Favor isn’t about you Favor is God’s power and presence over your life to accomplish God’s plans through your life. Favor isn’t for us—You’ll get in on the favor when its flowing through you but it needs to flow and spill over onto your kids and friends and colleagues. Favor produces strength Faithfulness activated the Favor of God in Joseph’s life. No matter what he went through God’s favor was on him, just like it’s on you. Then Joseph said […]

Fulfilling your purpose Discovering and fulfilling your purpose will require four things: A compelling vision A clear perspective A continual prayer A courageous persistence Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 NLT

The garment of praise Do you ever feel a heaviness upon you, like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? It is no accident that you feel the responsibilities of the world upon you. The enemy is piling on. But Jesus came and gave us a tool/weapon to use against that heaviness: The garment of praise. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; […]

If you missed part 1, check it out here. Saul was just anointed king. His first order of business is to stand up to their bullies, the Philistines who had been oppressing Israel. The Philistines had a huge army. Saul was waiting for Samuel. Israel was basically hiding in rocks, and they started losing some troops. The FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) Saul started to feel caused him to be moved by fear instead of being moved by the direction […]

FOMO Ironically, FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) is fear that will cause you to miss out. FOMO will cause us to sacrifice things out of God’s timing or never supposed to be sacrificed so that we won’t miss out on something that wasn’t important anyways. As we read in 1 Samuel, Saul is like all my iPhone fans that will camp out all night to get a phone that will be available all year. Or maybe you’ve been waiting to […]

It’s all about relationships When the right people gather together for the right reasons, God is there and He does amazing things. There’s something powerful about the agreement of Christians who come together in community. There is a ministry, business, a great family, or a book that needs to come out of you, in order to impact peoples lives. But, you’ll never do all God wants you to do without the right people around you. But isn’t God enough? Yes, […]

Use your words! When my boys were young, I quickly learned that humans develop opinions early in life. We had to each them to use their words instead of grunting and whining! The same thing happens in your faith life. You will come to a place when your faith wants to start leaning in a certain direction and reach certain things. But as you mature, God will require you to use your words. Not just any words, but the right kind […]

We were created to live fearless–not fearful–lives This is why we watch with admiration when people walk through tough situations with confidence, but we can’t really explain it. They might say things like, “I’m just going to trust God and I don’t know how it’s going to work out. I just know it’ll all be OK because God’s with me and He’s got me.” Bible lesson: God called Joshua to do something that didn’t seem possible Joshua was supposed to […]

Pace is typically an indicator of your fear vs. faith level There is a pace that culture has set for you, whether you’re aware of it or not. Grind – Run – Get up and eat. Fear tends to drive our pace. “If I don’t make a certain salary, I won’t be significant.” “If I weigh more than X I wont fit in.” “If my kids don’t make that special team or get in to that group…” “If I don’t […]

What’s called insane in one season will be called fearless in another Not everybody will agree or cheer for the things that God has ordained. (In fact, sometimes these things can seem downright irrational!) But when you have a vision or a word from God, you’ll live your life on the edge again. You’ll stop playing it safe as it relates to your vision. There is no safer place to be than putting it all on the line for Jesus. Have […]