In the wilderness of the world, Jesus uses our awakened lives to gain the awareness of others who are unknowingly searching for him.
Spirituality is often like rescue pets: We don’t love them in spite of who they are, but precisely because of who they are as we see past their imperfections and into their possibilities.
Far from a transaction gaining one admission into heaven, salvation is the gateway into the transformational kingdom of Jesus Christ.
We are commanded not to behave in the ways of love but to actually become love.
All true and lasting fruit-bearing must come through this place of deep attachment to God.
Sometimes minor or major inconveniences are a way to set us up for a divine appointment.
The gift of God is not so much being taught to fly as it is being lifted up on eagles’ wings.
Holiness is not outward behavior, though it is reflected there. Holiness is the inward sanctity and purity given and nourished by the Holy Spirit.
The deepest longing of our inmost being is to live in attuned abiding and abandoned fellowship with God and with others.
Our Good Shepherd lays his hand upon us. His hand guides us. He holds us fast. And he does this whether we know it or not and whether we like it or not.
The God of heaven and earth knows every single one of his image bearers with a deep level of attentive depth and loving care.
A short amount of time driving for Uber has enabled one pastor to witness to people more than in all his previous years of ministry.
