As we start in our early parenthood years and grow through our experience and challenges, our mindset is to have the greatest knowledge of what we should teach and pass down to our children. What words can we speak into their lives that will guide them down the path of prosperity, knowledge and a love… Continue reading Guest Blog: Mike Shamburg- The Example
Psalm 22:1- My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? It seems to me that our Christian culture has made it a sin to despair, to question God, to be just downright sad. However, the Bible is filled… Continue reading Hills and Valleys
I don’t know about you, but I am a pretty good liar when it comes to a self-evaluation. It’s kind of like looking in the mirror: I see the 18-year-old body I use to have and not the 50-year-old body I now have. Doing a spiritual self-evaluation is much the same way. Many times we… Continue reading Guest Blog- 10 Spiritually Tough Questions to ask Yourself by Jody Burkeen from Man Up Gods Way
In our lives, we have struggles. We have innumerable moments of tribulation and anxiety. Moments of weakness and anxiety and through all of that, we have an innate nature to try and discern the cause of these moments. We try and discern what influences are taking hold in our life that are causing these situations to become such potent sources of anxiety, fear, tribulation, weakness, or failure. In Christianity, we are often compelled to believe that we have the influence of a demon(s) or some negative source acting on our minds to make our struggles seem more detrimental than they actually are. In modern Christianity, the religion has succumb to the belief that it is viewed as ridiculous to state that the devil is working to steal, kill, or destroy our inheritance with the Lord. Instead, we generalize the entire realm of anti-Christian influences into our lives as the “enemy”, therefore blanketing every possible cause of struggle and unhappiness into the category of an enemy.
The word discernment can sound super spiritual or it can be confusing. It is a spiritual gift but it is also something any Christian can practice and get better in. If our decisions align with the God's Spirit in us and God’s Word (the Bible), we can make better decisions in every day life. This… Continue reading Discernment
Genesis 32:28- Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.”Jacob was shrewd, cunning and a deceiver. When he was born, he was jockeying for position even out of the womb, holding onto his brother Esau’s heel. The first… Continue reading Wrestling with God
1Corinthians 8:6- For us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. If you have been honored to be called Father or Mother, then you know how the… Continue reading God the Father
It's incredibly difficult to keep life "balanced". I mean, with all the demands of my career and then the responsibilities of being a father and husband as well as ministry opportunities....at times I feel like a circus clown couldn't juggle the load that I have. On top of all that, you have to budget some… Continue reading Guest Blog- Josh Rodgers- The Struggle for Balance
1Corinthians 13:12- For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then weshall see face to face. Now I know inpart; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Perspective is an interesting concept; we have such a limited perspective on our lives andsituation compared to God who has an… Continue reading Perspective
1 Peter 5:8:Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Once someone chooses to follow Jesus, you place yourself in the Lamb’s book of life. You guarantee yourself eternal life in heaven. Our sins are washed away by the blood of the… Continue reading Targeted
Judges 6:12“When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” I struggle to know if I am moving in God’s calling in my life. After all, days turn into months and years and the grind is real. Who am I that God can use? My past,… Continue reading Mighty Warrior
Matthew 6:19: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on Earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will… Continue reading Treasure in Heaven
Discerning Dad 