Good News
Chain of Self-Centeredness
Most people in life have a chain of self-centeredness. They’re so focused on themselves and so blinded to everyone else. They want everyone else to be “fixed” instead of themselves (so their life would be better), while all the time God is telling them to be the one...
The Chain of Fear
The chain of fear... A word that’s been coming up a lot in my spirit is the word “settled.” If you believe something and you know it to be true, it’s settled and there’s no doubt. The problem comes when we don’t settle things and we leave a little room for the “what...
When God “Messes Up” Our Plans
God really messed up our plans last Sunday... Our pastor had planned a perfectly good message; he had studied and prayed and gotten the message outlined out. The church office published the message guides so the congregation had something to take home and use for...
Different Is Good: Life from a Different Perspective
"When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole new world. The old things are gone; suddenly, everything is new!" - 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 (ERV) When someone reads this verse, they may wonder about its meaning. A whole new world? Everything new? But I think that one of the...
Turning the World Upside Down
Let me turn your perception about yourself upside down... I want to declare to you the goodness of God’s work in your life! I love that Isaiah spoke about it when he said, “Behold, I do a new thing!” (Isaiah 43:19) God is always wanting the opportunity to reveal the...
When Being Different Offends People
Our pastor has been teaching a series called "Get Used to Different." The phrase comes from something the Jesus character in The Chosen series (check out The Chosen App if you haven't watched any of the episodes); Jesus was telling His disciples that if they were to...
Be Noticeably Different
I've been using this as the core scripture for my series, "Get Used to Different". "From this time on we don’t think of anyone as the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ as the world thinks. But we don’t think that way now. When...
Get Used to Different
Christians need to get used to "different." No, I'm not talking about being "weird." I'm talking about a mindset. Religion wants us to think a certain way, but a lot of times that way of thinking is contrary to what God's Word says. Think about Communion as an...