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
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
The One Reason Fear Often Leads Us
“Don’t let fear be the deciding factor in your decision,” the author said on a popular podcast. The advice seemed so simple and in my heart I knew it was true, and yet it was difficult to follow. I asked myself how many decisions over the past few months had been made in fear instead of a confidence that God would help me and lead me. Many times, my inner voice asked what other people would think instead of trusting Him. Even though I knew He was asking me to take a step of faith, doubt Continue Reading
