The ideas of religion are an answer, when the mystery is a problem.

God is a mystery, but the mystery is not God. He is a revealer of mysteries.

Daniel 2:47 The king said to Daniel “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mystery.”

Daniel 2:22 He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in the darkness, ( Read more... )

John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

We know this verse, we can quote it, we can stamp it on our foreheads and yet I would venture to say that every single professing Christian has been robbed blindly. For a long time, I really believed that this verse was ( Read more... )

Some of the finest musical masterpieces are designed to be solos. But unlike those great musical works, our lives aren't meant to be performed unaccompanied. Yet many of us blindly peck away at the keyboard of life, hoping to somehow create a masterpiece on our own. God comes to us, though, and says "Play along with me, not on your own." And we ( Read more... )

‘Imposters in the Spirit always prefer appearances to reality…

At some unremembered moment I have lost the connection between internal purity of heart and external works of piety.’

The Ragamuffin Gospel: Brennan Manning

The desire at my core is to know another person. That is where my desire for marriage comes from. I ( Read more... )

Everyone has everything they could possibly need to be fulfilled and content. We do not need anything else to close the deal for us. “We are blessed beyond understanding.” That phrase has been thrown at us so many times that we have become callused to it entirely. We realize that we are blessed but yet we still jockey and battle for more.

The ( Read more... )

You will never have peace in the present unless you have faith in the future. So many times I live like the future is all I have to cherish but in reality all I really have is this moment. When I think about it, the more I look to the future the more faith I put in myself and the less I put in God. I have often put more faith in my situations and ( Read more... )

Philippians 3:14                                                                                                  14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Today is Christmas day, a day that is all about the birth and life of Jesus Christ. As I celebrated my savior’s birth with my family, ( Read more... )

How does a fish know he’s wet?

His lives his life submerged under water all the time and he never comes up just to enjoy the scenery. He is constantly swimming in a body of water but in his mind, do you really think he knows that he is wet?

In our world today, we are swimming in shark infested waters and often times we don’t even realize that we ( Read more... )

So many times I reduce the Lord of my life to a time of study of Him and prayer to Him. I have reduced His presence in my life to nothing more than what my schedule allows. Why is it that The God of this universe is only a spectator of my life so many times?

"Earth is crammed with heaven
and every common bush afire with God
but only he who sees ( Read more... )

No mountains ever moved one inch at my command
No waters parted at my feet
I’m just a witness to the wonders God can do
Through willing instruments like me (+++)