dreams of being a musician, but his family won’t allow it because the […]
When my infant son Dylan was miraculously healed of kidney disease after being prayed over by a healing priest, I was on fire with the Holy Spirit. My prayers had been answered in a profound way, and my world had been rocked. Where before I had believed in God and prayed for healing miracles, now […]
Jesus, You are perfect love. I want you to know I am willing to walk through the fire for You. Refine me. Melt away every darkness that stops me from allowing You to work freely in my life- Purify my will, desires, intellect, imagination and memories … meld me to Your designs. I invite the fire of […]
Lord, Your love is the most powerful force in the universe. Your Spirit can travel through prison walls and into the souls of those, who need You most. Please find a way to touch the hearts those, who are incarcerated right now. Whether they are guilty of the most horrific crime or a minor infraction, every […]
Lord, today I am on the edge between giving up and letting go. I need your help. In fact, you are my only hope. I am asking You for a miracle. I have tried everything humanly possible to solve this problem, and it is not getting any better. At this point, I have no logical […]
I can’t carve rich canyons out of plain brown deserts or paint starry skies with aurora borealis. I don’t have the genius to invent pudgy baby fingers or the joy of squishy pug dog faces. I certainly can’t draw crowds of believers to me or create safe pathways through a raging sea. I don’t know […]
Oh gluttonous grief, you don’t scare me. I know your heaviness is just a woolly blanket that can’t suffocate the essential part of me. I’ll sleep through the sadness and prickly heat as long as it takes. Then at the first True Light opportunity, I’ll cast you off to rise and shine brighter than I ever thought […]
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone, the new is here.” -2 Corinthians 5:17 God bless and heal our loved ones, who are struggling to break free from addiction to harmful substances and behaviors. Sometimes it feels like we’re losing them to the darkness of their issues. They’ve changed […]
For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. -Luke 8:17 God, it hurts to see so much racial tension bubbling to the surface in America. But we thank You for our growing awareness of the inequality, which still persists after all these years. Today […]