I was reading a blog written mid-April by musician/writer John Belt on the general topic of encouragement, and two particular paragraphs caught my attention. In them were examples of those moments when the forces from the unseen world can...
The Invitation The Lord invited me to look at this picture and see something I had missed: not to focus upon the technical flaws or amateur-level brushstrokes, but to look right in the middle of the painting. He wanted...
It was one of those “I don’t believe it” moments. I entered the bathroom with one earring in my left ear, the other earring still in my hand, and bumped that hand against the doorknob…which sent the earring flying...
I came across an interesting prophetic word and wanted to share a portion of it. Three phrases particularly caught my eye as representing biblical principles worth reflection: “Anything is Possible,” A Prophetic Excerpt from Gretchen Rodriguez “I’m here to...
“…perfect love casts out fear.” (I John 4:18b, NASB) I want to focus on the two specific components in this statement: “casts out fear” and “perfect love.” First, some thoughts about “perfect love.” The Message translates I John 4:15-19,...
Thinking about the year ahead feels like a different season has begun sprouting its first seedlings all around us. We can almost see small green stems coming forth from hardened ground, despite the snows of winter continuing to blow down. At...
I read an interesting passage from Heidi Baker earlier this week. She wrote, “Sometimes God’s promises will look like this: bizarre, implausible, and even crazy…If we desire the favor of God on our lives, we should consider what it...
I was quietly flipping through Scripture and asking the Lord to take me somewhere I needed to go, and the question I felt He expressed to me was….who owns the world? Who owns the world? Really? Yep….that was the...
There is an urgency and significance to grasping, assimilating, and embracing the message Pastor Larry is sharing right now. Rediscovering the Gospel. Rediscovering the Good News. Rediscovering Jesus. The companion part of this is to be able and willing...
Discouraged… “Deprived of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; .to dispirit.” (Dictionary.com) Deprived….an interesting choice of words. In the New American Standard translation, there are only 3 uses of that exact word, and they all have a nearly identical...