Posts Tagged "faith"

Do you ever feel like you're just not going anywhere? Stability. It's someone almost everyone wants, but what about when you're stable, but don't seem to be going anywhere? Join Pastor Phillip Gonzales for the conclusion of "The Cat, the Ketchup, & the Catamaran: unlocking the power of the Christian life."

Have you ever felt like your spiritual life was under water? For some, this is their sad reality.  Drowning in the depths of despair and fear, pain and confusion, there is no clarity or strength in their belief.  There is no substance to their faith, no hope in their heart...

To the young and the young-at-heart: It is a sad and subtle thing to exchange big dreams for achievable goals, and to do so often results in a life that finds its hope and answers in list-based follow-through, rather than life-giving faith. Beware the shrinking of your horizons and do not too quickly surrender the half-wild fire of youthful ideals for the tame coals of premature age. O God, protect us from surrendering to the ideal of safe options, and keep us recklessly dependent on Your provision ’til the end.

Sometimes I wonder, “what does ‘standing on God’s Word’ even MEAN?” The older I get and the more I study both Scripture and life, the more I’m discovering that the life and faith that Jesus invites us to are much more “fluid” than I grew up believing them to be. I’m discovering that “standing on God’s Word” is less like a bridge and more like a surf board, that is, it doesn’t get me in a straight line from point A to point B, but it provides a support for wherever the tide takes me. I’m discovering that when I really believe my GREATEST blessing is Christ Himself, then when I’m praying for specific things I’m doing it in such a way that if I get the things I want,...

“We were counting on Egypt to protect us from Assyria…” Over and over again the the Scriptures, we find this theme of people relying on something other than God, only to have it fail. Most often, that object of reliance is simply another person or group. How easy it is to do this; to see with natural eyes and rely on them, rather than trusting the supernatural call to look to God and rely on Him! How quickly we rush to someone close at hand who seems to have our answer and meet our bees, only to find emptiness on the other side. Remember this, walk in it and find hope: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” -Proverbs...