Disciplined out of Devotion
Have you ever found yourself determined to pray or read the word daily, only to find that a few weeks in you’ve already fallen off the bandwagon? So you reset, put a reminder on your device or create a habit tracker and again commit to praying or reading the word daily. However, yet again you find that after a month or two, you’ve fallen back off track.
The Call Doesn’t Come Easy
This is the part where I admit I had it all wrong. I once believed that God's call for my life would come easily. I believed that everything would just fall into place, that circumstances would naturally align, that the sea of life would part and that I’d walk simply into the promised land of my purpose. Did I already mention that I was wrong about that?
No Such Thing As JUST
Whether you’re called to pastor a large ministry, speak on stages to thousands, reach hundreds of people on a social media platform, serve a community in your neighborhood, or pour into your family of five- what you do has value to God.
Waiting on His Will by Diamond Jones
“Dear God: Today I find myself burdened by loneliness and wallowing in my singleness. I know you aim to use my desire to be in an intimate relationship with a man as a means to deepen my relationship with you. Help me to find peace and contentment in my current situation and find my wholeness in you.”
On December 25, 2018, I wrote that prayer on a prayer card and placed it in my prayer box. It was my sign of surrender- surrendering my desires, surrendering my frustrations, and surrendering my doubts over to God.
Walking on Water
“Dear God: Today I find myself burdened by loneliness and wallowing in my singleness. I know you aim to use my desire to be in an intimate relationship with a man as a means to deepen my relationship with you. Help me to find peace and contentment in my current situation and find my wholeness in you.”
On December 25, 2018, I wrote that prayer on a prayer card and placed it in my prayer box. It was my sign of surrender- surrendering my desires, surrendering my frustrations, and surrendering my doubts over to God.
The Power of Partnership
When the pandemic first arrived on the scene in 2019, many of us were forced into isolation unlike anything we had ever known. What we thought would be short-lived turned into an ongoing saga where we were forced to learn how to function alone.
Quiet Callings
Have you ever looked around at the people in your circle or the people on your timeline and felt like you weren’t doing enough? It can seem like everyone else is handling bigger responsibilities, taking on bigger projects, and making bigger moves. Meanwhile, you feel stuck doing the same small and menial tasks day in and day out.
The Thing About Therapy
While the societal progress made regarding the perspective on therapy cannot be ignored, it also cannot be denied that there still remains a stigma within the church regarding the pursuit of therapy. The overarching sentiment seems to be “Jesus is enough.” And while at its core that premise is correct, it negates the ability of our God to use other means, methods, and people to bring His will to pass.
New Year, New Resolve
It’s 2022 and I could have never imagined a world in which Covid-19 is still a dominant factor in our lives. Yet, here we are dealing with another wave and another variant and simply trying to make the best decisions for our health, our families, and our well-being based on the information we have. It is a lot to deal with, and given all that we’ve been through as a society these last two years, just making it to 2022 is a major accomplishment.
God Our Father
So often we hear God referred to as a Father, and rightfully so. In so many ways God is a loving and compassionate Father to us. If we study the Bible we can see countless examples of His love for us, most notably sending His only son Jesus to die on the cross both for us and instead of us. We can also find in the Bible how the love and relationship that existed between God and His son Jesus serves as a beautiful model of the kind of love and relationship God desires to have with us as His children.