Regret. We all have it. How many times have we thought, “if I knew then, what I know now, I would have done many things differently.” Regret. It can steal our joy and our hopes. It keeps us looking backward rather than forward. Regret is not from God. Regret comes from the enemy because at its core, it’s simply, an accusation that you messed up beyond repair. So how do...
Abundant Life
As most of you know I am on a mission to reclaim the word prosper. When the word prosperity is mentioned in Christian circles, most eyes will roll and we immediately tune out the person speaking. Even now most of you are waiting for me to ask for money. Prosperity has become associated with get rich quick schemes and tele-evangelist selling favor, holy water, and holy cloths in the name...
Salvation = Fogiveness
Insults were being hurled at Him. The crowd yelled, “Crucify Him!” A mob mentality had overtaken the crowd and no one was repentive. But although He was the object of this momentary anger, He looked at the crowd and prayed to the Father, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34 NIV) With this statement began a new covenant of forgiveness. When you are...
Rejoice
Rejoice! Rejoice in His Salvation! Rejoice that you have been saved, adopted into the family and sealed with the Holy Spirit. Hope has been restored for He who we have expected has come! Rejoice! Your reproach, your shame has been removed. Your face is radiant in His glory! Rejoice! He wipes away every tear! He comforts the broken hearted and brings peace to the uncertain. Rejoice! Death has been conquered,...
His!
We are His. Not because of what we did but because of what He did. Not because of who we are but because of who He is. Not because we were righteous but because He is holy. Not because we were good, or perfect, or earned His approval. We are His because He loved us first. Because He is good. Because He is perfect. Because He has chosen to set...