God is moving in CR

Have you ever been in a drought in your spiritual walk? A good friend of mine I meet with periodically will ask me about how my quiet time has been. This is such a good question to ask cause the reality is, there are times that it is not a matter of "if" but "when" we will have dry periods in our quiet time with God.  Sometimes drinking in His word feels like it's not doing any good. I love what a brother said this weekend in talking about dry seasons of being in His word, he said, "sometimes we are just building a storehouse for those tough seasons we will face in the future.   So, if you are having a dry season these days in the word, stay the course my friend. God is faithful to use it somewhere and sometime. All He wants is for us to spend time with Him even when it doesn't feel like we are getting anything out of it.  Keep building up your storehouse my friend!   "God's loyal love couldn't have run out,     his merciful love ...

How are you doing today? How are you responding to the things being thrown at you? When tough things get thrown at you, how are you answering?   Let's face it, when things are going our way, it is much easier to respond in the right way isn't it? It is when we are facing fatigue, busyness, and messiness of ministry and life that the tough part comes in huh? Titus 2:11-12 reminds us when faced with opposition and struggles, that the same "grace of God" that "has appeared and that offers us salvation to us" also, "teaches us to say "NO" to ungodliness and "YES" to "a self-controlled life in Him."  Part of that self control is in the way we respond to the verbal attacks thrown at us too.   Three things that seem to be a common denominator for good people falling into old unhealthy traps is busyness, fatigue and a lack of devotional. The only way we have the power to say "NO" in those crazy times is to s...

"Have you heard? It’s over!”   I sometimes wonder what that would have been like in 1945 to hear the conversations going on amongst people as World War II ended. What a relief that must have been for them to know…the war is over!   Unfortunately, in most wars there seems to be some that remain in the aftermath of the war as POW’s. As believers though, unlike POW’s in war, incredibly, we have a choice to remain prisoners or walk out free and alive. I was thinking about this thought this morning in relation to my life and forgiveness. Jesus is saying to us in John 19:30; ‘Have you heard? It is over, finished, and paid in full.’ The war is over!!! How often do we forget this big news in our life?   When Jesus said ‘it is finished’, he meant it. We don’t have to continue to fight the war with the wrestling of shame and guilt in our life for things we have done in our past. Once we believe and receive Him, confessing our junk to Him, then that’s it. No more sham...