Surrender: To yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand. What does it mean to surrender to God? It means that we cease from our ways and who we are and we give over control to God. You often will see people in the more charismatic churches lifting their hands... Continue Reading →
Who Is In Control?
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? Psalms 2:1 I was listening to a song and it said "though all the nations rage God is in control." It really started my mind rolling on the implications of that statement and its appearance in the bible. Of course, it's not quite scripture verbatim but... Continue Reading →
Death Where Is Thy Sting
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 I was listening to a song it was talking about Christ giving us life. It made me think back to a conversation about sin I had with someone. I felt like God was saying we get so hung up on... Continue Reading →
Thy Kingdom Come
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power 1 Corinthians 4:20 The Bible says the kingdom is not in word but it's in power. Not a whole a lot of talk but it says the gifts follow those that believe that's the power. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in... Continue Reading →
Delivered
Have you ever thought to yourself that you had moved on from a trait and that you were over something then the next thing you know peek a boo it pops up again? For me as I've said on here before I've struggled with self-doubt, fear, and worry. I feel like I have struggled with... Continue Reading →
Light Unto My Feet
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path Psalms 119:105 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you Psalms 119:11 The word can be a bridge between life and death for us, between unbelief and belief, between the truth and a lie,... Continue Reading →
Overflow
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water John 7:38. Did you know that you can be so full of Christ that you begin to overflow? That if we will get our relationship with Christ right first, he will cause all the other... Continue Reading →
Connected
14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. Ephesians 4:14 It's so important that we make... Continue Reading →
Perfection?
A lot of times we can get caught up in appearances and trying to be perfect. We turn our walk with Christ into something it's not meant to be. No one is perfect but a lot of times we pretend that we are by hiding anything we may go through from others and making people... Continue Reading →
Enlarge Our Territories
Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10 At times... Continue Reading →