I thought I was over this. I thought the last time was the last. I gave this to God countless times already. I overcame this. How did I get here? How can I ever move forward now? When we fall back into an old habit or sin we have experienced these are the voices we begin to hear. These are the voices that keep us from bringing it to God, again. It is important to realize that it isn’t God’s voice we hearing. These are voices from an enemy trying his hardest to keep us where w

When our marriage is rocky, we call for prayer. When our children are rebelling, we call for prayer. When our finances are shot, we call for prayer. When a spirit has overtaken our home, we call for prayer. Why is this? The bible does tell us to gather together and to go to the elders. His word does say where two or three are gathered there is He. These things are okay and we need the support. You must realize, though, you have the possibility of no one answering the phone. Y

I want to have a prayer life that moves mountains. I want to have a marriage that glorifies God. I want to be a parent that trains up their child. I want to lead a ministry that brings 1,000’s to salvation. I want to change my community. I want to heal the sick and raise the dead. ..and I’ll do whatever it takes, Lord, I promise! Then He speaks, “Wait.” Not what I was expecting at all. Sound familiar? We probably could not count how many times we have had a desire to be more,

A good church. An outstanding worship service. An inspiring word from a Pastor. All great things, all capable of ushering in the spirit. Nothing wrong with any of them, but are these the things God is talking about when He speaks of His kingdom? Is it really speech behind the miraculous of God? Is this the formula for the supernatural? …not according to His word. God isn’t a shallow, on the outside God. He is so much deeper than we can ever imagine. That is why He says in His

“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91:14‬ ‭ Take a deep breath. Now exhale and let those words sink in. He will deliver him and set him on high. Why? Because he loves Him and knows Him by name. We can probably say we love God without ever thinking about that too much. He saved us. He redeemed us. He loves us. All that He is is hard not to love. Deliverance is ours. That’s pro

As parents, we want our children to live the most beautiful little life. Sure, there will be some bumps along the way that they will notice, but for the most part we want to shield them from the bigger problems our family faces. If money is tight, we don’t want them to know exactly how tight. If a family member is severely sick, we try not to let them see how sick. Whatever bad we can keep them from, we do. As Christians maybe we are stuck in this beautiful little life as wel

Visiting another country is on the bucket list of many people. The exotic scenery. The simpler way of life. The beautiful languages. The culture. The people. Most people sit down and list the good that they can participate in. Never thinking once of any bad coming from such a beautiful place. It really can be enticing to head to a different place to get away from your normal. So you pack your bags, you buy your ticket and you head to a new country. Never once thinking what co

God has called us to walk in every good and perfect gift from above, or increase. We’ve said the sinner’s prayer. We go to church. We give our tithes. We give offering. We read our bible. We attend bible study. We share our faith. We love others. Then the pastor uses James 1:17 in his sermon. Explaining that these aren’t just gifts that we are used to. These are PERFECT gifts from Heaven. What else exactly are we supposed to do to receive these good and perfect gifts from Hea

We are convinced that God wants to give us increase. We are determined to see His blessings fall. We just know that He wants to see us prosper. So, we wait.. We wait for finances to come our way. We wait for Him to send resources down our path. We wait for Heaven to open wide and send us the blueprint. That is just not how it works. God will always have His part to play in the equation, but we also have our part to play. What is our part? That dirty four letter word: WORK. I

In today’s society it’s highly looked down upon to be prosperous as a Christian. As a pastor if you are anything more than getting by financially you are cheating the church. If you are prosperous as a worship leader you must be ripping off people. If you are a speaker you are benefiting from God’s word. Anything more than just getting by can only be explained by taking advantage of other people and God. Or is it? The bible tells us differently in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. G