Though I speak to my spouse using diplomatic “I feel” messages and skillful conflict-resolution strategies, but do not love, I am become as sounding brass or as a car alarm that won’t shut off. And though I have an advanced degree in marriage counseling and understand the mysteries of why Read more…
Drunk and naked in his tent? That is how we find Noah in chapter 9 of Genesis, and it is a startling situation to find. After all, Noah was introduced to us as “a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God” (Genesis 6:9, NIV). Read more…
In the first few chapters of Scripture, we learn that Satan seeks to reveal our nakedness in order to shame us and to accuse us. But God seeks to cover our nakedness in order to honor us and to heal us. He was willing to give us His clothing at Read more…
“[In] God’s eyes, nothing is more significant than servanthood. . . . Grasping for power or recognition is natural. Servanthood is supernatural. So many [people] are missing out on the supernatural today because they are caught up in the ‘search for significance.’ Ironically, the more they search for it, the Read more…
I have gone from cringing at the word “submission” to realizing that submission to God is one of the most powerful spiritual principles there is! Submitting to God is like getting on my knees to crawl into a tiny box. It feels confining, but then I realize that the inside of the box is Read more…
We are never fulfilled until we are fully filled by the Spirit of God.
“Learning to pray doesn’t offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. … Because we are less hectic on the inside, we have a greater capacity to love … and thus to be busy….” (Paul Miller, The Praying Life, p. 23)
“And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life.” 1 Cor. 7:17, MSG
We want God to fix our problems. But God wants our problems to fix us!
I have sometimes said, “God would rather die than live without us.” That is true, but I think that it is a deeper truth (more accurate) to say that God would rather die than see us live without Him. That is, God, who is completely other-focused, was primarily motivated to die for Read more…
In our natural selves, we love people because it blesses us. God loves people because it blesses them. And that delights Him!
