A Church on Fire Father, never let our fire go out for You. Help us to always keep it alive. Romans 12:11 To say that we are living in a volatile time is an understatement. Never in my lifetime have I encountered such a tense undercurrent in our culture. The matters are serious, the voices are…
Identity Crisis Lord, help us to change our battle plan for the defensive to the offensive. We are in the midst of a crisis of identity. I was talking to a family member this week, trying desperately to “understand” and discern truth. What I understood after that conversation, is that we ALL have a lens…
Keep Our Eyes on Jesus Lord, in our pursuit of good, justice, and truth, keep Jesus at the helm so that our efforts will not be in vain. “The killing for George Floyd was the tipping point that sent our nation into labor. Since his death, we’ve been experiencing the birth pangs of an America…
I believe this has been a season of preparation. Even if you don’t feel a “work” has been done within you, I do believe your decisions moving forward will be an indicator of WHOSE mantle you are going to carry – the world’s or the One who can use YOU to bring LIFE, change, hope, Truth…
Do YOU feel it – stalled out, directionless, unmotivated, yearning for wisdom and yet believing worldly wisdom is where the solutions will be found – when what we really need is REVELATION! That stalled out motivation is in the Church, it’s in our homes, it’s deep within many of us. We need knowledge and discernment for NEW and for now. There are no patterns for where we are heading, to where He is calling us
The enemy would love for you to stay silent – one less voice for the Kingdom, one less voice showing others the way. And what if, what if, our lack of surrender (and we keep ourselves from those truthful words by calling it fear) is actually disobedience and partnering with the enemy – rather than rising up and walking boldly into the places our Lord calls us? And what if there is that one person or that one family that will be forever impacted if you laid fear aside and spoke a voice of hope and Truth?
We are CALLED to walk as our Savior did – He didn’t just walk the walk, He talked the talk. Society does the reverse – talks the talk, but doesn’t walk the walk – what about the Church? Have we lost our voice? My question is WHY? We all know it’s not because we don’t have a voice – it is used every Sunday in our church buildings (or during Covid, it is being broadcast weekly). But we align so deeply to the “separation of church and state” that we instead walk around “crippled” – believing “silence” is better than discord...
Repentance - an Act of Turning As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Everything about this season points to a SHIFT. Things are not "normal" and what once was will never be again. I am doing something brand new, something unheard of.Even now it sprouts and grows and matures.Don’t you perceive it?I will make a…
Karen Swenholt & "The Return of the Prodigal" Seeing God - Karen Swenholt Have you ever had a moment in your life where you heard the Gospel presented in such a rich, personal and powerful way – that it took your breath away, that it was forever a moment etched in your soul? I remember…
Jesus is the perfect Passover Lamb. In the Old Testament, the story is told of the Lord commanding His people to do this very symbolic act in order to keep plague and death from coming near their homes. In the same way, Jesus is this picture of the Passover blood across the doorposts of our homes.
In the midst of the noise, the chaos and the uncertainty, the Lord is still speaking. What if normal wasn't even "good"? What is HE asking of you in the now?
What if this season of pause is a gift? Create space to listen for His voice.