In seasons of waiting, our thought life tends to go between two extremes. We either feel helpless or empowered. Frustrated or purposeful. I don’t believe I’m alone when I say I often camp in the former mindset. I wonder where God is. Often, I come to him with an anxious heart, waiting to hear from him with clear guidance or direction, but instead I hear nothing. When I did a Google search of all the scriptural references to waiting, not one of them refers to waiting as a helpless Continue Reading
If You’re Questioning Whether It’s God’s Voice
Whenever I face uncertainty, it happens. I look for clues of what God is trying to tell me. As if God is tossing me breadcrumbs, leading me down the path to some obscure puzzle. Maybe it’s because anxiety makes it hard for me to focus. Or perhaps it’s just human nature. In my longing for certainty, this search for clues gives the illusion of control. But the more I walk with Jesus and learn to recognize his voice, the more I realize he’s not the type of God who throws us breadcrumbs. Continue Reading
4 Ways We’re Often Wrong About How the Enemy Works
Several weeks ago, I had a conversation with a friend who was going through an extremely difficult season. On top a crisis in her family life, she also faced stresses in her ministry. The timing of it could not have been worse. Each area of her life that mattered to her was filled with chaos of some sort. But what stuck me most about the conversation is that when the problems began mounting one of top of the other, she immediately recognized it as an attack from the enemy. This person had Continue Reading
