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Gratitude turns what we have into enough, because it shifts our focus from what’s missing to Who is present. A thankful heart sees God’s hand in both plenty and in pain, and finds peace in His provision. When we practice gratitude, lack loses its grip and contentment takes its place. “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
Our present world may look bad, but nothing happens apart from the plan of God. You see, God is able to recycle man's rebellion to bring about His redemption. "He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings..." (Daniel 2:21).
God not only orders our steps but even our stops. So whether God says "stop" or "step," His peace comes to us when His orders are kept. "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way" (Psalm 37:23).
Hope in Christ will get you to stand up even if the whole world is telling you to stay down and shut up. You see, hope in Christ alone is the anchor that holds us and emboldens us. "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil" (Hebrews 6:19).
When you're living for Jesus, you can expect haters to surface. As a result, learn to keep your eyes on Him and you will not have ears for them. "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12).
The world will do everything it can to keep you from hearing the voice of God. Because the moment we stop hearing from God is the moment we stop living for God. "Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it" (Hebrews 2:1).
When we look to a changing world, such a shaky view will shake our faith. But when we look to an unchanging God, such a steady view births a stable faith. "Look to the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!" (Psalm 105:4).
On Labor Day weekend, I’ll begin a new teaching series at Landmark Church titled “The Last Revelation: Countdown To The Kingdom.” For the past several months, I’ve been studying, praying, and seeking the Lord in preparation for what He desires to...
[Written from prison in 2012, but recently speaking about the upside-down-ness of the world got me thinking about this past blog and how it is only the love of God that can turn an upside down world right-side-up.] The Upside Down Kingdom of prison--where the hierarchy is an anarchy. It’s supposed to be under the law, but its decree is outlaw. Without law. The violent don’t even have to take it by force, it’s given by course. What was done outside the gates is what grants you access to the throne. Preceding acts of murder make one royalty and the lives taken are referred to as bodies. Crowns. The most ruthless citizens come into this Upside Down Kingdom by way of carnage and destruction; and by their...
I was a prisoner most of my young life. Confined to other's approval. In bondage to performance and accomplishment. And when I did not get the approval or perform according to accomplishment, the chains of 'doing' squeezed out the liberty of 'being.' And whether you do or don't, you're imprisoned by the....
I guess you can call me a mistake, or an accident, or at best a giant surprise-- because my parents didn’t plan on having me. And you might even call me slow or challenged because that’s what the doctor predicted I would probably be. Whatever you call it— I’m here! So herein lies the story: One hot summer day
[Sneak Peek of "When God Had My Back" (Coming Soon)] I was new to the prison yard, being in the building for only few months at this point, but I was no stranger to playing basketball with the brothers. I’m an athlete by nature and though it had been several years since I last won a high school basketball State Championship, I jumped right back into the...
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