Dare to Believe Take a moment and think. How many times have you learned to live with your problems, issues, illnesses, etc? I know I certainly have. We believe the lie that things aren’t going to change and we adapt and settle. But when you settle for something, it’s not what you really wanted or what you had your heart set on and when you settle for something against God’s word it isn’t what He intended for you either. Settling is accepting mediocre. Mediocre is barely getting by, just normal or average. God didn’t send His son to die on the cross so you could just live a mediocre life! He came so that you would live abundantly! A thief has only one...
Letting Go Some days go as planned and others don’t and if we're being honest some days just plain stink. But right there in the middle of you throwing yourself a pity party, God's there to gently remind you that you're not in control, He is, and He’s got it all worked out.Letting go; Something that is talked about so much yet is rarely fully embraced. Why? We all have that area that grips us, that we are dead set on and has a strong hold on us. Do you know what that area represents? A place that you’ve allowed the devil's lie to become more real than God’s truth. It wasn’t overnight. Most of the time it never is. It’s over time that...
Exceedingly abundantly more Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.Ephesians 3:20 Have you ever gotten to the end of the rope? You feel like you just need to settle and move on from that particular dream in your life. That place is all too familiar to me but then something happened when I refused to settle for less than what I know God had for me. It can be so easy and tempting to become comfortable with the lies of the enemy. We can tend to...
What's yours is mine Have you ever felt like there was a wall between you and God? Almost, as if something blocked your relationship with Him that you really wanted. I have. In fact, there was a time when I was consistently growing in God but I was frustrated because I still felt like there was so much more He had for me and somehow I couldn’t reach it. My prayers turned into pleas and begging. And then came this dream that changed everything. I had went in to get a massage at a local spa and I drifted off to sleep as I usually do but this time it was different. God spoke to me in a dream right there...
Celebrate, not compare If you’ve ever struggled with insecurities, you know they can be a best kept secret. And just when you feel great about your life, you see someone make a post on social media or overhear someone talking and you start comparing. They say comparison is the thief of joy. It’s more than that. Comparison will rob you blind if you let it. A friend and I recently had a conversation about comparison and how for her, just even getting on social media causes her to want things that she didn’t really want in the first place and forget about the blessings she already has. The truth is this: That new house isn’t going to make...