Paul says in his letter to the Galatians, “Let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” (Galatians 6:9). Those last five words are the key to the whole thing: if we don’t give up. That’s a big […]
Pippa and I met Ah Yin when we visited Jackie Pullinger in Hong Kong. He had become a drug addict as a teenager. His father was an addict. He was brought up in the notorious Walled City. He joined a gang at the age of eleven. They ate, stole, fought and took heroin together. At […]
DAY 1 Each day begins with noise. The sound of an alarm, quickly overshadowed by the voices of children or roommates. Not long after, our phone starts buzzing: emails, texts, notifications from Twitter or Facebook, or Instagram. Even when the noise is not audible, we hear it in our souls-the push and pull of tasks, […]
You’ve probably heard it so many times that you can recite it along with the flight attendant. We are told that in the unlikely event that there is a loss of cabin pressure, an oxygen mask will automatically appear and, if traveling with someone who requires assistance, you are instructed to secure your own mask […]
The Bible tells us that our debt of sin has a serious consequence. “Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear” (Isaiah 59:2). Our sins have separated us from God. The realization of this moral debt sends some people into a […]
One of the most powerful ways we can pray is with others. In the very beginning, when it was just Adam walking with God in the cool of the day, even then, God recognized that it was not good for man to be alone, that we were created for community and relationship. So often in […]
Most people struggling to overcome their fears have had an encounter with disappointment so great that every dream they can conceive is
contaminated with the toxic anxiety of failure.
Have you ever taken time to consider your own emotional patterns? Consider the repeated thoughts that create recurring emotions and therefore yield habitual actions.
Everything you need to be beautiful, successful, incredible, blessed, trusted, respected, honored, and happy are already in your life.
A moving response to the song Gratitude/Worthy of it All /You’re Worthy of My Praise (feat. Brandon Lake & Natalie Grant) from the album A Very Maverick Christmas ~ I love this song so much. I have been so broken my whole life. Grew up poor, in homeless shelters, unstable family, street violence, drugs, and […]
