Reaching goals is simple…painfully simple. I assume that I must be a slow learner because God seems to keep teaching me the same lesson in different ways. Today, he used a shovel. I’ve got things I want to do in life. I have spiritual goals, physical goals, ministry goals, financial goals…goals of all sorts. The […]
I hate weakness. When I lack the ability or skill or resources to accomplish a task, it often sends me spiraling toward anger, discouragement and self condemnation. Why can’t I figure out how to edit this pdf file…because I’m an idiot. Why don’t I have the equipment necessary for this job…because I’m a failure at […]
I’ve been in a spiritual funk lately. Have you ever been there? Maybe you are there. I’ve hardly gone to church all summer. I’ve got lots of good reasons. We’ve been busy. We’ve been out of town. We’ve traveled more than we ever have. But, in reality, I just haven’t felt like it. My time […]
Twenty-five years ago this week, Elissa Engle became my wife. It would take a full length book to detail all the ways in which she has made this an amazing marriage, but I’ll share one. It is something that every wife should say to her husband. If you haven’t figured it out yet, men and […]
Jesus was a disciple maker. He still is and he wants to disciple you. As I always emphasize, a disciple is a learner…a learner…a student of Jesus Christ. You can read more on that here and here. It is a pretty exciting reality that Jesus Christ, the resurrected Savior of the world has a personal […]
Love is a pretty important idea in the Bible. Jesus said that all the commands of the entire Bible could be summed up by the one command to love. I think most people agree that we should be people who love but, who should we love? The problem is that we are very comfortable with […]
I have often battled periods of deep discouragement. I wouldn’t consider it clinical depression, but it can feel like a deep pit with no way out. Those blue feelings of failure, dejection and hopelessness have the power to overwhelm and disable you. The strange thing is that God has often used the same discipline to […]
Adversity. No one asks for it, but it comes to everybody. Do you see adversity as a friend or foe? I hate to run, but I do it anyway and God seems to teach me a lot while I do it. Today, as I ran down our gravel road, a cold rain began to fall. […]
Prayer has the power to accomplish great things because it enlists the power of a great God. Here is a simple way that you could pray and make someones day, today. I am amazed at how easy it is to let things slide…things that we know are important…things that we value…things that we want to […]
Knowledge is important to me. I like to study, think and learn. I believe that the Bible is the very Word of God. It is breathed by God. It is truth. Because Christians hold this high view of the Bible, we hold knowledge of the Bible in high regard. We listen to sermons each week […]
