According to the gospel, if one does not feel anguished over his or her sin and inadequacy, that one has not yet seen or understood the God of the universe. I see so many beliefs that uplift self into a place of ‘I am great and others are great if they match what I know [...]

Lately, I have understand the great gorgeous of perseverance to build character. Someone’s personality may be sweet, or outgoing or… all sorts of beauty. However, character is what leads a woman to stay or a man to keep going when he doesn’t know how. When we go through hard times, there are literally so many [...]

I come to God through Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of Peace and Love, personified. Every single everything we crave as human is fulfilled in this man: this is my belief. He is strong and humble, kind and wise… as Christians we desire to follow Christ as the example of perfect Love, a sacrificial [...]

Mercy, kindness. Grace. I have seen a lot of control lately and as long as someone is in control, they are well; if others don’t do something how the controller asked them to, the controller suddenly hurts the other or others in order to maintain control. Blame becomes a weapon, so does withdrawing Love. It’s [...]

Tonight I heard a man note a beautiful question: Have you ever heard God speak to you? I turned to Habakkuk and started reading the first chapter this evening: 1:1 ‘The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.’ So, God spoke to Habakkuk. First Habakkuk cries out to God: 1:2 ‘How long, LORD, must I call [...]

One of those spaces, one of those questions some ask when they wrestle (or wall) in their brain as to whether God exists or not is, ‘Why then does God allow such bad things to happen?’ I hear it. Loud and clear. I spent the first half of my Life totally not understanding how anyone [...]

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and [...]

Good day! I’m currently on a John Piper venture. The man is full and overflowing. Christ died and rose again… That’s something. Powerful. I’m pretty silly. I mean, I guess my name could be Silly. Silly me. These journals are pretty serious. I mean, this is a big something seriously massive to say: ‘The last [...]

‘Para crear algo hermoso toma tiempo y dedicación; para destruirlo, solo segundos.’ In English: ‘To create something beautiful it takes time and dedication; to destroy it, only seconds.’ I used to have this quote on my wall in Ventura, California (USA). I think about relationships when I view it, how delicate we are and that [...]

I’m reading a book. These words were not in them. But the book got me to thinking… and these are the thoughts: A man truly can know social graces and kindnesses on the surface, but once he is in relationship, his character comes out. How does he respect Life? And by that I am speaking [...]

Whenever I feel like everything is against me, God is good. When I am downtrodden, God is good. When I am in the valley, God is good. When I need the mountain to move, God is good. … All the time… [Insert: ALL THE TIME] Persistence. Get a response from God. See, God does not [...]

Tonight, I laid down before the Lord to worship and pray. Words spoken. Do not walk in doubt. Do not walk in fear. This leads to evil. Do not be overcome by evil. Overcome evil with good. If you sow in doubt or fear, you sow to the flesh. Do not listen to the darkness [...]