How to get back on track when you’re overwhelmed
It’s dinnertime. You’re tired, kids are clingy, and the healthy meal you want but everyone else is already complaining about is far from ready. The kitchen counters are full of unfinished homeschool projects, you step on something sticky with your bare feet, then bump into a family member standing there on their phone. “Ugh, you’re […]
Don’t Shrink Back- Get Loud!
“The moment they began their shouts and praises, the Lord set an ambush against the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir who came to fight against Judah, and they were defeated.” 2 Chronicles 20:22, CSB Toward the end of 2019, God told me to get louder. But loud scares me. Loud reminds me […]
Finding God in Chaos
Just a few weeks ago most of us hardly heard of Coronavirus. Now most of us are sitting at home looking out at a world infected by the Coronavirus, and we barely recognize what we see. There has never been a time in our recent history where so many of us are focused on the […]
5 Keys to Take Wilderness Thoughts Captive
There are many thoughts and voices coming at us these days. It can be overwhelming. It is often challenging to discern whether an idea, a belief or a thought is from the enemy or from God. Thankfully, God gives us wisdom in His Word to discern between things of God and things of the enemy. […]
Are you ready to be refined?
Growing up, the person closest to me convinced me I was unlovable by the people in my life who were supposed to love me most. Through careless words and actions, I was told, “They don’t care about you.” These words, coming from someone I cared about, shaped my life before I ever had a chance […]
Jesus is better than my pride
I was frozen, standing on a 45% slope, a 45-pound backpack secured to my back, moving scree rock echoing under each step and all around my feet with a steep cliff one half of a football field away from me. I did not have control over my footing and knew that one more step was […]
Jesus is better than cheese fries
I can recall specific moments where God shows me who He is and reminds me that I am His. These moments remind me that Jesus is better than all worldly things, even the things that make me comfortable. One afternoon, I was upset and aggravated by things that were happening. Or, rather, not happening how […]
What to do when you’re filled with unrighteous anger
God, being well acquainted, through Christ, with our human frailty, doesn’t expect us to be consistently righteous and perfect. But, if we confess Christ as our Lord, I do believe God pursues our hearts to shape us in the righteous image of Jesus. Throughout my journey as a Christian man, the Lord has been […]
6 questions to reflect on for 2020
Welcome to 2020! Even though there’s nothing special about January 1, each year it feels like an opportunity for new adventures as well as a time to reflect on all that the Lord accomplished and brought me through in the past year. Remembering how God met me in the past refreshes my mind for the […]
7 tips for addressing lust (you can get free!)
Over five and a half years ago my marriage was almost sabotaged by lust. I had struggled with lustful thinking since I was a teen and had committed to keeping it hidden no matter the cost. My strict, conservative upbringing instilled in me a belief that it was better if no one ever knew because […]
