I imagine parents are delighted when their children seek their help.  Just as any parent wants to help his child, the Lord wants to help us.  Although God does not need to be needed, we certainly need God.  By need, I am referring to more than just needing our Lord to redeem us.  That is…

If you are anything like me, then you want the one who wronged you to initiate reconciliation with you.  I may have very well forgiven whomever wronged me, but whoever wronged me must lead the resolution process, must come tome to make amends. But Christ has always been the initiator. How contrary this is to…

Recently, I wrote about our deliberate stillness before God.  Even more critical than our stillness before God is the stillness of God.  It is essential that we understand this undeniable quality of our Lord.  I urge you to grapple with it. Because it is imperative that we discern the voice of our Lord. And many…

How sweet are those moments when we experience God’s presence in a tremendous way.  It is not that God is more real, more present, more engaging during those moments.  It is that we are more aware. I want this communion with our Lord more often.  I want this for you. I notice that my awareness…

Painful experiences can harden our hearts. And our hearts become hard to God. I consider our hearts like a reservoir of Christ.  The softer our hearts, the more porous we are to Christ and His Spirit in us.  The more porous we are to Christ, the more Christ flows through us. Pain can make our hearts impermeable. While impermeability may mean…

When one breaks a bone, a doctor has to set it.   From what I can gather, this means putting the broken bones back together.  Through this process, the bones will fuse.  It is the cast or splint that keeps the bones together during this process. This is what gathering together with other believers does for…

I once had a professor who told our class that he does not take ibuprofen when he has a headache.  He went on to explain that he rarely experienced pain in this comfortable world in which we live.  Without any pain, it is hard to identify with and remember what Christ did for us.  Perhaps…

I will never wish the torment of sin on anybody.  It is certainly not God’s will for you. I will forever wish the delight of grace on everybody.  It is unlike anything you have ever known. Through my stumbles, Christ showed me His grace in a deeper way.  I had recognized that I needed Christ’s…

I am guilty of projecting my wishes and my expectations onto others.  Sometimes I do this when praying for others.  It is not that this is inherently selfish.  Our wishes for and our expectations of others are often altruistic. But, prayer founded on what we think somebody needs presumes that we know what somebody needs. …