Honestly, I think the most common hindrances to our making changes or achieving our goals is that we are self-defeating. We often get stuck before we really get started because we’re not convinced we’ll actually get the outcome we want — or we don’t want it badly enough to build the habits that lead there. …
Category: Faith
Heaven or Hell: When we lose someone close to us
I recently lost someone close to me. I had witnessed to him, shared the love of God, and my faith with him over the years. But by any standard, he was not born-again. He could not bring himself to believe. So when he died, I found myself thinking a lot about it. Many people, Christian …
Being Fully Persuaded
When you are fully persuaded it means what God’s word says about your situation is ‘a matter of fact,’ even though you might not be feeling it or seeing it yet. There’s no moving you from it. You’ll hang on to your assurance. It might not be easy, but you’ll fight for it, because you …
A Lifestyle of Faith
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. As it is written and forever remains written, “THE JUST and UPRIGHT SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.” Romans 1:17 AMP What does it mean to live by faith? It means faith has to be a lifestyle. What is …
Is Your Faith in God?
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” Mark 11:22-23. …
My healing confession
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 2 Cor. 4:13 I BELIEVE IT, SO I SPEAK IT. I believe you have healed me. Thank you Jesus for taking all of my sicknesses and disease. …
Disassociate – The Ability to See from God’s Point of View
One thing that has helped me in my healing journeys is disassociation. What do I mean by that? Not pretending the problem isn’t real or doesn’t exist, but seeing myself separate from the sickness. I will explain this more. In doing that, it frees me to be able to ‘see’ the spiritual reality of what …
Words
Words have power. But until you use them, they are just words. We’ve all heard sayings like, ‘it’s only the words you believe that have power.” This is the truth! Whether those words are on a page, thoughts in your head, or even those spoken-none of them have power alone. We recognize this in the …
Engage the Word of God
I was thinking about how important it is for us to engage God’s word. What do I mean by that? The dictionary defines ‘engage’ as: to participate or become involved in How do we do that? It begins with hearing or reading. But James tells us in the book of James not to be a …
How Do You Relate?
How do you relate? When you relate to God are you looking at your performance or at your identity? Is it what you do (“I try to be the best person I can be”) or your position in Him where you find your security? I’m not judging you, but we do need to judge ourselves. …