Do You Have the Right to Ask? Part 3
Recently I’ve discussed our rights as God’s children to ask of Him confidently in prayer. While we can't control the outcome of prayer, we can control our response to situations. Jesus lived in response to the Father, not in response toward the devil or circumstances....
Do You Have the Right to Ask? Part 2
Prayer, in its simplest form, should stem from delightful communion with our creator, Savior, and friend. But prayer is also petitionary. In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus directs us to “ask for our daily bread.” God expects us to “ask” for our needs, even though He knows...
Do You Have the Right to Ask? Part 1
When it comes to prayer, there are different facets to its nature. For example, prayer, foremost, is communion with God. Prayer, at a base level, should be delightful communion with our creator, savior, and friend. But prayer is also petitionary. In the Lord’s prayer,...
Faith vs. Fear
The most repeated command in scripture is, “Fear not!” Why? To refuse fear permits faith to flourish. Confident faith is free of fear and full of God’s peace during the storms of life. We all have trials and hardships, but those who overcome are secure in Christ and...
Accept Being Found
I shared this past Easter Sunday a message from Luke 15, “Accept being Found.” As believers, we typically view repentance as our self-effort to change our attitude and behavior to follow Christ. But is this how Jesus communicated repentance? To answer this question,...
Prevailing Faith & Prayer Part 2
As a born-again believer in Jesus, his resurrection life resides in you, where his life and power are at work. You have within you a power working greater than anything! Jesus is the source of your new life, of faith, and of prevailing prayer. Have you ever stopped to...
Prevailing Faith & Prayer
Have you ever considered that God gives faith to prevail in prayer? Faith, like any spiritual gift, is given by God. Further, God empowers you through grace to believe and to persevere in faith and prayer. Granted, God expects you to steward the faith received, but...
Characteristics of Faith, Part 3
Faith leans into the promises of God with expectation of the fulfillment. Faith hears, sees, speaks, endures and receives what is promised before the manifestation. Belief is an assurance of the mind. Faith is an assurance of the heart. You can try and work up faith,...
Characteristics of Faith, Part 2
Continuing with our theme from last week, let’s examine further how faith “hears” and “sees.” God communicates to us in many ways. I refer to it as the “language of the Spirit.” We see many examples throughout the bible of God communicating to humanity through spoken...
Characteristics of Faith, Part 1
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon in Arizona? If you haven’t, I encourage you to make the trip; it is a natural wonder to behold. If you have gone, you experienced something beautiful and breathtaking. You viewed the vastness of this magnificent canyon with its...
